[TheForge] OT frozen pipes

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

580'!! Wow! That's a deep hole and a strong pump. Gotta be expensive.
If it eats copper i'd think you'd have to be extremely fastidious about 
your stainless. Might be worth thinking about sacrifice anodes maybe?..pf

Andrew Vida wrote:
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> David E. Smucker wrote:
>> 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.)
> 
>     Good point.  Our well is moderately deep at 580' - water seems very 
> sweet, but a pH check may be a good idea prior to any changes.
> 
>     What about stainless tubing?  Overkill, sure... but I wonder how it 
> would hold up vis-a-vis copper.
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