replying to John Rumm, PoorerRichard wrote:
We had a three inch copper drain line fail. It just started leaking and it
took opening up the base of the wall structure to remove it. It looked exactly
ad if a deal had failed lengthwise along the bottom. It was under the floor
for more than forty years, but I thought it was good for the life of the
structure. I've also heard that the past few years here on L. I., Copper
fittings and pipes a re pinholing since our water got hard.

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