Cruiser
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Hi Folks,
I have a hot water tank whose housing (marked A in photo) is currently protruding into what will be our new kitchen(access to tank is on outside of house)The supply to and from the tank is via copper piping under the concrete slab(bottom left). I wish to move the tank from its present location to a new housing on the exterior of the house.(marked B on photo)
In order to do this i need to extend these copper lines under the slab (from bottom left of photo) to the new location which is approx 4 feet from current one popping up from slab below where the outlet currently is). I'm concerned about a future leak at the point where I extend the pipes. I have replumbed a previous house from galv. to copper and had no leaks but would be anxious about this procedure as it will be under slab/then hardwoods. What steps, if any can I take to decrease the likelyhood of wishing I never did this
Thanks for any and all advice
I have a hot water tank whose housing (marked A in photo) is currently protruding into what will be our new kitchen(access to tank is on outside of house)The supply to and from the tank is via copper piping under the concrete slab(bottom left). I wish to move the tank from its present location to a new housing on the exterior of the house.(marked B on photo)
In order to do this i need to extend these copper lines under the slab (from bottom left of photo) to the new location which is approx 4 feet from current one popping up from slab below where the outlet currently is). I'm concerned about a future leak at the point where I extend the pipes. I have replumbed a previous house from galv. to copper and had no leaks but would be anxious about this procedure as it will be under slab/then hardwoods. What steps, if any can I take to decrease the likelyhood of wishing I never did this
Thanks for any and all advice