monty
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We have a fairly new house (built in 2011) with an irrigation back flow prevention setup that has a leak.
The risers from the buried PVC water supply pipe up to the valve are galvanized steel threaded pipe, and the supply side one now has a pinhole leak. This leak is right at the ground level where the pipe enters/exits the soil. The pipes were wrapped with insulation pipe wrap - but some water got behind the wrap and must have accelerated the corrosion on the pipe.
Now, I could simply buy a new 18" galvanized pipe nipple and install it to fix my current problem - but it seems that using galvanized pipe isn't the best choice in this area??? Should I look using something else to match the valve material? I am somewhat handy and could do the switch over and so I am curious what is the best option for this setup.
Thanks for the help in advance!
The risers from the buried PVC water supply pipe up to the valve are galvanized steel threaded pipe, and the supply side one now has a pinhole leak. This leak is right at the ground level where the pipe enters/exits the soil. The pipes were wrapped with insulation pipe wrap - but some water got behind the wrap and must have accelerated the corrosion on the pipe.
Now, I could simply buy a new 18" galvanized pipe nipple and install it to fix my current problem - but it seems that using galvanized pipe isn't the best choice in this area??? Should I look using something else to match the valve material? I am somewhat handy and could do the switch over and so I am curious what is the best option for this setup.
Thanks for the help in advance!