More good news: water main and plumbing replacement.

oil pan 4 · 01-14-17, 05:40 PM

Any one ever see that movie "the money pit". That's kind of what's going on. I have to say if our house wasn't paid off it might not be worth it.
The fresh water piping is in my house is mostly galvanized steel. The problem with galvanized steel water pipe is it usually lasts around 30 to 50 years, well the house is 56 years old.
The addition is from 1980 it has PVC and I'm going to leave it alone.

I want to make a big water main and header. I'm going to try and collect 1.5 inch stainless pipe for this. Reuse it. I usually ignore 1.5 inch pipe when I see it now I want it. 1 inch would be ideal bit I hardly ever see 1 inch at all.
This is food grade 304 stainless that was used for water, milk or whey. I will have to weld these lengths and elbows together.
If I can't find enough 1.5 inch stainless I think I will just use 1.25 inch copper.
Then 3/4 copper for most of everything else.
I like copper. Not a big fan of the plastic stuff.

01-14-17, 05:40 PM	#1
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	More good news: water main and plumbing replacement. Any one ever see that movie "the money pit". That's kind of what's going on. I have to say if our house wasn't paid off it might not be worth it. The fresh water piping is in my house is mostly galvanized steel. The problem with galvanized steel water pipe is it usually lasts around 30 to 50 years, well the house is 56 years old. The addition is from 1980 it has PVC and I'm going to leave it alone. I want to make a big water main and header. I'm going to try and collect 1.5 inch stainless pipe for this. Reuse it. I usually ignore 1.5 inch pipe when I see it now I want it. 1 inch would be ideal bit I hardly ever see 1 inch at all. This is food grade 304 stainless that was used for water, milk or whey. I will have to weld these lengths and elbows together. If I can't find enough 1.5 inch stainless I think I will just use 1.25 inch copper. Then 3/4 copper for most of everything else. I like copper. Not a big fan of the plastic stuff.