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Originally Posted by Tidybuoy
It looks like most of the pipes were replaced at some point. Although it's galvanized pipe, all of it looks new as there is no dulling or oxidation visible. Also, they left all of the old pipes under the house, which was a pain in the butt as I needed to remove all of these to make room for my fat ass.
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Not trying to say yours are bad...but the house I live in now had about half galvanized pipes when I bought it. The rest had been replaced with PVC pipe. They all looked fine from the outside.
I had to replace some of the galvanized near the water heater downstairs and was very surprised when trying to look thru a 3ft straight piece that I removed.
I couldn't see any light because of the rolling peaks and valleys of built-up calcium. I'm guessing the galv pipe was about 40 years old. I continued on and replaced all the galvanized and every piece had the same build-up. It's weird how it looks because you would think the calcium would start on the bottom of the inside...nope, it is random on all sides. I really don't know how I had the water quantity and pressure that I did before replacement.