A builder came over on day and told me that copper pipes rust very fast when placed in cement? and that I need to dig up the the cement and cover up the pipes before I cement them back into the floor?
Is this builder talking cr*p or is he for real?
Cooper Pipes rusting?
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A builder came over on day and told me that copper pipes rust very fast when placed in cement? and that I need to dig up the the cement and cover up the pipes before I cement them back into the floor?
Is this builder talking cr*p or is he for real?
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perhaps RUST was the wrong choice of words, but yes concrete/ cement will corode copper pipes, so he is telling the truth
Dave101 said:
A builder came over on day and told me that copper pipes rust very fast when placed in cement? and that I need to dig up the the cement and cover up the pipes before I cement them back into the floor?
Is this builder talking cr*p or is he for real?
The trick here is to isolate and abandon the pipes that are within concrete, and re-plumb using pipework that is accessible and not buried.
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Copper is eating away by concrete, your local plumbing suppler can supply the correct copper pipe for this, it is coated in a foam like substance.
Copper is eating away by concrete, your local plumbing suppler can supply the correct copper pipe for this, it is coated in a foam like substance.
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