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   Hudson Valley Carpenter | Oct 08, 2007 05:31pm | #1

   I just want to double-check that this is still kosher when the splice is in a horizontal run buried under a basement slab.

   Good Question.  I'll call my kosher plumber, Fred Silverstein, a little later.  But I warn you, anything Jewish that sounds like splice is going to require a rabbi. 

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   Shacko | Oct 08, 2007 07:30pm | #2

   MOST OF THE TIME THE ANSWER IS YES. LOTS OF LUCK.

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   sully13 | Oct 09, 2007 12:25am | #3

   Code in our area requires that the couplings (we call them "mission" couplings)  have a flat stainless steel band - not the ones with the corrugated type or the thick black couplings without any banding.  Usually they will have a bright orange or yellow sticker on them.

    

   I believe that the connection has to be made no closer than 5 horizontal feet from where the pipe turns vertical as well-least that is what a plumber told me a few years ago.

    

   sully

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   DougR | Oct 09, 2007 08:24am | #4

   Thanks for the info, everyone.