here i found a picture.
The more I talk about it the more I think I should just move. The amount of crap I've conditioned myself to deal with, isn't normal.
I don't know the relative humidity in the house but I know it isn't good. The house might as well have a door open year round. Electric bill gets up over $500 in the summer. I had all the windows replaced with double pane energy star windows and it made zero difference because the windows...
That is in line with my feelings on the matter too. I think it there is a combination of things going on. Some salt in the air, everywhere, and some chlorides from the well water inside the house.
I have attached a study of atmospheric corrosion which shows that, depending on how you represent...
That explains a lot!
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yes we are near the coast and I have suspected for a long time that was part of the reason for things turning to dust so fast. Even things outside the house. Our patio furniture doesn't last more than a few years before collapsing on the job. But I am not sure we...
That's what the guy said too, the one who quoted the $16k system. He pitched that as the next-best-thing since I wasn't happy with the fact that a softener wouldn't address the chlorides. He said basically "since you're already re-plumbing the house in PEX..." but I'm not particularly happy with...
Ok I got the $250 water test and the results are attached. It seems the reason for everything eroding is Clorides and it seems the only way to eliminate those is with a whole-home Reverse Osmosis system. I have gotten a quote, $16k. Not sure why it's that high?
Does this make sense? Cost...
I wasn't clear on this, sorry. I am looking at TWO big bills coming up.
Firstly all the pipes in my house need replacing. All the copper is rotted almost all the way through. My plumber friend (in another part of the state, no conflict of interest) tells me that I can expect to pay $9-12k for...
What kind of prefilter? Does it backwash? That is one of the issues I have with the solutions that have been quoted to me by local well guys. I already have a filter. I have it bypassed just like the softener because it fully clogs in under a week. 4-6 days and it's done. $40 to replace and it's...
I tested TDS with it in the loop and out of the loop. I don't remember the exact numbers but the difference was not impressive. Maybe it dropped from 1500 to 1100 or something (made up nunbers, for example). It didn't change the smell. It didn't change the feel of the water while showering...
Just now while reading your post, is when I learned that draining the hot water tank is a thing you're supposed to do. I've never done it once in my life. I've never heard anyone else mention that it's something they do either. I did not receive any handbook for being an adult and I'm just...
I have had it tested and I have had a well person look at it. Two different ones. I just am not confident with the solutions they have proposed because they're not much different than what I already have (water softener + inline filter), which is something I don't use because it isn't effective...
There is no steel pipe and the copper pipe is lined with a hard layer of the black stuff which I think it would actually protect the pipe from abrasives. If it were an abrasive process eating the pipes I would expect the leaks to occur in the middle of bends. But so far all the leaks have been...