I know concrete will eat copper pipe, but what about dirt, just regular everday dirt. It just a question that pop in my mind.
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I would assume it would depend on the composition of the soil.
I've never seen concrete eat dirt. Maybe I missed that Sci fi movie though.
;-)
It's just an answer that poped into my mind. LOL
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Edited 11/1/2002 11:14:10 PM ET by piffin
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Tom
Iffin' he's gonna eat me, I'd much rather it be the Tiger. Ever smelled a lion?.
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o.K. guys you lost me on that one. What does a lion have to do with dirt eating copper. Or all we talking about aurburn and detroit.
It's all on the same subject of "things that just pop up in our minds".
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o.k. so what does " thing that pop in you mind" have to do with plumbing questions?
read what you wrote in your first post to start the thread, It set the tone. Take one humour pill and sleep on it. You feel more like laughing in the morning..
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O.k> I see where you coming from now...
Piff
Just came back from seeing the movie JACKASZ. You gotta see the lion and Johnny Knoxville in that. ROFLOOOOOOOO. My face hurts from laughing so hard. Funniest stupidest movie I ever saw. Ya have to go see it but don't bring yer woman....lol. Funniest damn movie I ever saw....did I say stupid too?
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I'd rather have the lion chase the tiger?Some say the glass is half empty, others half full. I say "Just let me finish the %&$^ thing and pour me another"
When I worked for a lawn sprinkler company 25 years ago, many jurisdictions in the Denver area allowed copper water supply lines. So I know there are some parts of the country where the soil doesn't eat copper. We did have to use compression fittings instead of solder.
KInda dont get the question in full. You gonna put copper in dirt or is it already there and where to? Why not use PVC or encase copper in PVC.
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Andy
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copper comes out of house to cutoff valve then to pvc to road, they is an area of about two feet that will be dirt, from house to cutoff.
I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and the main drinking water line from the City water service into the house is copper. I have renovated houses built in 1950's that have copper run from the City. The copper pipe is not covered with anything except for 5 to 8 feet of clay and sand. Fifty years of service with out problems should answer your question.
"concrete eating copper"
I think this is a reference to the many failures of in-floor radiant heat systems installed in the '50s and '60s that utilized copper pipe laid directly in the cement slab.
In any modern house built on a slab the copper plumbing should all be run beneath the slab (in the dirt/gravel) with some protection where it penetrates the slab (PVC pipe around the copper) to keep the cement off the copper.
Any radiant heat these days uses PEX tubing, which is impervious to the ingredients in concrete/cement.
If your local soil conditions are severe and will harm copper your local inspectors should know all about that and be able to advise you properly. Otherwise, copper is generally considered completely safe in direct contact with soil.