Rust removal?

I've been bitten by something that then hissed and scurried away. Couldn't see what it was but there were two dots on my foot and it swelled up so that I almost couldn't get a shoe on. Having just arrived on this here shore I remained blissfully unaware of anything and went to work. Two weeks later the foot was ok again.

Then, I had my comeuppance WRT poison oak and this one required stiff antibiotics ...

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I react BADLY to poison ivy. Another reason I live in AZ ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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I'm spoiled, the only piping I do is for lab equipment and that is all stainless Swagelok, that just works everytime, but a fitting probably has two extra zeros on the price compared to the stuff used for a house.

-Lasse

Probably. On things like shut-off valves that only come in compression fit it's often ... tighten ... still hissing ... tighten some more ... wait an hour ... one wee droplet formed ... say prayer, wipe sweat off forehead and tighten some more ...

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it is usually flax fiber, and it is used for everything here done in black or galvanized pipe

Most drinking water and heating here is done in plastic(pex) now and is usually tube in tube, so if there is a leak it will come out the outer pipe where they are all connected at the entrance to the house. and I think it is possible to pull out the inner pipe and replace it.

hiding assemblies, such as fittings inside a wall is not legal here. soldered copper might be an exeption I'm not sure.

-Lasse

Hard water is self-sealing ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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We don't have hard water but I did notice that (outside) connections I just didn't want to torque too much quit leaking after a few weeks.

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Naw, he will have been termed out 20 years previously by then.

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You, like myself, do have hard water. It is just not so hard as to react with modern soaps nastily. Also ask spouse about cleaning the bathrooms.

We have central softening plus RO at three sinks in the house. ...Jim Thompson

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Doesn't look like that to me, we are in the first data column:

According to this it falls under very soft:

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No filters here at all, except for the one in the 'fridge. The water is rather good, though not as good as Lake Champlain water. The apartment we had in Ohio had water hard enough to be considered chunky style.

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Looks like even with just a few miles separating us your water supply has very different character than in the valley base.

Yeah, we sop op the good stuff before it ever gets to you guys down there :-)

Same with wine. The good stuff is made up here. Or as one bumper sticker puts it "El Dorado makes wine - Napa makes auto parts".

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Nah, this is the place:

Unfortunately their 2003 Black Label Syrah is now gone :-((

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I pledge allegiance to Dear Leader Barack Hussein Obama and to the community organization for which he stands: one nation under ACORN, unchallengeable, with wealth redistribution and climate change for all.

I'll be honest here, my favorite right now is a nice cold large mug of Hefeweizen beer from tap in our Japanese restaurant. Next week we'll be there again, can't wait. Have to limit the number of visits or I'll grow sideways ;-)

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I certainly would like a nice Hefeweizen when I'm warm... as I am now... installing partitions for cookie sheets, etc., in a kitchen cabinet ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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Coming soon to the elementary school in your neighborhood...

I pledge allegiance to Dear Leader Barack Hussein Obama and to the
community organization for which he stands: one nation under 
ACORN, unchallengeable, with wealth redistribution and climate
change for all.