Does this copper elbow look okay?
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That's been there a while I'm guessing.
It must have been bent after being soldered is what I'm guessing. They don't make fittings that look like that. It's exposed, I guess it could be replaced. And then, it might last longer than the home.
It must have been bent after being soldered is what I'm guessing. They don't make fittings that look like that. It's exposed, I guess it could be replaced. And then, it might last longer than the home.
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Cool, thanks! And yes been there for at least a few decades I would guess
John Gayewski
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I'm thinking they bent it to fit. Which means if you tried to replace it with a non bent 90 your going to have some trouble.
Bent it to fit what? The other copper pipes? If so, I recently changed everything to the left of the image after the meter to PEX so that shouldn't be a problem anymore.
John Gayewski
In the Trades
How would I know this with the picture you provided? In most cases the copper assembly would be ridgid and fixed. Which means your two pipes are not at a90 degrees angle from each other, which then means your putting a90 in there would be tough. If there's something out of frame that I can't see then my answer is only going to reflect what I can see and what would be a normal installation.
Both John and I think the fitting was bent. As to why, who knows. We don't bend our 90's though. It's plenty weird looking.
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