Water pipes of DOOM

[Trujillo]

Ever wondered why when the water department turns off your water, and it comes back on, there's that distinctive brown color?

The tessaban is digging up the rain gutters to replace them and along that line is the mooban water pipes. They are according to residents here about 35 years old.

I said that since they have them all exposed with the gutter reworks, they might as well replace these, but I was looked upon as delusional.

As a friend said when I showed him a section they cut out, "There's gotta be more than just rust going on in there."

Of course, the fact is that the pipes everywhere probably all look like this, but still, it makes you wonder.

What do you think?

[Dante99]

Just give them the money to buy new pipes and they will do it for you. That 8.5 small diameter pipe is not expensive and think what it will do for increased flow rate and reduced pumping costs. Also should get a new filter so the water in the pipes does not carry so much minerals.

[daoyai]

That should remind you to eat more fiber.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

65 year-old drain pipe..replaced with black ABS pipe pretty cheap, but I did all the work.,,,,,

Edited May 17, 2016 by KhonKaenKowboy

[manfredtillmann]

looks like lime or calcium deposits. fairly common but hardly seen like this. ever noticed the little white dots on your broadleaved plants after watering?

no wonder everyone drinks bottled water here.

[worgeordie]

I believe the water here is quite hard and has lot of minerals in it,

so not only affects water pipes,but also people,with kidney stones.

regards worgeordie

[Mark123456]

The mains water supply where I live (near ruamchook) is quite soft. Only 4 degrees GH and KH - pH of 8 though, so I'm guessing they add sodium hydroxide or similar to the supply.

[tandor]

...looks identical to an occluded coronary artery..amazing!

[Trujillo]

....you are what you drink....

Seems so counterintuitive that you will have a number of sois with all the steel water pipes exposed and it would be extremely easy to replace them with PVC or whatever is used now. But no. When the pipes finally totally fail, they will have to re-dig up everything, including the rain gutters they are replacing now.

It's just utter stupidity.

[tandor]

....you are what you drink....

Seems so counterintuitive that you will have a number of sois with all the steel water pipes exposed and it would be extremely easy to replace them with PVC or whatever is used now. But no. When the pipes finally totally fail, they will have to re-dig up everything, including the rain gutters they are replacing now.

It's just utter stupidity.

..oh well..gives the boys and girls on meagre laboring wages a job..moo baans don't have much money in the form of allocation from the amphur to spend.

[Trujillo]

moo baans don't have much money in the form of allocation from the amphur to spend.

The expense for my small mooban (3+ sois) for the drainage project is 2.21 million baht and will take 120 days, according to the big sign they put up.

[MESmith]

Don't you just love the way they concrete the pipes into walls & floors

[Trujillo]

How else could you:

(A Keep them secure

(B Remember where they are

(C Uh....what were we talking about?

Edited May 25, 2016 by Trujillo

[cmsally]

Don't you just love the way they concrete the pipes into walls & floors

Actually no, not when I need to find the leak !