Rust is visible on the interior of a piece of galvanized pipe from the home of northeast Fresno residents Michael and Karen Micheli in this June 2016 photo. The Michelis replumbed their home, ...

Here is a concern from one of our readers that you could and should find interesting. The subject matter applies to many middle-age to older homes. Yes, there is. The original method of distributing ...

If you're buying an old house, beware of old galvanized steel water pipes. These pipes build up with sediment on the inside, making the inside diameter of the pipe smaller and smaller over time, ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Folks in cities across North Carolina are getting letters in the mail and those letters are causing a panic. The letters contain verbiage like ...

FLINT, MI-- The rate of finding lead or galvanized service pipes in Flint has increased 15 to 70 percent while using a predictive model to plan replacements, according to the researchers who built the ...

You might need to test your pipes to see if they have a heightened risk of leaking lead into your water. (Getty Images) If you recently received a letter from the city of Wichita telling you that you ...

Northeast Fresno resident Karen Micheli shows an example of the rusted interior of galvanized pipes in her home in this June 2016 file photo. Micheli is among hundreds of northeast Fresno residents ...

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 do ...

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