Hi all....
I'm wondering if some of my copper pipes are getting corroded where they enter a concrete floor, and should I be thinking about re-routing the pipework?
We have an extension which, i think, used to be the old outside toilet/coal shed, (1950's ex council house). This extension has been turned into a utility room and cloakroom with hot and cold water pipes coming through the wall from the kitchen, down into the concrete floor, re-appearing about 4 ft away to supply the washing machine and cloakroom.
These pipes were there when we moved in, about 15 years ago.
Where the pipes enter and leave the floor, there is a lot of blue/green powder on the pipes. Is this the pipes corroding, and is there a risk of them starting to leak??
I'm tempted to re-route the pipework above ground (up the wall, over a door and then down to re-join the washing machine/cloakroom supply), does this sound a good idea?
TIA
Daryll.
I'm wondering if some of my copper pipes are getting corroded where they enter a concrete floor, and should I be thinking about re-routing the pipework?
We have an extension which, i think, used to be the old outside toilet/coal shed, (1950's ex council house). This extension has been turned into a utility room and cloakroom with hot and cold water pipes coming through the wall from the kitchen, down into the concrete floor, re-appearing about 4 ft away to supply the washing machine and cloakroom.
These pipes were there when we moved in, about 15 years ago.
Where the pipes enter and leave the floor, there is a lot of blue/green powder on the pipes. Is this the pipes corroding, and is there a risk of them starting to leak??
I'm tempted to re-route the pipework above ground (up the wall, over a door and then down to re-join the washing machine/cloakroom supply), does this sound a good idea?
TIA
Daryll.