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Originally Posted by Dan9871
What is it about Florida water and copper pipes that make them corrode?
Back in MA we had all copper pipes and fittings... house was built in the 50's. The only piping problem we knew of up there was bronze fittings tended to leak but not copper ones.
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Up north your copper pipes were in basements and in interior walls. When they are encased in a concrete slab the concrete helps corrode them.
Even up north eventually copper can eventually leak, especially around fittings if the flux was never wiped off. And if the copper did leak, repairs were accessable and easy. You cannot do this cheaply or easily when you need a jackhammer first.
Up north, then copper did go through concrete, you always properly sleeve it first.
Frank