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Default Quick basic advice on a dripping gas 40-gal hot-water heater

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:30:03 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

Start thinking about replacing all of that galvanized pipe
with either copper or pex.


Hi Edwin,

Given how corroded the steel pipes were (I can't believe my kids drank
water from those pipes!), maybe we'll try to replace all our plumbing when
the weather warms up (Bill is on the roof right now doing the shingles
which blew off in the last storm).

It seems like an easy job for the piping under the crawl space.

But it seems difficult for the piping hidden in the wall.
(Do we have to rip the walls apart?)

And the pipes under the driveway to the main water meter.
(Do we have to break open the driveway?)

Is replacing the galvanized pipes with copper a do-it-yourself job Billa nd
I can do together?

Donna