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Amco Plumbing installed a new gas hot water heater in my garage at an excellent price. I called 5 other plumbing companies in Las Vegas and Amco offered the best price. They did a very good job. They even cleaned and repaired the stand that the tank was sitting on. It was all molded and dirty from the old water heater leaks. Excellent service. I highly recommend Amco Plumbing services. Nicole Nelson - Jan 19, 2009 [more reviews...]

 

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Amco Plumbing is a licensed Nevada contractor serving the Las Vegas / Clark County area of Southern Nevada. Our Las Vegas area specialties include plumbing, heating, water mains, gas lines, defective KITEC removal and complete repiping services. Additionally, we are one of a select few of Las Vegas plumbing contractors to provide installation of all handicap accessories. Our Las Vegas area plumbing and heating customers receive a full parts and labor guarantee on all parts we supply and workmanship we perform.

Our business philosophy is that character is based on "doing the right thing" and a good reputation in the community is earned by doing the right thing over and over again! We would appreciate the opportunity to provide you with quality workmanship, delivered in a timely manner, at reasonable prices.

Concrete Slab Leaks

By: Howard Powell
AMCO Plumbing Service, LLC

History

Many homes built in Southern Nevada and throughout the Southwest, from the mid 70’s through 1999, were constructed on concrete slab foundations. During construction, soft rolled copper water lines were placed in the soil just below the concrete slab floor. Building codes at the time did not permit the use of hard rigid copper, as rigid copper is produced in 10 and 20 foot lengths and no joints, soldered or otherwise were allowed beneath the concrete slab. As a result, only long lengths of soft rolled copper, which is pliable, could be installed. Soft copper, which is easily bent, was rolled out in the soil from fixture to fixture and bent up through the concrete slab. The generally accepted method of installation was to begin at the water meter and roll the soft copper to the shut off valve in the front yard. From there it was rolled out to the water heater location which was generally in the garage and then it would be stubbed up through the concrete and looped from fixture to fixture. At the water heater location, a manifold was installed and both a hot and cold water line were looped throughout the house in the soil from fixture to fixture and left sticking up out of the ground and the new concrete slab was poured over the soft copper. After the house was framed by carpenters, plumbers would install “type M” hard copper piping in the walls and connect it to the soft rolled copper protruding from the slab.
When we refer to concrete slab leaks, it is the soft rolled copper pipe in the soil below the concrete, not actually embedded in the slab of concrete. The copper protruding though the concrete at each fixture location is sleeved in light weight plastic, which is red or blue in color, to designate the hot or cold water line.

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