You must be the only domestic plumber in the country who find copper pipe erroded through every single week . << QUOTE
Has it occured to you that possibly the person who has problems with copper/plastic installations / iron pipe / cast Iron / Lead pans could be a non"domestic plumber" and not even qualified to use the world "plumber" after their name?
Just because the unknowing say " I am a plumber /electrican / Carpenter / tile man does not make it true.
There are those out there shooting off their mouth before engaging their limited brains
Yes there is erosion in copper but since 1965 I have seen one case of it and the reason was improper installation (Hazen - Williams formulas work wonders)
Taking out a pipe and installing one in kind does not make a plumber domestic or other wise.
I totally agree about the bloke who lies and picks fights and takes one word out of a sentence and goes off like the imbecile who keeps saying guns kill, guns kill, guns kill as this lack of mentality would also fear a kitchen knife at night as the knife may also like a gun get a life of its own and some how stab someone.
So far my assault weapons are a total disappointment as the M-1 carbine,(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine) the AK 47, the SKS, the
http://www.impactguns.com/store/benelli_shotguns.html < MINE GREAT for skeet and trap also
home defence the Sigsauer 226 9 MM (http://www.remtek.com/arms/sig/model/226/226.htm) with 15 round clips have never loaded themselves, pointed at anyone and took a life
So if the idiot says copper erosion is very common and guns kill then it stands to his mind set plastic is so carcinogenic that it kills hundreds of thousands yearly thus all piping should be made of Pyrex glass tubing for water and domestic water supply
Always consider the source when they say they are skilled as liars can't help what they are its a brain defect