tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364127780301421481.post1887559601542241075..comments2023-02-19T07:05:41.885-05:00Comments on Borderland Tales: xiS traP, erutnevdA moorffaB ruOJuice S. Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660779109024097267noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364127780301421481.post-66867102103439687092009-02-03T15:11:00.000-05:002009-02-03T15:11:00.000-05:00I wish you luck in your copper pipe adventure. No...I wish you luck in your copper pipe adventure. Nothing I have ever made of Copper has ever held under pressure. All the plumbing in my house is plastic. I did have some copper pipe leading into and out of the hot water heater, but after the tank leaked and we replace it the copper was never the same. <BR/><BR/>Now keep in mind this is Missouri and it's full of backward construction people. All piping in the city is PVC. All piping under my house is PVC we even replaced that useless copper pipes with the proper PVC and everything is fine and has been for a couple of years now. <BR/><BR/>That didn't stop whatever previous owner decided to put in these 2 pieces of ribbed flexy copper pipe. I guess their thought was "you never know when a hot water heater is going to move on you so lets put in something a bit less ridged and more expensive then PVC"<BR/><BR/>I'm no plumber, but I had my brother in law who works at a hardware store, and who is quite handy when it comes to house repair help me with this. At first he thought the copper would be fine to use as it had been already being used by the old tank. I told him that I had never had copper work in any project I had done, but if he was willing to give it a shot I was willing to let him as we both didn't want to put anymore work into this then needed.<BR/><BR/>That copper pipe leaked right at the threads of the new tank. It took it 2 days to leak, and it was a very small leak, but it still did. After several attempts of my brother in-law to fix this he conceded and picked up the proper PVC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com