‘Almost impossible to find parts’: Houstonians go through great lengths to get plumbing supplies
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HOUSTON – Ed Hyde never fancied himself a pipefitter, yet a supply of pieces and parts plaster a table in his Katy-area home.
“Anyone who has a need we try to fill it,” Hyde said, referring to the supply of CPVC pipes that have become as good as gold.
As the inventory of pipes and other plumbing parts plummet at Houston-area hardware stores, some have taken it upon themselves to gather and distribute supply to desperate consumers. That’s what a group of neighbors in the Pine Mill Ranch neighborhood near Katy did.