Concrete does not eat or hurt copper.

Copper shrinking and growing in a restricted environment might rub
a hole in itself.

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"ransley" wrote in message
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On Dec 11, 5:56 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
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ransley wrote:

Copper buried in concrete for radiant heating may only last 40
years,
the acid in the concrete eats it away.

Complete nonsense. Concrete is alkaline, not acid.

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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Ok Doug Miller , maybe its alkaline, but ive seen many buildings
adandone the radiant heat embedded in concrete from leaks of
copper
pipe. So what is the reason for the failure.