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Tube, Pipe & Fittings
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50-Year Manufacturer's Limited Warranty Items
50-Year Manufacturer's Limited Warranty On Copper Residential Plumbing Products

Perhaps the most enticing thing you can offer to a prospective buyer is peace of mind about the quality and value in the homes you build. With a 50-year Limited Warranty on Residential Copper Plumbing Products, the copper industry backs up your reputation as a quality builder and helps you establish trust with buyers.
The warranty stipulates that for a period of 50 years from the date of purchase of a new home, properly installed copper plumbing products will be free of failure due to manufacturing defects.
The following items are available to help you in promoting your quality homes:
- Warranty Document
- Warranty Display
- Warranty Hang Tags
- List of Participating Manufacturers
All of the above materials can be ordered from CDA as part of the Builder Satisfaction Program to help promote your quality copper homes.
Click here to order these highly effective promotional items.
Warranty Document
Terms of the 50-Year Limited Warranty are fully stated on handsome certificates that you can display in your model homes and pass to customers along with the keys to their new homes. To view or print the Warranty Document, please click on the links given below:
Warranty Display
A countertop display stand provides a convenient and attractive way to exhibit numerous copies of the 50-Year Manufacturer's Limited Warranty Certificate on copper tubing. Put the display stand and certificates in prominent, high-traffic areas of your showrooms and model homes, providing your customers with easy access to takeaway items.


Warranty Hang Tags
Hang tags featuring the Copper Quality Warranty Seal provide another opportunity for builders to highlight their commitment to quality. The hang tags can be displayed on faucets, showerheads, water heaters and copper tubing throughout your model homes. Tags are available free of charge for you to display, giving a stamp of professionalism to one of your home's central utility systems.
Participating Manufacturers
| Cambridge-Lee Industries Inc. | Reading, PA | 800-926-5588 |
| Cerro Flow Products LLC | St. Louis, MO | 618-337-6000 |
| Elkhart Products Corporation | Elkhart, IN | 800-284-4851 |
| Howell Metals Company | New Market, VA | 800-247-2048 |
| Wieland Copper Products, LLC. | Pine Hall, NC | 800-834-1295 |
| Mueller Manufacturing Entities incl. Halstead Industries, Inc. c/o Mueller Industries, Inc. |
Memphis, TN | 800-348-8464 |
DIY Video Podcasts
Building & Architecture News
October '11: The Fall issue focuses on the benefits of copper at healthcare institutions. Read about a new copper HVAC system that makes AC systems more energy efficient; a medical campus that relies on copper for their state-of-the-art information network; copper trends in building and construction projects; how copper provides shielding for MRI systems to improve accuracy, and the importance of copper to ensure cleanliness, reliability and efficiency in medical gas systems.
Highlights
Learn about copper's 50-year warranty program
CDA Tube, Pipe and Fittings Council members:
Industry News: Selection of recent copper tube, pipe and fittings industry developments, technology advances, etc to keep you up to date.
The entire Copper Tube Handbook can be downloaded in pdf format [6 Mb].