soap

[wireforfire]

I think I have soap in my waterline is there a way to test for it

 

[djmayhill]

Highly highly doubt it's soap

 

[frodo]

explain in more detail please,

 

[SHEPLMBR]

The only way you are going to get that is if you leave a hose in a bucket full of suds and not have an anti-siphoning device on your hose bib. And even then it would have to be a lot to notice. Are you on city or well?

 

[plumb_bob_square_pants]

Is this for a new build? If you have copper pipes and it is a new installation your water can be sudsy when you first use it. Water soluble Flux makes the water seem soapy. If your plumber did not do a good job flushing the system then this could be the problem.

 

[wireforfire]

This house is 50+ years old, original everything.
When i use the garden hose for the first time that day and concentrate it in one spot suds appear for about a minute then stop. My thoughts were that if the water pressure is noticeably lower that my last house and the washing machine is filling up there might be a balance of pressure and soap would seep into the line. I had a plumber in but he didn't agree, but I continue to see the suds everyday. there are also rusty deposits at every drain but I don't know if that could be related. I would like to test for soap to prove what I see

 

[frodo]

only way to prove your theory, sounds like you need to do this.

go to the pharmacy, get 2 fecal specimen containers with lids.

fill the jars with the soap water, and take them to your health department to be looked at in the lab. cost is usually 4 of 5 bucks each jar

post back with what you find.

 

[wireforfire]

I will find out where.Thanks

 

[frodo]

soap is used in installing the 4'' thru 8'' water mains in the street,
we call it "slik em" rendered cow fat with soap, we put on gaskets to ease them together

a slug of that . maybe, if and construction in your area yuk