Bob from accounting
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We recently had our 1/2" copper line vandalized as it runs about 15' against our building, ground level.
This copper line comes out of the main supply line and runs over to a buried irrigation valve. I am assuming they initially used copper as it is outside, this portion is not buried, it does not get hit with UV rays all day as it is in the shade, but when they installed it I am sure it made sense to use copper at that time.
I am concerned about simply sweating in a brand-new copper line there to only have it vandalized again. (BTW, they twisted it all up, tried to break it off, bent it, some portions were bent and broken off and some portions were not taken. They did not seem to have tools so it was brute force.)
When we go to fix this, we can still tie into uncompromised 1/2" copper line near the main, but for the portion that was vandalized, are there some alternative materials I could use instead to span that straight stretch of about 15' above ground pipe? Schedule 80 was something I began to research. I am seeing there are 3 or 4 reasonable ways to connect PVC to Copper but I need some more direction and advice as to specifically using an "Alternative material" to copper and "how" to join the two. I was trying to find a sharkbite coupling, I also see there is a product called Metalhead, then one plumber gave an example of a compression fitting where he threaded male PVC, with sealant tape into a female brass compression fitting. I am just beginning on this project so I am open to any suggestions. Thanks so much!
This copper line comes out of the main supply line and runs over to a buried irrigation valve. I am assuming they initially used copper as it is outside, this portion is not buried, it does not get hit with UV rays all day as it is in the shade, but when they installed it I am sure it made sense to use copper at that time.
I am concerned about simply sweating in a brand-new copper line there to only have it vandalized again. (BTW, they twisted it all up, tried to break it off, bent it, some portions were bent and broken off and some portions were not taken. They did not seem to have tools so it was brute force.)
When we go to fix this, we can still tie into uncompromised 1/2" copper line near the main, but for the portion that was vandalized, are there some alternative materials I could use instead to span that straight stretch of about 15' above ground pipe? Schedule 80 was something I began to research. I am seeing there are 3 or 4 reasonable ways to connect PVC to Copper but I need some more direction and advice as to specifically using an "Alternative material" to copper and "how" to join the two. I was trying to find a sharkbite coupling, I also see there is a product called Metalhead, then one plumber gave an example of a compression fitting where he threaded male PVC, with sealant tape into a female brass compression fitting. I am just beginning on this project so I am open to any suggestions. Thanks so much!