My friend with a plumbing business says I need to re-pipe my house.It was built in 79‘ and is copper.Our guest bathroom tub faucet spits out some rusty looking water when we turn it on, even if it was used just a few days ago.I think there must be some galvinized pipes in that tub plumbing configuration that needs replacing,NOT the entire houses pipes.I‘d love to here from some others on this matter.Thanks in advance Bill B.
LOL, I hope ur friend didn't offer a good price to go w/ his good advice. U r thinking correctly, the faucet actually screws onto a piece of steel pipe, that connects the faucet to the faucet assy. (assembly includes faucet, hot, cold and the long piece that runs up to the shower head, if urs has a shower head) a piece of steel pipe, usually around 5 to 61/2 inches, runs from the assembly, through the wall and extends 4 inches or so out. the faucet is actually hollow inside, until the last inch or so and that part is threaded to screw over this piece of pipe. It probably isn't galvanized, but is black pipe or some other non rust resistant, steel. Just wrap a towel or something soft, around the faucet and unscrew it from this pipe, from the tub side, using a pipewrench. then unscrew the now exposed pipe, take it to the hardware store and buy a new, galvanized piece the same length and some pipe dope. look into the hole it came out of, to make sure there isn't any obstruction, put dope on the threads and stick the pipe back through the hole and tighten down. put dope on the outer threads and screw the faucet back over it and u have a finished product that doesn't have that little bit of rust run out every time u turn it on. should be under ten bucks for the pipe and dope and take longer to go to the store than to make the actual repair. good luck, lol and a toast to good friends.
Sounds like your friend is trying to drum up some business. You only need to replace any pipes which aren't copper, and maybe give the inside of those copper pipes a good cleaning afterwards if they were along the path of the pipes you had to replace.
