Drivesme
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Hello all, I am going to be doing a complete repipe on my small 1920's house.
1 bath, kitchen and laundry, all accessible from the basement.
Currently all supply lines are 1/2 galvanized and I want to switch to copper, (no I don't want pex) getting lots of black flakes in my water from time to time. I remodeled the kitchen last summer and installed copper in the wall so that part is done. The pipe that was there was being insulated by newspapers dated 1929! The bathroom is slated for a re-do so any pipe I can't change now would be done then.
My question is this, you all seem to down on the 'trunk and branch' system, so I'm wondering why that is and what would be a better system?
I was thinking of just replacing what I have, the only change i would make is ball valves and 3/4 main line instead of the 1/2.
Any suggestions or am I on the right track?
Water pipe sizing
1 bath, kitchen and laundry, all accessible from the basement.
Currently all supply lines are 1/2 galvanized and I want to switch to copper, (no I don't want pex) getting lots of black flakes in my water from time to time. I remodeled the kitchen last summer and installed copper in the wall so that part is done. The pipe that was there was being insulated by newspapers dated 1929! The bathroom is slated for a re-do so any pipe I can't change now would be done then.
My question is this, you all seem to down on the 'trunk and branch' system, so I'm wondering why that is and what would be a better system?
I was thinking of just replacing what I have, the only change i would make is ball valves and 3/4 main line instead of the 1/2.
Any suggestions or am I on the right track?
Water pipe sizing
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