How To Repipe A Water Heater Up To Code Using Copper Pipe

In this episode we repipe a water heater using 3/4 inch type M copper pipe. We also add an expansion tank, unions, and a shutoff quarter turn ball valve.
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[@normanbrouse8776]

Not code in Pennsylvania!

[@normanbrouse8776]

2 questions why use heat grade copper and should have added a nipple and ball valve at the expansion tank! Everyone knows it will get water logged eventually! One other tip support the tank with something because when it gets water logged a lot of weight there and things go snap and a flood!

[@PerformanceplumbingLLC]

I’ve been installing them like that for 5 years I change them all the time full none have ever snapped. I was taught to do it that way by a master plumber of 25 years. Before we started our business every company I worked at did it this way. Where I’m from it’s what the inspectors want. I have thought about doing it the way you just talked about but I like doing it this way since it’s the way I’ve always done it. And it passes inspection every time. I think the rules are different everywhere. I don’t have to use purple primer either. Our water heaters have to be hard piped water and gas. In some states they have to use flex because of earthquakes. So really I do it that way because of where I’m from lol

[@PerformanceplumbingLLC]

We do strap any expansion tank greater than 2.1 gallons tho.

[@normanbrouse8776]

Still doesn't explain why using "M" copper which is heat grade and thinner walled pipe!

[@PerformanceplumbingLLC]

There is nothing wrong with typ m for residential plumbing.

[@chrismartinez8390]

I feel bad for people who have CPVC water pipe in their house. Shit is just as bad as the old polybutylene grey pipe with the blue writing.