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I plumbed my house with Kitec piping, which is a plastic pex-type plumbing with an aluminum core so it holds its shape when you bend it.
Bob
Traditionally water pipes in the UK have been copper (depending how far back you measure tradition – before that it was iron and before that lead, hence the name “plumber”). But recently plastic piping has appeared and is gaining in popularity. The name HEP springs to mind, but I don't know if that's a trade name or a generic one. You can buy it in a roll, and it is very quick and easy to install, with no joints except where they're needed for tees and such, it just bends by hand round corners, is very unlikely to split if it freezes, and it has a level of self-insulation, which copper obviously doesn't. How is it done in the US these days?
Howard Winter