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New Tempest Cylinder installation copper pipes turing green colour
Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.41 PM
I had a new Tempest Cylinder along with new vailaint boiler which were installed 14 months ago. The installer wasn't the neatest when it came to soldering the copper pipes and made little effort to clean the pipes of solder afterwards. However recently I noticed that the outside of some of the pipes have turned green. Could this indicate some sort of corrosion issue? Do I need to be concerned about possible leaks from the pipes going forward?
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4 Answers
D & R Property and Plumbing Maintenance
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
unless there is a leak this is flux residue, clean it off with wire wool then wipe with a clean damp cloth.
Answered28 April 2021
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Glyndwr plumbing & heating
Rating: 5 out of 5
Simple answer,
Lazy installer , hasn’t cleaned his pipe work after soldering. First lesson in college, clean your fittings before and after. Aggressive flux will attack the copper.
Answered28 April 2021
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Kalm Gas & Plumbing Ltd
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
That’s sign of corrosion, however little it’s is. It shouldn’t be an emergency, but I recommend, on your next service, inform the engineer that you’d like the pipes clean. It will extend their lifespan.
Answered28 April 2021
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MLA Plumbing And Heating
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
A soldered copper joint is good for 15 years of life and plenty more from experience.
Solder can't really be cleaned off afterwards either. The pipes are 100's of degree's in the soldering process.
Any green residue is the excess flux reaction to copper and the elements. That should have been cleaned off with a damp cloth as he went along to limit future corrosion with elemental reactions.
However, easily sorted with a wire brush, wire wool, fine sand paper etc.
Answered29 April 2021
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