Decalcify

[EKM]

Hi, Is there a way to decalcify or sediment removal from the existing pipes in the house?

 

[havasu]

What pipes? Copper, Galvanized, PEX? Drain lines?

 

[EKM]

Copper pipes installed across home. I recently had a leak in the pipe due to excessive calcification, wondering if there is a way the calcification can be removed.

 

[Twowaxhack]

Replace it all, the damage is done.

 

[Geofd]

Test your water to see what in it

 

[pasadena_commut]

Copper pipes installed across home. I recently had a leak in the pipe due to excessive calcification, wondering if there is a way the calcification can be removed.

How would "calcification" cause a leak? It would just decrease the open area in the pipe so that the flow rate would go down. Copper pipes will leak, but the cause is probably one or more of: bad soldering at junctions, cracked fittings, pin holes, nails or screws driven into a pipe, or ice expansion. Which raises the question, who told you calcification was the problem, and what information did they provide to support that statement?

 

[havasu]

Or someone failed to ream the inside of the copper properly?

 

[pasadena_commut]

Or someone failed to ream the inside of the copper properly?

Yes. Or too much flux. Maybe I should have just used "bad junctions".

 

[havasu]

Geofd is spot on. First test, then get answers.