The way it was explained to me was that the old galvanized pipe was hot dipped and in the normal flexing small flecks would come loose and wreak havoc with gas regulators and such. This is no longer a problem however as the newer style is electro galvanized and does not fleck off.
ME: Same around here. Galvanized is acceptable .
Turtle and the others who enjoy trying to discredit me , do so because they dont like me telling them to treat HO's with respect (as well as themselves) over in alt.hvac . Ergo , im a 'troll' . Its a travesty that these people deal with the public daily. And..Ken is my favorite Stalker -- a retired Chemist who has a level 2 sexual addiction/anger problem/no hobbies/loves the booze and who doesnt like to be told that verbal decency is a virtue. Thus...its one big happy family !
The HVAC people discredit you because you don't have a clue of what really happens in the field.
If you notice, I never treat HO's poorly. The people I show disrespect to are the people that have no clue what they are talking about, like YOU!
found in a firewalled webtv group several months ago..
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stay tuned for the perv's usual lame denials
This is Turtle.
No Davey Boy , The only problem I have with you is you are tring to pass yourself off as a HVAC professional in the newsgroups and if a professial hvac person would just listen to you. He will know your not in the trade because of the off the wall answers you give to hvac or Refrigeration questions. I might add some of the Home owner posting here knows more about the hvac business than you do. If a person will lie about something like this. I just will take it he will lie about other things as well to keep the newsgroup people to thinking your in the trade. One lie leeds to another lie and then somewhere in all of this you can get someone hurt by what you tell them or lie to them about. Your respectiable speaking ideals on the newsgroups is just a ploy to cover up your trolling on the newsgroups.
Now as to Ken having some social or personal problem , it has nothing to do with your lying on the newsgroups or trolling on the newsgroups. I think Ken does have a problem with your lying on the newsgroups and passing yourself off as a hvac professional.
Davey , You have to be respectiable yourself before tring to change the respectiable speech on a newsgroup or no one will listen to you. Trolling and lying on the newsgroups will never get you there.
TURTLE
Acceptable, and professionally acceptable due to future issues is another thing.
If you had a clue, you would understand why you DONT use copper or galvanized..
Read the International Fuel Code book as of ohh.....the last 10 years??
Funny, those same public that can look at how we treat you, agree that you are an idiot...
>I located the Florida Code for gas lines and L and K schedule copper >IS< acceptable, but there is a susbtance that has to be under a certain amount per volume of gas. The code website isn't pull up now so I can't quote it. I don't know if the natural gas coming to my house qualifies as being under these amounts however.
The orgiinal question was still never answered by anyway, what can I use to coat the copper pipe to protect from exterior elements that won't corrode the pipe. If anything, I just want to paint the exposed areas to match the damn house. Can I use water based paint?
The substance is sulfer (sp) more than a particular amount of grains per cubic foot, and you cant use copper. Bad thing is, the gas you get today, wont be the gas you might get next year, so its a good idea to forgo the copper and use stainless steel. Florida Code is International Fuel Gas Code..BTW.
Pipe wrap if part of it is to be buried. Its a thick vinyl based tape, about
2 inch wide, that needs to be put on the copper line. It is normally used for coating black pipe when its to be buried. Needs to be put on tight, and all seams closed.When you use SST pipe, and its exposed, its already got a yellow rubberized sheave on it. However, you have to protect it as well, and the normal procedure is to place it inside PVC pipe of a larger diameter to protect it from UV damage, and any possible hits. You COULD do the same with the copper.
No. Not until you have protected the line. Then you can paint it all you want, as long as the pipe is properly identified as a fuel gas line. Decals are made just for this, and are bright yellow, with GAS LINE printed on them. If the line is a 2PSI or higher pressure line, you must identify this as well with the proper decal, that will state its a 2PSI, or higher line.
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