[TheForge] OT frozen pipes

[David E. Smucker]

Peter,  I don't have a problem myself since I put in all plastic.  I too am 
on well water and it is great.  Only real issue in our area is that about 1 
in seven wells come in with high iron -- we didn't have that problem.

Last fall we reworked the spring that is on the other end of the property 
and that is great water too.  It flows about 3 gpm and with a 750 gallon 
tank and 80 feet of head to the garden area I will be able to water this 
summer.  Nice thing about the spring, is that if we lose power I can at 
least haul water to the house to keep us going.

Dave

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From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT frozen pipes

> What's eating your copper is acidic water:  can be treated with a filter 
> tank.  A little pricey, but sometjhimes you can pick them up cheap to free 
> from people switching over to municipal water from a well.  except for 
> slight acid (my copper is just beginning to develop pinholes after 35 
> years) my well water is the best, and i wouldn't trade it for anything. 
> So I picked up a filter and will replace the copper piece by piece with 
> good solid used stuff as I acquire it.  It will last a lifetime with the 
> filter, and since I have so much exposed plumbing in the house, it is well 
> worth it to me.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 7:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT frozen pipes
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>> Andy,
>>
>> How does copper work in your area?  I was always a fan of copper until we 
>> moved here to Brasstown, NC.  With most of the well water in this area, 
>> it eats copper -- so any of the plastics are better.  Dad had the same 
>> problem when they moved to Boulder, CO.  Just check around before you go 
>> to copper. The well drillers here are the ones that told me to stay away 
>> from copper --  most of the hardware stores here don't even carry it any 
>> more.  (and I had lots of copper fittings on hand when I built this 
>> house.)
>>
>> Dave
>>
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>> From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:21 AM
>> To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List 
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>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT frozen pipes
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>>> Sharkbite fittings are, as you say, pricey, but they really do work.  My 
>>> plan for this house is to replace all the lousy PVC lines with copper 
>>> and sharkbite fittings.  Those fittings will also work with PVC and any 
>>> other rigid or semi-rigid tubing.  Very ingeniously contrived, BTW.
>>>
>>> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>>>> The Monday before Christmas we had the temps drop below zero with high 
>>>> winds out of the West.  As a result, the pipes that run to our laundry 
>>>> froze and burst.  That section of the house is just a crawl space, so 
>>>> instead of opening up the hatch to gain access which would have really 
>>>> flooded the space with cold air, I decided to disconnect and cap that 
>>>> section at the source.  I got the Hot line capped ok, but the shut off 
>>>> valve did not stop the flow completly and let a steady drip through to 
>>>> the cold line. Because of the dampness, I couldn't get the joint to 
>>>> take solder, so I decided to use a compression fitting.  At the local 
>>>> farm store they didn't have any compression fittings, but they had 
>>>> something called SharkBite. It was a bit pricey but what option did I 
>>>> have?  So I got it.  To my amazment, it worked as advertised, just 
>>>> clean the end and slide the fitting on and you are done. So if you have 
>>>> to make an emergency repair, the SharkBite connectors are a good 
>>>> choice.
>>>>
>>>> Robert Ehrenberger
>>>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>>>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>>>
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