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The house is in Burgundy, France where the temperatures are great in summer but get very cold during the winter months

It's for the hot and cold water supply for the house. We have drained it thoroughly at the onset of winter - it is basically unoccupied for 4/5 months. The breaking pipes are not therefore the result of water expanding but rather the plastic piping getting brittle after 2/3 years of this cycle...

I would be very grateful for advice on what piping would best survive sustained periods of low temperatures (down to -20C). Have tried plastic piping (tubo) but even when lagged and drained it goes brittle after a couple of years being subjected to winter lows when house is unoccupied and then...