I will take advice Thanks Mary -------------- Original message from "Dan Nave" <[email protected]>: --------------
> It would probably be useless to plate the inside of copper water pipes > with silver. > Most water has a lot of minerals in it and it will drop out and cover > the insides of the pipes. > Of course, if your water is acidic, I don't believe this would happen; > you would be in trouble. > > Why do you say not to put CS down the well? Or is that only if you > have a septic tank? > > Dan > > > > >>> Ode Coyote 9/29/2005 6:43:30 AM >>> > Personally, I don't see a thing wrong with flexible plastic pipes. > > They don't tend to break, crack or permanently swell when frozen, > erode > with acidic water, clog with calcium, clank with pressure surges. It > costs a pile less to buy and install and formulations been changed > since > the near distant past to be chlorine resistant. > > If you spring for teflon, that's about as inert and tough as it > gets...but pricy. [Maybe not more after installation labor than copper. > > Copper is a LOT of 'work'] > > And too much copper can be a health problem. [Fairly rare that it IS > a > problem, but if you're getting blue stains in the sink, guess where > your > pipes are going.] > > If you're going with silver liner to protect 'you' somehow, by > consuming > silver, it might kill your septic tank and the silver won't last in > the > pipes. So, eventually back to plain copper... along with a dead tank. > > PS, don't pour CS down the drain or down the well. > > Ode > > > At 02:34 PM 9/28/2005 +0000, you wrote: > > >>>> > > > > Ode, > > I have a question, I am replacing my water pipes can one obtain silver > lined pipes or is this necessary???? > > Thanks > > Mary > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour >
