Quothe Fred Cisin, from writings of Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 09:10:58PM -0700:
> Parts of my house are a hundred years old, and I'm sure
> that I'm not the only one who does not live in a
> little box on the hillside made of ticky-tacky.
True, but those who live in those flimsy new houses seem to forget
that others do live in real houses that were built to last more than
twenty-five years or so. As a result, some hardware stores don't even
stock basic household hardware for some older houses like door knobs
with a square threaded shafts connecting the knobs, selling some sort
of newfangled doorknob mechanisms instead.
> I'm certainly not questioning the existence of lead pipe -
Joe may not believe it, but it has been used for incoming water pipes,
in the U.S., in houses, schools and many other buildings within the
past 100 years.
> I replaced some in my house with iron pipe.
> But it's less common now than it used to be, and I've run
> into more than a few extraordinarily ignorant people who
> will point to a piece of galvanized pipe and [INCORRECTLY]
> call it "lead pipe" (including staff at Home Depot!)
Hmmm... do they call black iron pipe lead pipe as well? Most likely.
>From what I've read, the new black iron pipe isn't threaded, and gets
connected with fittings that will most likely wear out well before the
pipe does. Seems to me that the goal is not to build houses with
piping that lasts, but piping that provides plumbers with good
incomes.
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