6 Jun
2004
6 Jun
'04
4:45 a.m.
At 11:16 06/06/2004 -0400, you wrote:
Hmmm... do they call black iron pipe lead pipe as well?
Most likely.
My father took on a modern shoe-box a few years ago as part-ex for the sale
of their old house; they rent it out now, but the plumbing caused no end of
problems. All the pipework on the central heating system was plastic, with
fittings glued to the pipes. Of course, pumping very hot water around
quickly (in terms of life of a house, even these shoddy ones) caused the
plastic to go brittle, and all it took was a radiator pipe being bumped
with a vacuum cleaner to break one... this was after a hot water pipe to
the kitchen sink ballooned up before bursting...
He had it completely re-done in copper pipe in the end.. No problems since!
Rob
From what I've read, the new black iron pipe
isn't threaded, and gets
connected with fittings that will most likely wear out
well before the
pipe does. Seems to me that the goal is not to build houses with
piping that lasts, but piping that provides plumbers with good
incomes.