11.   Plastic push-fit fittings can also be used for joining copper pipe see Joining plastic pipe for details.

12.   They are extremely heavy and expensive and eventually suffer from corrosion - particularly when used with copper pipe.

13.   A. I think the fins will help a lot because they will radiate more heat into the room than the bare copper pipe will.

14.   A. The stains are the result of copper in the water, or the copper pipes, leaching out and being deposited at the drain opening.

15.   Can I effectively connect to the copper pipes with plastic pipe and fittings?

16.   Copper pipe can be joined with special fittings, but these are expensive.

17.   He rummaged through his Cambridge Plumbing shop and found some copper pipes and a spring from an old door.

18.   He sleeps in the basement, in a makeshift supply room crammed with broken sinks, copper pipes, and jugs of grease remover.

19.   He waved the plumbing solder near the pipe and a silvery, even, dripless seal appeared around the copper pipe.

20.   I wonder if the acid will not eat into the copper pipes before long.