I am remodeling a 36yr old house I just brought in Gawga, a state that until recently did not have much use for building codes.
In this house, the 3 bathrooms (2 upstairs, one on the main level) use the same water wall from floor the second floor down to the basement. I opened the first floor wall and found a significant amount of previous water damage. It looks like a section of cooper was replaced and one of the pipes from a toilet was replaced with Galvanized. I pulled apart the rest of the wall cavity and plan to replace the studs, sheetrock and anything else that looks like it got wet. Luckily the termites did not find it...
My question is while I have the wall apart, should I just replace all the cooper supply and cast return pipes? I have heard arguments either way. I like the cast pipe b/c its quite and this wall is near the family room & kitchen.
I really do not want to deal with any problems in the future since I got the wall open today.
Please share any ideas...
In this house, the 3 bathrooms (2 upstairs, one on the main level) use the same water wall from floor the second floor down to the basement. I opened the first floor wall and found a significant amount of previous water damage. It looks like a section of cooper was replaced and one of the pipes from a toilet was replaced with Galvanized. I pulled apart the rest of the wall cavity and plan to replace the studs, sheetrock and anything else that looks like it got wet. Luckily the termites did not find it...
My question is while I have the wall apart, should I just replace all the cooper supply and cast return pipes? I have heard arguments either way. I like the cast pipe b/c its quite and this wall is near the family room & kitchen.
I really do not want to deal with any problems in the future since I got the wall open today.
Please share any ideas...