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Default Plumbing problems

On 7/31/2011 5:58 AM, John Smythe wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> "John > wrote
>>>>
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>>> Here....."The drain from the sink and tub was an old copper pipe
>>> that had corroded and burst.
>>>

>>
>> I've never seen a pipe with no pressure burst. What would make a
>> drain pipe do that?

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> Corrosion?
>
>



Yes, that. We've had horizontal copper pipes under bathroom sinks and
the kitchen sink all leak from splits caused by corrosion along the
bottom of the pipe.

gloria p