[TheForge] OT frozen pipes

[GRAF]

Making things worse some builders cheat and use type M on water lines. L 
or K will serve much longer.

Mike Graf

Peter Hirst wrote:
> What's eating your copper is acidic water:  can be treated with a 
> filter tank.  A little pricey, but sometjhimes you can pick them up 
> cheap to free from people switching over to municipal water from a 
> well.  except for slight acid (my copper is just beginning to develop 
> pinholes after 35 years) my well water is the best, and i wouldn't 
> trade it for anything.  So I picked up a filter and will replace the 
> copper piece by piece with good solid used stuff as I acquire it.  It 
> will last a lifetime with the filter, and since I have so much exposed 
> plumbing in the house, it is well worth it to me.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Smucker" 
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> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 7:19 PM
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>> Andy,
>>
>> How does copper work in your area?  I was always a fan of copper 
>> until we moved here to Brasstown, NC.  With most of the well water in 
>> this area, it eats copper -- so any of the plastics are better.  Dad 
>> had the same problem when they moved to Boulder, CO.  Just check 
>> around before you go to copper. The well drillers here are the ones 
>> that told me to stay away from copper --  most of the hardware stores 
>> here don't even carry it any more.  (and I had lots of copper 
>> fittings on hand when I built this house.)
>>
>> Dave
>>
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>> From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:21 AM
>> To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List 
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>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT frozen pipes
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>>> Sharkbite fittings are, as you say, pricey, but they really do 
>>> work.  My plan for this house is to replace all the lousy PVC lines 
>>> with copper and sharkbite fittings.  Those fittings will also work 
>>> with PVC and any other rigid or semi-rigid tubing.  Very ingeniously 
>>> contrived, BTW.
>>>
>>> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>>>> The Monday before Christmas we had the temps drop below zero with 
>>>> high winds out of the West.  As a result, the pipes that run to our 
>>>> laundry froze and burst.  That section of the house is just a crawl 
>>>> space, so instead of opening up the hatch to gain access which 
>>>> would have really flooded the space with cold air, I decided to 
>>>> disconnect and cap that section at the source.  I got the Hot line 
>>>> capped ok, but the shut off valve did not stop the flow completly 
>>>> and let a steady drip through to the cold line. Because of the 
>>>> dampness, I couldn't get the joint to take solder, so I decided to 
>>>> use a compression fitting.  At the local farm store they didn't 
>>>> have any compression fittings, but they had something called 
>>>> SharkBite. It was a bit pricey but what option did I have?  So I 
>>>> got it.  To my amazment, it worked as advertised, just clean the 
>>>> end and slide the fitting on and you are done. So if you have to 
>>>> make an emergency repair, the SharkBite connectors are a good choice.
>>>>
>>>> Robert Ehrenberger
>>>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>>>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>>>
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