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Crud in hot water lines

 
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Tom Meadows



Joined: 19 Jun 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:52 am    Post subject: Crud in hot water lines Reply with quote
Our home is 18 years old. It is plumbed thru out with copper water lines. A few months ago we replaced the hot water heater. We are now having a problem with the filter screens on the dish washer, clothes washer, and showers pluging up with a slimy grity stuff. If you put it on something and let it dry it turns a bluish green color. We have flushed the tank several times and get a bunch of this stuff from the tank. The company has replaced the tank and the problem showed down for a week or so and now its back. They told us that the problem is the copper water lines. We installed new dielectric unions when the new tank was instaled.

This problem is driving us up the wall.. Only is happing on the hot water lines.

Tom
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thescruff
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Joined: 03 May 2003
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Location: Bath
PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You obviously disturbed sometype of bacteria possibly from the storage tank, thats assuming it hasn't had an overdose of self cleaning flux and not been flushed out properly.

You could get a specialist Company to chlorinate the system.

Or you could take a sample and have it analysed, or both.

thescruff. Cool
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