This reminds me lol, hubby showed me a pic of a house the other day with all brand new copper gutters. Looked a bit garish as is but I told him if they can keep from having them get stolen long enough for them to oxidize they should look pretty neat eventually. Seems like a huge waste to me though when you could totally get the oxidized copper look pretty spot on with the right set of paints and waxes.PEX pipe is great. It's cheap, quick to install (with no soldering torch), bends so you don't need so many elbows, is more resistant to freeze damage... And the copper thieves won't steal your pipes while you're on vacation.