i recently moved from a city with great tap water to one with horrible water, so i ordered a water faucet filter so i dont have to keep buying bottled water. it came in today and i went to install it. the first step was to remove the aerator from the faucet. when i did so, i was greeted with this (full size) trapped behind the aerator and came pouring out of the faucet :Q wtf is that shet? it feels like... broken up seashells:frown:
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wtf is this
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compnovice
Diamond Member
mineral deposits which broke off from pipe walls?
biggestmuff
Diamond Member
broken, human teeth. :Q
BrunoPuntzJones
Lifer
calcium, lime, rust
natto fire
Diamond Member
That is why I only buy my bottled water from Astronico, they guarantee the water is harvested from the purest ice comets. Sure, it is $900 a bottle, and it sucks having to send all those Western Union MOs to Nigeria, but I demand clean water!
compnovice
Diamond Member
:laugh:
You should also try the new Diet Water.... I helped me lose 50 lbs... It has half the calories of normal water :Q
Are these hard and brittle? Then likely hard water mineral deposits that built up in pipes and then broke off in little pieces. But if they are soft and a little stretchy, they could be bits of teflon tape used when pipes are threaded together at joints.
Either way, these have been caught in the strainer who knows when? That's why I clean those aerator / strainer things out on occasion. They work a lot better when they don't have junk clogging their tiny holes.
Because the building is only 5 years old, I do NOT suspect a third cause I have seen. In some very old places the pipe from street water main into the house was lead. The metal slowly builds a white lead oxide layer inside, which also slowly breaks off little bits that come down the pipe and get caught in the strainer.
Either way, these have been caught in the strainer who knows when? That's why I clean those aerator / strainer things out on occasion. They work a lot better when they don't have junk clogging their tiny holes.
Because the building is only 5 years old, I do NOT suspect a third cause I have seen. In some very old places the pipe from street water main into the house was lead. The metal slowly builds a white lead oxide layer inside, which also slowly breaks off little bits that come down the pipe and get caught in the strainer.
Squisher
Lifer
I've got a new guess.
It' might be the pieces of the dip tube from your hot water tank.
Some are made from really cheap plastic and disintegrate after a couple of years. Especially the self cleaning ones which have more back pressure.
If you ever turn on the hot water and have it start running cold after a minute of hot water, It'll be time to fix.
It's a couple hour job with a cost around $10.
It' might be the pieces of the dip tube from your hot water tank.
Some are made from really cheap plastic and disintegrate after a couple of years. Especially the self cleaning ones which have more back pressure.
If you ever turn on the hot water and have it start running cold after a minute of hot water, It'll be time to fix.
It's a couple hour job with a cost around $10.
Old Hippie
Diamond Member
And you had water comming outta there? First thing I'd do, is go look at the rest of 'um.
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