Re: OT - Plumbing question

Posted by Richard Scott on June 13, 2006 at 17:23:25 from (72.19.46.55):

In Reply to: OT - Plumbing question posted by Dug on June 12, 2006 at 21:19:39:

One thing to check on before you start work: Have the pH of the water in your area checked. You can probably get it done for free.

When our well was drilled, the water tasted great. Then our house was done with copper. When we moved in, the water didnt' taste so good and we started getting green stains in sinks & the shower. Turns out our water had very low pH and some houses in the area had to be repiped in as little as 10 years. We had to install a $1300 treatment system. Had we known about the acidity of the water, we would have specified PVC or some other kind of plastic.

Compounding the problem, the last 20 ft. of the water line from the well to the house was copper and went under concrete before it got to the pressure tank in the garage. I had to redo the line with PVC or it would have been eaten up under the concrete.

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