can these green and white pvc be used together

[torridtiger]

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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[Mark P]

The only green pipe I even seen is a garden hose. Does it feel like a garden hose or is it hard like a pipe?

[Marc]

MPdesign would know. He's often posting about chillers. Maybe he'll come online and help you.

Marc

[John Kogel]

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.

[inspector57]

That looks like the green pipe used for gas distribution lines outside underground, not sure if it is PVC.

[Bill Kibbel]

The only tubing I've seen in that size and color is low-density polyethylene. It's used primarily for pneumatics and beverage applications. Compression fittings only.

[Stephen Lagueux]

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