Pipe

[Abuddy263]

Can anybody tell me why my main inlet pipe looks like this?

 

[Madrab]

Looks like what, green? Give the pipe a scrape. I would expect it to be copper. It's just oxidation, give it a rub with a green scourer/wire wool and it should remove it.

 

[Abuddy263]

Looks like what, green? Give the pipe a scrape. I would expect it to be copper. It's just oxidation, give it a rub with a green scourer/wire wool and it should remove it.

Thanks. Wasn't sure if it had gone like that due to a leak.

 

[Madrab]

Sometime it can be a leak and the minerals turn it green or it's the flux from solder which is acidic. Give it a clean and then a dry and see if it's weeping from somewhere.

 

[Abuddy263]

Sometime it can be a leak and the minerals turn it green or it's the flux from solder which is acidic. Give it a clean and then a dry and see if it's weeping from somewhere.

Thanks. Trying to locate a leak under a concrete floor, just thought the green might be an indication of where its located.

 

[Gasguru]

In the Winter months the pipe surface will be very cold and moisture in the inside air will constantly condense on the surface causing the copper carbonate layer.