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Here is the best way of joining copper pipe yourself. First, use fine sandpaper to clean the inside of the fittings and the ends of the pipes. Then brush flux onto your fittings. Join the pipes ...

You often see copper and galvanized steel plumbing mixed in residential water systems with nothing separating them other than a little thread sealant or Teflon plumbing tape.

The older the pipes are, the more potential there is for leaking. In the early 1960s, the housing industry decided to change the water lines from the old galvanized steel pipes to copper.

Lead service pipes are most common in homes constructed before 1954. Homes built before 1988 are more likely to have lead solder used to join copper or steel pipes.

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Q: I live in a 1940s house that has galvanized pipes. The cold-water tap in the bathtub has become blocked. A plumber said debris from the pipes was clogging the pipe, and the only thing I could ...

There are three kinds of pipe, lead, copper, and galvanized pipe. You may need to scrape off sediment to see what color the pipe is. The lead pipe is gray.

The Water Authority encourages residents to perform this test. If the pipe matches the penny, it’s copper. If the penny scratches the pipe and leaves a dull finish, it’s lead.

City notices that went out as part of new EPA lead and copper rules warned 33,000 water customers that their private water service lines could be lead.