If you’re repiping or remodeling, the pipe material matters — for durability, cost, and how it handles Hemet’s hard water.
Here’s a straightforward comparison.
Copper
Time-proven and long-lasting, copper handles heat well and is widely trusted. Its downsides are higher cost and, in hard-water areas, vulnerability to pinhole leaks over the decades — something we see in older Hemet slab homes.
PEX
Flexible, freeze-resistant, and cost-effective, PEX has become the go-to for repipes and new construction. It resists scale and corrosion well and installs with fewer fittings, which means fewer potential leak points.
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Old galvanized steel (common in 1950s–60s Hemet homes) corrodes from the inside, causing rusty water and low pressure — it’s the main reason homes here get repiped. Polybutylene, used in some later homes, is also failure-prone and worth replacing.