On 7/3/2016 6:56 PM, trader_4 wrote:
> On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 5:31:02 PM UTC-4, Bob wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have a 3/4 house Cu water pipe that is being abraded by a garage door
>> spring when it opens and closes.
>>
>> Very hard to re-position either.
>
> I guess you could tape a thin piece of wood to it, like the large
> paint mixing sticks for 5 gallon pails to it, to protect it. But
> it sounds like the correct solution is to move one or the other.
>
Anything put there to stop the rub will be forgotten about until the
copper eventually wears through. Could be next month or five years from
now. If there is some flex, attach a wire to it and attach it to an
anchor on the wall to pull it away.
Alternative is a piece of PEX and two sharkbite fittings.