If the fact exists that water flowing through galvanized iron pipes is impregnated with zinc, a simple chemical test by a competent person will readily determine it. All metallic pipes in use are ...

Q: We installed a new electric hot-water heater. I thought maybe the old one had collected sludge in the bottom and was cutting water pressure to the faucets upstairs. This didn't work. The water ...

A galvanized pipe is gray as well, but you know it's galvanized if it's also magnetic. You can use a fridge magnet to figure it out. If you have lead or galvanized steel, these pipes will need to ...

Vernon Snoeyink, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses galvanized pipe corrosion and Fresno’s water treatment at a meeting that attracted about 500 northeast Fresno ...

If you see a thicker pipe coming up out of the basement floor with threads on the end, it's probably a galvanized supply pipe. Galvanized or lead water pipes were installed in Minneapolis homes ...

If you're doing a plumbing installation or repair, you'll need to buy pipe and pipe fittings. Here's some help figuring out which fittings you need. The post A Guide To Pipe Fittings and How To Use ...

Q: I live in a 1940s house that has galvanized pipes. The cold-water tap in the bathtub has become blocked. A plumber said debris from the pipes was clogging the pipe, and the only thing I could ...

The City of Sulphur water system identified 258 pipes as galvanized. The City of Lake Charles has completed its inventory and identified all 32,598 of their pipes as non-lead. Only a few areas of the ...