Galvanized Pipes in Older Homes. While natural gas and electricity power most furnaces today, many pre-1970s homes had fuel-oil powered furnaces and with that came an underground fuel oil tank.

Q: I live in a 1940s house that has galvanized pipes.The cold-water tap in the bathtub has become blocked. A plumber said debris is clogging the pipe, and the only thing I can do is repipe the ...

As galvanized steel pipes corrode within and form rust, lead that has accumulated over decades is likely to be found deep in the interior walls of those rusty pipes.

Rust takes up more space than steel, so the corrosion eventually fills up the pipe. “It’s a rusty, crusty mess,” said Tim Whistler, owner of Tim Whistler Plumbing & Gas Fitting, which works ...

The use of galvanized or stainless steel avoids the rust problems associated with normal steel products. ... In 2010, the price of a galvanized pipe half-inch 90-degree angle fitting was about $9.

NEWTON — An ordinance requiring local property owners to replace lead and galvanized-steel water pipes will go to a public hearing on June 24, the town council decided this week. Ordinance 2024 ...

Replacing old pipes with copper piping costs, on average, between $4 and $12 per linear foot or $4,000 and $12,000 for 1,000 linear feet of pipe and doesn’t include removal of the existing ...

Crews are working to remove approximately 40,000 to 50,000 lead service lines by 2037, replacing them with copper pipes. “We've declared it a public nuisance.

The Biden Administration has proposed that lead pipes be removed across the country within the next 10 years. Here’s what it could look like in New Hampshire.