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Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
January 3, 2017 at
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There's one faucet in my house where the hot water valve side corrodes. The house is 12yo - the original faucet (we are 2nd owners) corroded on the hot side. I stripped it down, cleaned up the corrosion (CLR), and put it back, but it corroded badly within months. With that faucet the corrosion started to limit the hot water flowrate.
I then replaced the faucet but now a few years later the corrosion is there again. It's not to the point where it's impacting water flow though. corrosion affects the valve/handle itself, not the "body" that is mounted to the sink itself. Sink is porcelain/ceramic-coated steel or iron, probably.
Other info - this is probably the "farthest" faucet from the water distribution (2nd floor MBR); water is from a well and I use a softener (NaCl); all copper distribution within the walls. I don't recall what the connecting lines between the copper and faucet are off the top of my head.
I don't know what the faucet is made of.... wondering if this is some sort of galvanic issue, but why THIS location only?
I then replaced the faucet but now a few years later the corrosion is there again. It's not to the point where it's impacting water flow though. corrosion affects the valve/handle itself, not the "body" that is mounted to the sink itself. Sink is porcelain/ceramic-coated steel or iron, probably.
Other info - this is probably the "farthest" faucet from the water distribution (2nd floor MBR); water is from a well and I use a softener (NaCl); all copper distribution within the walls. I don't recall what the connecting lines between the copper and faucet are off the top of my head.
I don't know what the faucet is made of.... wondering if this is some sort of galvanic issue, but why THIS location only?
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