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You're complaining about iron and your solution is copper?! Iron has a longer life expectancy, better failure condition, and is less expensive.
by smileysteve 3y ago
You're complaining about iron and your solution is copper?! Iron has a longer life expectancy, better failure condition, and is less expensive.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoCopper is more corrosion resistant than iron. Cast iron and galvanized pipes are usually swapped out for copper or plastic. https://www.thisoldhouse.com/plumbing/reviews/types-of-plumbing-pipes https://www.thisoldhouse.com/plumbing/reviews/types-of-plumb...
- petre 3y agoAlso way more expensive, getting even more expensive and being very much sought after by the EV industry. It's quite easy to work with, I'll grant you that. And looks good compared to Pex/PPR. But we decided to limit its use to boiler rooms. For solar panel installations we went to flexible corrugated stainless steel tubing.
- mynameisnoone 3y agoThat's not the whole story. Galvanized contrasted with copper: faster scale accumulation, harder to work with, more difficult repairs, and more self-welding. When copper was cheap, it was the clear winner. Old galvanized is a PITA. No one uses cast iron anymore because it's a huge PITA and brittle. PS: MAPP (substitute) gas is the only way to do copper soldering. Propane is a waste of time.