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SECTION 15063
COPPER PIPE & FITTINGS
(INTERIOR APPLICATIONS)
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 DESCRIPTION
A. Work Included: Furnish and install copper pipe and fittings of the type(s) and
size(s) and in the location(s) shown on the Drawings and as specified herein.
B. Related Work Specified Elsewhere:
1. Pipe & Pipe Fittings - General is specified in this Division.
1.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Pipe: Seamless copper water tube, ASTM B88 (pressure) and ASTM B-306
atmospheric.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MATERIALS
A. Pipe Use (When Applicable):
1. Heating hot water.
a. TypeL or K, hard temper.
B. Fittings:
1. Wrought copper and bronze solder joint pressure fittings: ANSI B16.22.
2. Cast bronze solder joint pressure fittings: ANSI B16.18.
3. Cast bronze solder joint drainage fittings: ANSI B16.23.
4. Cast bronze fittings for flared copper tubes: ANSI B16.26.
C. Solder and Flux:
1. Solid string or wire solder, 95 percent tin, 5% antimony on all pressure piping
and potable water.
Silver solder, 45% brazing silver alloy (where indicated).
Flux: Non-corrosive paste type as required for type of solder.
Acid core, paste type, or solder/flux combinations are not permitted.
Solder or flux containing lead in any form will not be permitted on any
potable water system.
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PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 INSTALLATION
A. Jointing:
1. Solder Joints:
a. Ream or file pipe to remove burrs.
b. Clean and polish contact surfaces of all joints.
c. Apply flux to both male and female ends.
d. Insert ends of tubes into fittings, the full depth of the sockets.
e. Bring the joints to soldering temperature in as short a time as possible.
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