Henry Ramsey
Member
I'm curious about the costs of going from galvanized to copper pipes.
I live in a 30+ year old townhome that was converted from apartments in the 70s. The buildings are probably closer to 35-40 years old(tax records say they were build in 65 or 69).
We have galvanized pipes throughout and have had a lot of problems with the common water pipes bursting from time to time due to the high mineral content of our water.
My homeowners assocation has been simply replacing the pipes with new galvanized pipe. Wouldn't it be better in the end to replace the pipes with copper? The HOA board says it's too expensive(we have money problems)because of the special union needed to bridge the copper with the galvanized, but isn't copper more desireable over all? How much does this galvanic union *really* cost to install and wouldn't it make it easier to replace the pipes when/if they go bust to install them?
Do most all plumbers have the ability to do this or do only certain companies as a rule even work on copper>galvanized unions?
I live in a 30+ year old townhome that was converted from apartments in the 70s. The buildings are probably closer to 35-40 years old(tax records say they were build in 65 or 69).
We have galvanized pipes throughout and have had a lot of problems with the common water pipes bursting from time to time due to the high mineral content of our water.
My homeowners assocation has been simply replacing the pipes with new galvanized pipe. Wouldn't it be better in the end to replace the pipes with copper? The HOA board says it's too expensive(we have money problems)because of the special union needed to bridge the copper with the galvanized, but isn't copper more desireable over all? How much does this galvanic union *really* cost to install and wouldn't it make it easier to replace the pipes when/if they go bust to install them?
Do most all plumbers have the ability to do this or do only certain companies as a rule even work on copper>galvanized unions?