Add a new galvanized steel pipe length (nipple) at each end and solder in your copper. Use sandpaper as needed for cleaning the pipe. Then take the union apart and solder the brass end to the copper.

A galvanized pipe is gray as well, but you know it's galvanized if it's also magnetic. You can use a fridge magnet to figure it out. If you have lead or galvanized steel, these pipes will need to ...

Many plumbing websites say galvanized pipes have a life expectancy of 40 to 50 years, while others say 80 to 100. Clearly, the lower range wasn’t accurate for the pipes in your house.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global galvanized pipe fitting market size is poised to grow by USD 1.31 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 8% throughout the forecast period ...

Many plumbing websites say galvanized pipes have a life expectancy of 40 to 50 years, while others say 80 to 100. Clearly, the lower range wasn’t accurate for the pipes in your house. But at 80 ...

Vernon Snoeyink, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses galvanized pipe corrosion and Fresno’s water treatment at a meeting that attracted about 500 northeast Fresno ...

Flint has dug up service pipes at 1,582 addresses and replaced 514 lead or galvanized pipes so far. There are roughly 4,000 homes on Flint’s 2019 excavation list.

The galvanized pipes that still exist in the borough are 70-plus years old, Maurer said. According to the state Department of Health, at least 20% of human exposure to lead is from drinking water.

Commonly seen in homes built in the 1950s and 1960s, small amounts of lead have been found in the zinc coating of galvanized pipes before 2014, according to the Environmental Policy Innovation Center.