LEAKING COPPER WATER PIPE - NORTHERN KENTUCKY - DUNBARPLUMBING.COM

http://www.DunbarPlumbing.com 859-359-4833 COPPER PINHOLES - Here is a disturbing trend we've seen lately where copper pinholes have been showing up in water line systems in Northern Kentucky in the past six months.

It is not particular to newer homes, it has been showing up in copper water piping systems across the entire Northern Kentucky Area ranging in ages of copper piping as new as 4 years old up to piping systems that are 40 years old.

Most if not all copper water piping problems in the Northern Kentucky Area area are usually tied to grounding/electrical issues. Copper pipe for potable water piping delivery systems in this region has for years been a very reliable product. Until lately, this has become more of an issue and there's more to why this is happening. It is "believed" that it is tied to the chemicals that have been introduced into the water supply to slow down the constant progression of buildup in the aging infrastructure of the piping systems underground.

Of course, anything that's being used as a designer product to lessen buildup might have an aggressive nature that can affect piping that has vulnerabilities in this manner. I'll follow up with this ongoing problem as it continues to grow. This has us concerned for the majority of property owners as this will be a neverending battle dealing with these types of problems. The video you see here is taken in Florence Kentucky. House is 7 years old in the Oakbrook subdivision.

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[nickt916]

I have to replace a water pipe from the road to the house that we are buying, I have about 200 feet to replace, is it better to use PVC all the way from the road to the house? Any advice?

[DUNBARPLUMBING]

@nickt916 That's all dictated by the area you live, ground you have and is the ground where you live, acidic.

Out in idaho, you cannot drop copper in the ground and run for a water service...ground has too high of an acid base, eats the pipe out.

If you use plastic water line, I will tell you that 90% of my calls for "broken water line underground" is almost always plastic.

You have to snake the pipe back and forth in the ditch (2 foot wide minimum) and plenty of slack, as that 200'

[DUNBARPLUMBING]

line will contract and expand a few inches, with variables that are going to be temperature rise and fall, any other conditions your area has.

Don't buy the cheapest pipe to put in the ground...you'll regret that when you have to dig twice. Take pictures and video when you do this...you'll thank yourself tenfold for doing so.

Get a triaxle of sand, clean sand to backfill the ditch, no fill dirt covering this pipe up. Minimum 6" all the way around the piping for compaction.

[vinceleto]

what do you think caused this?

[DUNBARPLUMBING]

@vinceleto Sorry for delayed response: I believe it was a defective copper pipe, from the manufacture. This is becoming more and more common as copper pipe was mass produced to keep up with the growing economy when this home was constructed.

No issues have cropped up since I've been there, which is good for the customer.

[JISINSANE]

I did not realize they still used cooper for new installations. I just had to replace all the feeder lines going to all 3 of my sinks. Only the cold water lines though. The hot water were still in great shape, But the cold water lines were shot. Pinholed all up when I installed new faucets.