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can these green and white pvc be used together


torridtiger

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I am in the mold removal and control business in Costa Rica. I am from Minnesota but got to old for the cold. I know very little about plumbing or a/c units.

I just ran into seperated joints on the a/c water pipes in the picture. Can these color, type, pipes be used together for roof mounted chiller a/c units.? This is an 8 storey high rise condo project. Is this something that a special glue could be required? In Costa Rica anything goes and I want to help the builders get things right. They had a huge flood from the 8th floor to the 1 st floor because of this leak.

This pipe is either the cold water supply line or return line to the roof mounted units.

Thanks for the help.

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We are not familiar with the green pipe you say is PVC. Best practice would be to replumb the entire pipe run with copper. Why tempt disaster twice in a row?

In condo units here, plastic drain pipe, ABS or PVC, is not allowed, because fire can spread between floors by way of a burning drain stack. So there's a second reason to upgrade the plumbing.

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