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Originally Posted by stadry
QUOTE=DangeloInspections;1960062]Homes here in The Villages have your water pipes in the slab do they think copper's as good as steel rebar ??. They are notinsulated no surprise labor & mtl $ not in code either there is not a return loop no surprise either. The slab is a huge heat sink and will quickly remove the heat from the hot water pipes WOW does it everlose heat fast?. A 4 year old Villages home does not have copper up thru sink cabinet floor to sink fixture-plastic delivery in bathrooms ...so perhaps you are speaking of a home outside The Villages...osceola hillsbut it does not matter the type of pipes you have. You do not say if you have std 40 gal water heater
thanks frank always good talking w/ you. appreciate your time too !
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I don't know how it works in The Villages but when my house was built in 1997, the copper tubing was laid in the dirt and buried before the cement was poured for the slab. Blue and red Vinyl sleeves were placed around the cold and hot water tubing where it was routed through the concrete to protect the copper tubing from corrosion.