Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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The one thing I think you can safely rule out is the water quality. Our water is excellent, some of the best in the country, straight from the Cascades snow melt natural filtration and yet we still...
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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Pictures of corrosion?
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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I don't know much about plumbing but our hot water valve in the MBR keeps corroding too, I suspect it's something to do with the non-brass valve being in contact with the brass pipe and hot water...
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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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 on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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Yes. We have 3 BR and a total of probably 10 faucets in the house of various construction. In this LOCATION only do we get this corrosion and on the hot side ONLY. I've replaced it once.......
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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Flint, MI?
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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:eek: Your house plumbing runs through your stomach? That's your problem with corrosion right there. :faint:
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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How do you mean "Tested"? IT's done annually at our well water/softener servicing.
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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Actually probably the furthest!
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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Is this faucet supplied by copper, galvanized, or PEX? It's possible there's a static difference between this faucet and the rest of the system. We had our entire plumbing redone during a...
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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He is too busy training your voice activated network equipment :bulb:
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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Given that the faucet is under some sort of warranty I might just call up Delta and have them replace it. I'll also look at eliminating any electropotential that exists (E.g. grounding)
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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:scratch: Maybe I have that backwards, he told me how they run years ago, I'll ask DH when I can.
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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in-wall distribution is all copper. From the wall to the fixture varies and I don't recall what it is in this specific fixture.
I also don't know if the sink MOC is different from the rest; we...
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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What is the sink made of and is it different from the others?
Have you had your well water tested?
Maybe there is an interaction of water chemistry and metal interaction that is not occurring...
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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DH said the problem sink is the last one, for what that's worth. Our setup is kind of weird, the water heater is in the house but the pipes run into the craw space then split with one pipe going to...
Corrosion on hot water valve only? [No OT]
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So this faucet is used all the time being in the MBR Bath?