Trujillo Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante99 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 That should remind you to eat more fiber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhonKaenKowboy Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) 65 year-old drain pipe..replaced with black ABS pipe pretty cheap, but I did all the work.,,,,, Edited May 17, 2016 by KhonKaenKowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfredtillmann Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark123456 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 ...looks identical to an occluded coronary artery..amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 ....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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 ....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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Don't you just love the way they concrete the pipes into walls & floors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Don't you just love the way they concrete the pipes into walls & floors Actually no, not when I need to find the leak ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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