rusty pipes

[low_delta]

We had a low-flow problem with out water lines. I was pretty sure that the insides of the pipes were gunked up with rust. I was right.

These are 3/4" copper pipes. These were constricted to about 3/8". That's quite a loss of flow.



This is a pile of rust that I shook out of a 30" section of pipe. That's a pretty big handful.




The pipes weren't all like this - I just picked out the worst ones to show you - but there were enough of them to seriously block flowage.

Comments

[laciann.livejournal.com]

How many years do you suppose it took to build up like that?

That's pretty disgusting. You're lucky you were getting any water at all!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Nobody's quite sure when the house was built, but we're guessing those pipes have been there for 35 years.