Hi,
Have a 3/4 house Cu water pipe that is being abraded by a garage door spring when it opens and closes.
Very hard to re-position either.
Anyone have any suggestions as to what I might "wrap" the Cu pipe with to minimize the abrasion caused by the spring coils as it opens and closes ?
Thanks, Bob
No. Do the job the proper way -- either move the pipe, the spring or both to eliminate the problem. Sheesh.
absolutely. do it right.
replace that section of water line with pex
I guess you could tape a thin piece of wood to it, like the large paint mixing sticks for 5 gallon pails to it, to protect it. But it sounds like the correct solution is to move one or the other.
PVC conduit repair kit. It's just a piece of pvc sliced in two lengthwise. One here:
I like that idea. Couple PVC nipples cut length wise, gives you 4 pieces. Glued at 4 spots should do it.
Anything put there to stop the rub will be forgotten about until the copper eventually wears through. Could be next month or five years from now. If there is some flex, attach a wire to it and attach it to an anchor on the wall to pull it away.
Alternative is a piece of PEX and two sharkbite fittings.
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+1 to what??
Some thing hard like platinum, or titanium might last for a while.
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 17:58:12 -0500, Dean Hoffman wrote in
That looks like it is worth a try.
Platinum is not hard...how about your head?
He concurs with the previous posted solution he was responding to.
He didn't respond to any solution. He responded to the original post that was asking a question.
Sounds like an accident waiting to happen. Flooding is no fun. The only solution is to move the pipe. I'm sure you can move it over at least a few inches by adding or removing a few inches and/or modifying the fittings to re-route it.
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