On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:57:34 -0500, Wayne B
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:32:21 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:32:02 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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justan wrote:
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Getting a new heater and AC system. When the guy was under house doing
theducts, he found two leaks in the water lines. Plumber could not get
therefor a week, so decided I had to crawl under and do the job.
Leaking pipeto a Union and a leaking sweated joint. Water still
dripping from lines,so near impossible to solder. Used Sharkbite
connectors. Fabulousinvention.

Sharkbite, PEX, and other relatively new plumbing materials are
good things to know about. I was thinking of using PVC to run air
compressor air lines around the perimeter of my garage until I
read some horror stories about that material and decided to use
PEX instead. I used a number of Sharkbite fittings but I had
trouble sealing one particular PEX to 1/2 NPT Sharkbite fitting.
in this case I used a Flair-it brand plastic fitting instead. It
screws together; no tools required.

I am doing copper lines.

PVC, CPVC and PEX are king here these days. Florida water seems to be
tough on copper. I really think it is electrical tho. Mine is not
connected to the street and single point connected to the grid. I
haven't had a problem. Places with city water get slammed worse than
well customers. Older homes with metal from the street seem OK too.
I think it is electrolysis.
Law suits were flying in Cape Coral a decade or two ago and nobody
really ever had an answer they were willing to admit.
Most re plumbs were done in plastic.

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We had to get our place replumbed in plastic a few years back after
developing a series of pin hole leaks in the original copper. The
theory is that the Cape's RO water lacks minerals (TDS) so that over
time it tries to leach out impurities in the copper.

https://4perfec****er.com/blog/reverse-osmosis-and-copper-pipes/

We had a pin hole leak in a line over the kitchen cabinets a while back. Plumber
blamed copper from China. Said a small imperfection in the pipe can cause a
buildup of minerals and eventually eat through the copper. Said it would start
as a small drip taking a long time to drop. The leak could have started years
before I noticed the wet sheet rock in the bathroom adjoining the kitchen.

Cost USAA over $26,000. Plumber cost me $100 to fix the leak.
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