Hello,can anyone give me a brief history of blue max water lines?like when was it in-stalled ,why did it fail,and when was the class action lawsuit against it?
thanx

A very popular type of plastic water piping similar to Polybutelene that was recalled due to product defect, liability, property damage.


It was common for installations through foundations walls that would shear off due to weight of grade.



There is a timeline in the liability replacement of the this piping where authorized plumbing contractors replace the piping at no/partial cost to the customer.


A local bank manager was trying to sell a house in Cincinnati, Ohio. The house inspector would not pass the structure until the Blue-max was replaced with a different type of water line back to the meter pit at the city curb.


If you have it, hurry, your statute of limitation might of run out already, or close to it.


I am guilty of owning it at my own property, about 140 foot run to a second building, but it was never used. I am sure the water inside the piping is contaminated by now from lack of use.

It was one of those ideas of someone giving you pipe for next to nothing ( now I see why ) and had the equipment already on site for the construction of 2nd building.

was blue max used all across the U.S. ?
or just in the midwest?whats the best way to dig a trench to run a new line?
ditchwich,bobcat,backhoe,dig with chaingain?

All across the U.S. The class action covers it for 10 years after installation, but only up till 7/31/1995 installations so the covered lines are in a very small window at this time. The method of digging depends on the length, area, access, depth, and type of soil.