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Question

My pipes are getting rusty, how can I flush them out?

Answer 1

Water is not rusty naturally? WOW ya learn sumthing new every day!

Answer 2

If you haven't already gotten the serious message, there seems to be a consensus that it is extremely unusual for relatively new pipes to be rusted. Most new pipes are copper or plastic. Those do not rust.

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Answer 3

Are you sure its rust? Depending on where you live and the quality of your water supply it could be iron deposits and it looks like rust, pretty common where i live

Answer 4

If it's the incoming pipe, don't bother, just replace them. By the time you have rust that is bothering you the pipe is rusting closed on the inside and you will loose pressure.  To just flush them, open all of the valve in the house completely and let them run for an hour.  Expensive but cheaper than the replacement.

Answer 5

They need to be plunged at every availabe opening. But no two at the same time. That would be wrong.

Answer 6

if you have a well get a water softener if it's city water report the problem to your water department

Answer 7

It is typically not a problem to have rusty pipes... I have very old cast iron pipes that are rusty in my house.

There are things you have to do to maintain them, first,if there is rust on the outside of the pipe (coming through from the inside) you need to have that section of the pipe repaired immediately, and get a professional plumber to do it.

One of the major problems we ahve is that the rust builds up in the faucet and level gasket of our shower and sinks. I simply turn off the water valve at the source, and then unscrew everything and rinse it out throughouly. you will see all the little particles of rust come out.

If there is rust in yoru drinking water, that is another problem, and again, you need to get a professional plumber.

Answer 8

I flush my pipes out with Byron's gravy. It's so thick and gets in there and really gets the job done. Might be time to call a real plumber if Byron ain't doing the work right, the kind with the s**y buttcrack showing.LMAO....you have ancient plumbing!!!!  I'm a professional by the way.

Answer 9

Which pipes are you talking about the ones bringing water in or out. If you are having trouble with the ones that are bringing in water, ie. you have rust in your water, do you have copper pipes? They don't rust, check your water heater. If you have galvanized pipes, then they have to be rather old, and you should look into replacing them with copper or pex. If you are talking about the pipes that are waste pipes, unless they are leaking, or backing up, why bother until you need to. If it aint broke don't fix it. Try this drain your water heater and see if you get a bunch of rust and sediment out of it. This will take a while so spend the day doing it.

Answer 10

My Doctor says Milanta!

Answer 11

No offense at all, and I'm not a Plumber, but the Q might get you some suggestive answers not at all related to "Rusty Pipes", and not knowing the intent, you should probably expect some.

   If in fact the ID of a PIPE is rusty, one might assume it isn't PVC, or Clay. One might also assume some plumbing that is quite old.

   I suspect FLUSHING would be tedious at best, and only minimally successful.

   Without knowing the age of the plumbing, the extent of rust or damage, Snaking, even by a Pro, might be as damaging to the pipes as the rust is.

Just my two "sense"

ADDED THOUGHT: Told ya so.