Hello,
I'm trying to understand my plumbing, and I'm confused by the cold water supply to the water heater.
It appears that some work was done at some point to run copper to the water heater (presumably for the health of the appliance), but it also seems the old run of galvanized (still supplying most of the house fixtures) is merged back to the new copper line right before the water heater.
What would the purpose of this be? Or was this just some oversight or mistake? Can/should the old galvanized "half" of the water heater supply be removed?
Thanks in advance!
I'm trying to understand my plumbing, and I'm confused by the cold water supply to the water heater.
It appears that some work was done at some point to run copper to the water heater (presumably for the health of the appliance), but it also seems the old run of galvanized (still supplying most of the house fixtures) is merged back to the new copper line right before the water heater.
What would the purpose of this be? Or was this just some oversight or mistake? Can/should the old galvanized "half" of the water heater supply be removed?
Thanks in advance!
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