Kym
New Member
I have had copper pipes (3/4" type M) in the attached garage, split over the winter, but I am 100% sure it is not from water (I blow out all pipes every fall, very diligent). The copper pipe comes from within the house, some of it then traverses along a house wall and then to an exterior wall.
This all very odd, as last year I replaced one split pipe with a sharkbite and this year, that sharkbite has 2 small cracks in it. This year, in addition to the sharkbite having cracks, a second section of copper pipe had a split, as well as an elbow connector with a split. See photos attached of the specific pieces.
Further support for not being water is the elbow, for example, connects through an exterior wall to an exterior tap, which was left open all winter.
Can anyone explain this splitting, other than by water? The garage does get cold over the winter, but never below -25C. After 20+ years in service, makes little to no sense and defects in a sharbite and copper pipes in the same year defies believability.
Thanks in advance, Kym.
This all very odd, as last year I replaced one split pipe with a sharkbite and this year, that sharkbite has 2 small cracks in it. This year, in addition to the sharkbite having cracks, a second section of copper pipe had a split, as well as an elbow connector with a split. See photos attached of the specific pieces.
Further support for not being water is the elbow, for example, connects through an exterior wall to an exterior tap, which was left open all winter.
Can anyone explain this splitting, other than by water? The garage does get cold over the winter, but never below -25C. After 20+ years in service, makes little to no sense and defects in a sharbite and copper pipes in the same year defies believability.
Thanks in advance, Kym.