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Paul,

I have a little experience with it, since I've purchased two homes recently with polybutelane. A half-fix is to replace the connections with copper. The best fix is to replace everything with copper. I have no idea if there's really any truth to the hysteria, but it does put you in better bargaining power with the seller.

In my cases, I had quotes from 3 plumbers on each property, took the midline amount and had the seller deduct that amount from the purchase price. On a two-story home with 2 bathrooms, the amount was around $8,000 to completely replace the pipes and fittings with copper.

So, you should be able to get the price of the home down a bit, then its up to you to replace or not.