Covering Copper Pipes Concrete

Concrete does eat copper and our building and plumbing codes require the copper to be insulated from the concrete.

Covering copper pipes concrete.

Copper piping has proven to be long lasting in the installation of both hot and cold water supply lines. It is completely acceptable to bury embed both hard drawn and annealed copper water tube in concrete. Lay copper pipe on loose backfill when installing it in trenches. I discussed this in your last post below on friday.

This is because we use epoxy coatings and pipe liners to seal and restore your copper pipes in concrete slab. I ve heard that copper pipes that penetrate concrete floors and copper shower pans in contact with concrete or cement board can corrode. The amount of time it takes to. According to petrographer bernie erlin copper won t corrode in concrete unless soluble chlorides are present.

This is a thick viscous liquid that is blown through your copper water pipes. Generally installed in 1 2 or 3 4 inch diameters the pipe usually comes in 8 or 12 foot lengths. I ve also been told to wrap protruding copper pipes with tar paper before embedding them in concrete.