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Originally Posted by eagleeye

Yes, if you built within a short time frame after Hurricane Katrina, you payed an outrageous inflated price for a lot of materials, and if you hired it done, you payed even more. I started building my house when the market was recovering, I'd buy sheathing on a Monday and by Friday it would be 10-30% cheaper. May not sound like a lot, but on almost 4,000 sq. ft., it adds up. Also, the housing boom that started 10-15 years ago is over, resulting in even more of a price reduction in materials. I have been looking over house plans for my sister-in-law, hope to start late fall or might get put off until spring 2009. Looking at a 2650 sq. ft. plan before I do some enlargments and custom design. I'm curious as to how costs will compare to a few of my last projects. I got volunteered for this project because of my network with people and I am the only one in the family that knows how to use a tape measure and a level. I will use cpvc for this project, used copper for my house, pricy, but I like copper; anyways, it will save a considerable amount of money. In conclusion, like I said previously, shop around and do your homework. I'll try find some pictures of my house and post them.

I only have a few feet of copper plumbing in my new house; I can't remember what it's called, but it's basically plastic tubing that is run from a single copper manifold to all the fixtures in the house. It's great if you need to tap another run, just cut, insert coupling, tighten clamps and be done; no more sweating pipes.