Thanks for the followups...
This house doesn't have a basement, the water table is too high here
in Houston, very, very few homes have them.
The inspector says that the pipes are galvanized and I know of several
other houses in the general area that had galvanized pipes, so I have
no reason to think they're made of anything else.
I am considering getting a plumber to give a repiping estimate as a
barganing tool.
thanks,
Eddie
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