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iamaran wrote:
Having briefly seen the copper pipe (in two parts) it just seemed
to have been pushed together without any joining material. But I am
no expert.

Not trying to be clever, but are you sure it is copper? Early push fit
stuff was often copper coloured...


Could well have been something else copper-coloured. Does it make a
difference to their explanation?

Just that they appear to be blaming - at least in part - the original
installation for what is in all probability *their* fault. If they sort it
all out properly at no cost to you then it's academic. But blaming what is
actually their poor workmanship on something totally different is pretty
well standard practice.

FWIW, you'll still see copper used as waste in applications where physical
strength may be important - like pubs, etc. It's not cheap, though.

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