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.

According to petrographer bernie erlin copper won t corrode in concrete unless soluble chlorides are present. The amount of time it takes to. I discussed this in your last post below on friday. Lay copper pipe on loose backfill when installing it in trenches.

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. 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 heard that copper pipes that penetrate concrete floors and copper shower pans in contact with concrete or cement board can corrode.

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. For potable water pipes we generally use epoxy coatings. Copper piping has proven to be long lasting in the installation of both hot and cold water supply lines.