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.

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[emschin.livejournal.com]

Wow! No wonder your water tasted rusty. When my landlord replaced the pipes under my kitchen sink (yes, he actually repaired something!) the old pipes weren't quite that bad but close. My sink had always gurgled loudly under certain circumstances, and now that's gone.