Re: [GBlist] PVC/ABS

["John Salmen" <terrain3@home.com>]

Hi Tom

For rain catchment I would personally like the use of metals - copper
preferably, zinc as well. Poly is the preferred plastic, abs 2nd. Copper and
some zinc alloys (or galvanized piping) have the benefit of adding a little
bacterial resistance to the mix.Copper piping in larger dimension can often
be bought used reasonably.

John Salmen
TERRAIN E.D.S.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Froning" <soundesign@rockisland.com>
To: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: [GBlist] PVC/ABS


> I understand that the manufacturing process of PVC is nasty, I was
wondering
> if anyone had information about the manufacturing of ABS pipe, I am
setting
> up a rain catchment system and would like to find out if using ABS as the
> collection pipe is going to make me have pig-faced offspring or something.
I
> thought since it was not under pressure it would work fine.
>
> froman
>
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