Covering Copper Pipes Concrete

It is completely acceptable to bury embed both hard drawn and annealed copper water tube in concrete.

Covering copper pipes concrete.

I discussed this in your last post below on friday. 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 because we use epoxy coatings and pipe liners to seal and restore your copper pipes in concrete slab.

I ve also been told to wrap protruding copper pipes with tar paper before embedding them in concrete. I ve heard that copper pipes that penetrate concrete floors and copper shower pans in contact with concrete or cement board can corrode. Concrete does eat copper and our building and plumbing codes require the copper to be insulated from the concrete. Generally installed in 1 2 or 3 4 inch diameters the pipe usually comes in 8 or 12 foot lengths.

Copper piping has proven to be long lasting in the installation of both hot and cold water supply lines. For potable water pipes we generally use epoxy coatings. This is a thick viscous liquid that is blown through your copper water pipes.