Hi,
For a couple of years we were experiencing rusty water coming out of our utility sink in the garage. The previous owner installed it himself and used galvanized plumbing. It only affected the utility sink and the washing machine so as long as we flushed the utility sink before doing laundry we were not immediately concerned.
Recently we decided to get it fixed. So we hired a licensed plumber to replace it with copper. He opened up the wall behind the utility sink and replaced the galvanized pipes back until he reached copper. This appeared to solve he problem.
But after returning from a 2 week vacation, we used the sink and we saw rusty water again! Granted it was not nearly as much as before, but there was still some.
My assumption is that there is a split in the cold water line between the utility sink/washing machine and the rest of the house. I base this on the fact sink in the kitchen (which is adjacent to the garage) as well as the bathrooms do not output any visible rusty water. So that then leads me to believe that the problem plumbing lies some where after the split, but before the utility sink.
So is there any professional/professional company that I can hire with some sort of technique for locating where this galvanized plumbing may be, without tearing open all the walls to find it?
Thanks,
kkwansj
For a couple of years we were experiencing rusty water coming out of our utility sink in the garage. The previous owner installed it himself and used galvanized plumbing. It only affected the utility sink and the washing machine so as long as we flushed the utility sink before doing laundry we were not immediately concerned.
Recently we decided to get it fixed. So we hired a licensed plumber to replace it with copper. He opened up the wall behind the utility sink and replaced the galvanized pipes back until he reached copper. This appeared to solve he problem.
But after returning from a 2 week vacation, we used the sink and we saw rusty water again! Granted it was not nearly as much as before, but there was still some.
My assumption is that there is a split in the cold water line between the utility sink/washing machine and the rest of the house. I base this on the fact sink in the kitchen (which is adjacent to the garage) as well as the bathrooms do not output any visible rusty water. So that then leads me to believe that the problem plumbing lies some where after the split, but before the utility sink.
So is there any professional/professional company that I can hire with some sort of technique for locating where this galvanized plumbing may be, without tearing open all the walls to find it?
Thanks,
kkwansj