BlackCloud
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I am at wits end and about ready to repipe the entire house.
background info:
Two years ago some work was done moving my water meter without permission which led to contamination of the entire house water system with BLUE PVC cement. The pipe junctions were glued and the water immediately turned on flushing the cement into the lines. (there may have been malicious intent for the amount found in the lines. There was previous police action involved prior that may have provoked retaliation.)
The water contained lethal levels of MEK, Acetone, and Methylene chloride according to a state lab.
I had a plumber replace whatever line that was worked on and found later it was reglued again using clear cement with a tail of cement about one inch wide and 8 inches long in the pipe from the same guys that used the blue cement. We shut off the supply at the meter replaced the section of PVC and ran air blowers through the lines for 48 hours hoping to let any cement cure if it was still in the lines. Then blew compressed air throughout the lines and changed the water heater as there was cement particles in that as well. Things seemed a little better but water tests still show the chemicals, diminishing levels thankfully but we will not use the water for drinking or bathing. I think most of the problem is the hot water as the cement has a boiling point of 104 degrees and the hot water is higher.
Aside from replumbing the house and the disaster it will cause with drywall removal and digging up a tile floor does anyone have any ideas what else would work to rid all of this stuff from the lines?
house is 6 years old and never had a problem until this event. The line from the meter to the house is PVC and the rest of the house is copper most of the lines are run in the attic of a single story and drop down to the fixtures.
I am truly at wits end on trying to cure this. Insurance won't pay for it and I am stuck.
Thanks for any ideas on how to get the pipes clear.
BC
background info:
Two years ago some work was done moving my water meter without permission which led to contamination of the entire house water system with BLUE PVC cement. The pipe junctions were glued and the water immediately turned on flushing the cement into the lines. (there may have been malicious intent for the amount found in the lines. There was previous police action involved prior that may have provoked retaliation.)
The water contained lethal levels of MEK, Acetone, and Methylene chloride according to a state lab.
I had a plumber replace whatever line that was worked on and found later it was reglued again using clear cement with a tail of cement about one inch wide and 8 inches long in the pipe from the same guys that used the blue cement. We shut off the supply at the meter replaced the section of PVC and ran air blowers through the lines for 48 hours hoping to let any cement cure if it was still in the lines. Then blew compressed air throughout the lines and changed the water heater as there was cement particles in that as well. Things seemed a little better but water tests still show the chemicals, diminishing levels thankfully but we will not use the water for drinking or bathing. I think most of the problem is the hot water as the cement has a boiling point of 104 degrees and the hot water is higher.
Aside from replumbing the house and the disaster it will cause with drywall removal and digging up a tile floor does anyone have any ideas what else would work to rid all of this stuff from the lines?
house is 6 years old and never had a problem until this event. The line from the meter to the house is PVC and the rest of the house is copper most of the lines are run in the attic of a single story and drop down to the fixtures.
I am truly at wits end on trying to cure this. Insurance won't pay for it and I am stuck.
Thanks for any ideas on how to get the pipes clear.
BC