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    jondarling777 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 4, 2007, 07:52 PM
    Gas (black) pipe in water line
    Hi,
    I used a 9 inch section of black pipe (gas pipe) in my water line, because it was the right length and saved a trip to the store for galvanised. My wife tells me that this will cause the water to smell and taste bad, is she right? It'll be a major pain to replace that section, but she says I should. Thanks fot the help.
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    Mar 4, 2007, 08:40 PM
    It will make it have a rusty taste and soon will give off a brown stain, and within a year or so you will have to replace it anyway because it will rust out and get holes in it. But to each there own.
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    Mar 4, 2007, 10:21 PM
    Agghh, don't listen to letmetellu, he only wants you to do it right. Defy you wife and see if you are right [grinz]
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