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Posted by S. Barker on April 7, 2008, 12:11 pm
Black iron. But you'll need to rent a threader and cutter.
s
>I will be installing quite a bit of copper tubing. Probably a 60' run of
>3/8" hi-pressure run and several normal pressure 1/2" runs in the
>neighborhood of 50-75 feet and possibly a 3/4" run of 25 feet or so (large
>tankless water heater).
> Wondering if there is a lower cost do-it-yourself alternative to copper
> tubing. I installed underground plastic tube supplied by LPG dealer and
> they came out to install the fittings and terminate it to the tank and
> regulator. They way I get it the plastic fitting is a proprietary system
> that requires some special connectors, tools and training. Even if this
> stuff was adequate for indoors use, by the time I paid for the tube,
> fittings and the service man to install all the connectors I'm back at the
> price of copper.
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