Green deposit on inside half of half inch cold water copper pipe
We had a water leak and the plumber cut out a 3 ft. length of half inch copper pipe (cold water). We cut it longitudinally to see what caused a small tear in the pipe. There were greenish deposits only in one half of the pipe. The other half section where the tear had occurred showed no such colouring. A similar green deposit was also seen on another sample pipe taken from another location. Here again, there were greenish deposits only in one half of the pipe. The other half section where the tear had occurred (marked in the attached photo) showed no such colouring. My questions:
- Why is the deposit always on one half of the pipe and slways on the half where there is no tear.
- What are the green deposits (Chemical) and how do they occur? formatting link
Posted 5 years ago by Perry in Home Repair
