The standing water in the pipe has time to accumulate rust overnight.

 

Do they have well water or city water?

 

Before I got my water system installed years back, the first burst of water in the morning from every fixture was rusty water. There was dissolved iron in the water, and it would rust overnight while standing in the pipework.

Your customer has apparently not experienced this issure before, and this is new. You didn't use black iron pipe from the valve body to the spout by chance, did you?

 

md, does anyone use black iron pipe on potable water systems?

This is allowable on fire systems here.

 

md, does anyone use black iron pipe on potable water systems?

Gee, I hope not. I was just ruling out stuff. Anything's possible. Gas lines and fire sprinkler's are about the only uses for black iron in these times.

What the heck do I know, anyhow? I'm just throwing some stuff out there. If I get lucky, then I look smart. Helps with this fat head disfunction that I have.

 

None of this really matters. It appears as though Housedocs is going to replumb with plastic. Sometimes you bite the bullet.

 

They're on city water and the only metal I used was just a couple of galvanized pieces to run the tub spout out from the shower body, so there's no water standing in any metal line overnight, also this is only happening with the new tub, no problem with the plumbing in the dbl sink we install in the same bath or for that matter in the other tub we installed.

Customer isn't worried about this at all, but it's buggin me, being the perfectionist type that I am

I do appreciate the brain storming.

 

I had that happen when the plumber change my tub spot in my second bathroom. It would shoot out rust color water. Didn't do it before. It did it for about a month. And one day it stopped. It doesn't do it anymore. It was the only place it did it. Meaning no where else. Not the other bathtub or any other facuets.

 

The only thing the hot and cold share is the line from the valve to the spout. You need to replace the galvy with copper or brass. Galvy is actually steel pipe coated with zinc and it has a tendency to flake off and clog the system and also rust.

 

The only thing the hot and cold share is the line from the valve to the spout. You need to replace the galvy with copper or brass. Galvy is actually steel pipe coated with zinc and it has a tendency to flake off and clog the system and also rust.

I took the spout off yesterday and removed the 4" piece of galvanized, dried it all out and spray painted the inside with some rustoleum, let it set overnight and we're still getting the same thing. I think swapping it out with brass is going to be the ultimate solution. Just has me scratchin my head, cause I've tore out lots of galvanized pipes and never because the client had rust coming out with the water like this.:no:

 

House, this is only common in new installs because the minerals in the water eventually seal off the interior of the pipe. Of course, this varies with the quality of the water.

 

I took the spout off yesterday and removed the 4" piece of galvanized, dried it all out and spray painted the inside with some rustoleum, let it set overnight and we're still getting the same thing. I think swapping it out with brass is going to be the ultimate solution. Just has me scratchin my head, cause I've tore out lots of galvanized pipes and never because the client had rust coming out with the water like this.:no:

That is interesting!! I can't believe you would go thru all that.... to paint a nipple as opposed to replacing it.But, it sounds like you are eventually going to narrow it down. It is a tough way of doing things especially in a customer's home...waiting for a dollar nipple to dry overnight. Either way good luck!

 

I know this is an old thread but I'm having the exact same issue in a park model. Did you ever find a solution?

 

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