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BugsLife (NC)
Hello,
I saw an older post about algae growth in cold water lines from a well - I have a similar question but the house is on town water so no well. There looks to be some growth or discoloration of just the cold water lines coming from copper piping. Has anyone seen this before and have any suggestions on how to get rid of it?
We are thinking of trying to flush with bleach, but not sure if that is the best way to go.
Thanks for any suggestions. I will post a photo of it:
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
I can't see the picture. Do you see something on the outside of the pipes ? It could be flux residue or where condensation has stained the pipe. If there's actually something inside the pipe you could use a chlorine solution to disinfect the piping system. I'd use a pump to recirculate the solution and let it sit for 24 hrs before flushing the system.
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m & m (MD)
Your municipal water is already chlorinated so additional chlorination will not have any impact.
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Paul48 (CT)
If you were to find the most pristine spring in the world, there would be plant life growing in the water. I don't know whether or not they still have them, but there was fish-traps in the water mains, and my father use to say,"you wouldn't want to see what was stuck in them".
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BugsLife (NC)
Thank you for the input. There does not look to be anything outside of the tubing...I'll try the photo again using url this time.
I can believe that there is microbe or plant life still but we rent out our house now and need to fix this for our tenants still.
For trying to flush the lines using a pump - do I turn off the water and disconnect these lines (using a bucket to catch water in the lines still), or where do you add in the chlorine (or whatever we use to try to clean the lines) and the pump? Sorry for the naive question.
Let me know if this link to the photo works or not, I think this will be a big help. In the photo the lines to the left are hot water and to the right are cold water which have a reddish-brown color to them. We are also having some mold problems with our front loading washer in that house, is it possible that this could be something from the washer?
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BugsLife (NC)
In case any one checks this - apparently what you see in the photo is normal, we just had a plumber take a look at it. Some sediment from the copper piping can cause this discoloration.
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