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Default copper pipe outdoors?


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On Jun 1, 6:24?pm, Meat Plow wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:02:20 -0400, MiamiCuse wrote:
I have a water valve that is corroded and I hired a plumber to come out
to
repair it. When he finished the job I noticed he attached a copper
pipe
section to the original pipe that is galvanized. I thought I have only
seen
copper pipes used indoor behind walls, and it seems the copper pipes
are
kind of weak...when I asked him he said it's the same but something
makes me
uneasy about it.


This is the main 1" pipe that comes into the house. Using the think
copper
pipe just does not seem right to me. May be it's just me.


MC


They bury copper pipe from my city's lateral hook up to my house. Just
had my galvanized replaced that was ready to blow from age.


copper is far better than galvanized, one day you will need ALL that
galavanized pipe replaced. It rusts, corrodes inside causing poor
flow, leaks and causes big hassles.

no trouble adding copper as long as he used a direlectric connector.
without that the connection will fail fast


There is no connector, he soldered them together. Is it ok?