Covering Copper Pipes Concrete

Copper piping has proven to be long lasting in the installation of both hot and cold water supply lines.

Covering copper pipes concrete. For potable water pipes we generally use epoxy coatings. Decades of satisfactory service experience with the use of copper tube for in floor radiant heating systems water distribution systems and snow melting systems attest to the compatibility of copper tube embedded encased or in contact with concrete. When copper is adjacent to steel reinforcement and an electrolyte such as chloride is present steel corrosion is likely to occur due to. I ve also been told to wrap protruding copper pipes with tar paper before embedding them in concrete.

Concrete does eat copper and our building and plumbing codes require the copper to be insulated from the concrete. I ve heard that copper pipes that penetrate concrete floors and copper shower pans in contact with concrete or cement board can corrode. 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.

It is completely acceptable to bury embed both hard drawn and annealed copper water tube in concrete. I discussed this in your last post below on friday. This is a thick viscous liquid that is blown through your copper water pipes.