you can use any equivalent rubber vacuum line. try to keep it the same length as the original though. If that doesn't work, some auto parts stores have hard lines that can be molded when heated.
The most common use of plastic piping is in plumbing. It's lighter and cheaper than metal piping. Rubberized piping can be considered as garden hose piping.
plastic piping has one main advantage and that is that it doesn't rust over time
Copper, although plastic piping is preferred nowadays.
Detect the leak and replace that part of the pipe. It is usually better to replace the whole piece of pipe. By removing the junk plastic and replace it with quality piping such as copper DWV or NHCI
Plastic piping can be used for a number of things. First, it can be used in plumbing, although not as sturdy as copper. It is used for drain lines frequently. It can also be used as support, such as a lattice for roses.
Well, I would recommend contacting Home Depot or Rona so they could send a skilled professional to help replace the water piping in basements using PEX piping. They also offer that service and other services related to this topic, for an incredibly reasonable price.
yes.
It is called orangeburg but it is not plastic it is tar paper that is hard like plastic.
Any kind of non plastic piping will do (namely copper or galvanised for water and uPVC for Waste). Unless of course this cannot be done due to high theft of metallic piping.
Utility pipes made out of Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) a plastic.
Copper or plastic piping
As far as I know, for underground piping use plastic, for above ground steel or copper. That is the practice in the UK, but I don't know about the US. I would be surprised if it is different. We did have underground steel pipes but these are now being replaced with plastic and all new is plastic (underground)