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On the inside of the door of the electrical panel in the garage, there is bright yellow "CAUTION" sticker, alerting electricians to the fact that the building has nonmetalic (i.e., plastic) water piping and may not be used for grounding purposes.

There are two types of stickers to look for. One sticker says "KITEC" while the other sticker says "PlumbBetter." "KITEC" or "PlumbBetter" designations are located at the bottom of the CAUTION sticker. A close-up of each of these yellow "CAUTION" stickers is in Photos 2 and 3, below.

If you have one of these "KITEC" or "PlumbBetter" CAUTION stickers on the panel door, you are living in a Phase 1 home.

However, there is an exception. If you are living in a Phase 1 home and do NOT have one of these "KITEC" or "PlumbBetter" CAUTION stickers on the panel door, your home was most likely NOT plumbed using Kitec fittings. As a result, your sticker will NOT read "KITEC" or "PlumbBetter" at the bottom of the CAUTION sticker. The sticker may say nothing at all or may identify a vendor other than KITEC, such as WIRSBO (see image below).

For a listing of the names of Phase 1 model homes and Phase 2 model homes, see below.

Photo 1. Electrical panel with door open

Photo 2. Close-up of the CAUTION sticker with "KITEC" at the bottom of the sticker.

Photo 3. Close-up of the CAUTION sticker with "PlumbBetter" at the bottom of the sticker.

Names of Phase 1 model homes (KITEC)           Names of Phase 2 model homes (REHAU plumbing system)

Andover                                                                            Carolina
Anthem                                                                             Charleston
Arlington                                                                           Columbia
Bostonian                                                                          Delaware
Cambridge                                                                        Jackson
Colonial                                                                            Lincoln
Concord                                                                           Madison
Hamilton                                                                           Montgomery
Hancock                                                                           Saratoga
Independence                                                                   Trenton
Jefferson                                                                           Virginia
Lexington                                                                          Yorktown
Liberty
Mayflower
Monroe
Monticello
Patriot
Quincy
Washington

• Some Phase 1 model homes have other stickers (suggesting that Kitec was not used)
• However, according to DW/Pulte, these other stickers may or may not accurately reflect that the Kitec plumbing system was not utilized. In such cases, these homes should be inspected to verify if the Kitec plumbing system was or was not utilized.