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plumbng issues
Wayne B Wrote in message:r
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:32:21 -0500, wrote:On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:32:02 -0000 (UTC), wrote:justan wrote: Bill Wrote in message:r 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 betough on copper. I really think it is electrical tho. Mine is notconnected to the street and single point connected to the grid. Ihaven't had a problem. Places with city water get slammed worse thanwell 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 nobodyreally ever had an answer they were willing to admit. Most re plumbs were done in plastic.===We had to get our place replumbed in plastic a few years back afterdeveloping a series of pin hole leaks in the original copper. Thetheory is that the Cape's RO water lacks minerals (TDS) so that overtime it tries to leach out impurities in the copper.https://4perfec****er.com/blog/reverse-osmosis-and-copper-pipes/
That RO fact is known now and devices have been designed to add
TDS into water. Also Chlorine is known to be harmful to plastic
pipe. Do you have a salt Sanitizer system in your
pool?
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