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Originally Posted by poohvotaw I believe the house was built in 1979 or 1980. I have taken the kitchen faucet apart and lots of hard white stuff was in there. As a matter of fact every time I take it apart there is more. It is affecting every hot water faucet in the house. As for what kind of pipes I have I don't know. How can I tell? |
Chances are that your pipes are copper. We switched over to copper from galvanized in the 60's. As for the "white stuff" it could be one of two things.
calcium carbonate, which crumbles when you squeeze or roll it or, ( and this is what it sounds like) the white plastic dip tube in the heater disintegrated and fell apart into hard white pices of plastic and are are now sucked up into your system clogging the faucets. I'll bet the heater was replaced because it no longer supplied a steady source of hot water. That's a indication of a dip tube that has broken down. Your pipes will have to be flushed and the faucets cleared. Since this was a problem before you bought the house and no disclosure was made you may have a case against the seller to help you remedy the situation. good luck, Tom
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