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What year was your house built? I really hope this is not a risk on things built after 2000 (or 1980?)
by Der_Einzige 4y ago
What year was your house built? I really hope this is not a risk on things built after 2000 (or 1980?)
- Spooky23 4y agoLead flux went away like 45 years ago. But sometimes galvanized pipe has some amount of lead in the zinc coating, and a mixed cooper/galvanized installation can accelerate corrosion. Post-Flint, lead is the new asbestos. Because the standard is zero tolerance, there’s alot of noise on the topic. PEX is great, but I’d personally always go for cooper if I could afford it. We tend to learn new things about plastic and risks over time.
- kube-system 4y agoFrom 1986-2011 the EPA/congress defined "lead free" pipes as containing no more than 8% lead. In 1996, they banned plumbing that is not "lead free" from being sold. In 2011, the "lead free" definition was strengthened to a weighted average of 0.25%.