Re: Ideas For Holding Copper Water Pipe Fitting
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I didn't realize this was for a drain on exterior siding where you care about aesthetics.? ?Copper will look nice initially, but I'd be concerned about it oxidizing and staining the siding green over time.?
What about gutters & downspouts?? I assume you have gutters on the house.? You could route the drain through an existing downspout, or possibly add one in a location that looks normal for a downspout.? For making things look nice on a house, most of the issue is making sure it looks normal and doesn't draw attention to itself.? Any kind of special drain will catch the eye and make people think 'oh, what's that'.? But a downspout - even one a bit unusually placed - is easily overlooked.
If you're concerned about constant water flow and a downspout leaking, then run a rubber hose through it.? The hose carries the water without leakage, and the downspout conceals it.
If you're still committed to copper, I'd suggest sticks of rigid pipe, and a few feet of flexible tubing.? Use a flaring tool and tubing bender to make nice clean fittings at custom angles.
-Joe
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 9:34 AM, Ralph Hulslander rhulslander@... [4x6bandsaw] <4x6bandsaw@...> wrote:
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Please post a picture(s) of final application? I am still having trouble grasping exactly what you a doing that required so much thought.
Ralph
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Thank you to all who replied.
The reason I originally chose copper is because the drain line is on the exterior of the house siding. It is on the back wall of a porch for all to see. I was going for aesthetics over ease of fabrication and installation. I will try cutting the copper fittings, but if cutting and fitting the two pieces together is too troublesome, or does not work, I will just switch over to the PVC pipe.
To? john_vreede, After reading your first post, I thought it was my browser not showing your pictures, and I commenced trying to figure out why. Then I read your second post, lol. I appreciate you taking the effort to repost the pictures, as well as taking the pictures in the first place, and also writing such a detailed explanation. The pictures were a great help for me to understand what you had written. Your recommendation is the route I am going to try. To join the two pieces together, I thought about trying this: only using one half of the cut 45-degree elbow, and also cutting off the small diameter end of a ?-inch, or maybe even a 1/8-inch slip coupling fitting, up to the flare. Thinking there will be enough contact area of the flared end of the slip coupling to fit into the smaller diameter of the middle of the cut 45-degree elbow to get a good solder joint, again this joint does not need to hold pressure, just contain the water.? ? Attached are pictures to show what I will try to do.
And as stated above, if I have problems cutting or joining the two pieces together, I will resign myself to using PVC.
Thank you again to all who responded!
Chip
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