Re: low-cost source for copper tubing?

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Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Bill,

There is an "old" hardware store here in town selling cooper tubing 
at the old prices.  They must have ordered a ton and have not 
reordered this year...

So you want 100 feet of 1/2 inch in a "K" and not "L"...  I will stop 
by and see if they have it and get you the price if they do.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 10:08 AM 8/10/2006, you wrote:
> The last time I bought copper tubing for a primary, I got it from
> Rayback, a surplus plumbing outfit in Boulder.
>
> This time, I plan to use type K (thicker wall than the more common
> Type L) 1/2" tubing, flattened in a rolling machine so I can fit more
> turns into a given amount of space.  Unfortunately, Rayback doesn't
> stock type K, although they can special order it, but they're
> refusing to give me a price over the phone.  I guess they don't want
> my business any more.
>
> I need 91 feet, or roughly a 100 ft. coil.  (some places sell it in
> 100' coils, although 60' coils are more common at the big box
> stores.  I'd rather not have to splice it if I can avoid it)
>
> Has anyone found a low-cost source for copper tubing - online,
> perhaps?  The prices at the big box stores (Home Depot, Lowes) are
> shockingly high.
>
>  - Bill "Gomez" Lemieux
>
> .