This Monkey's boyhood home is still owned and lived in by his lovely mom, who built it with my dad when they got married. (Oh, and patient... the only way she survived me.) Its on a well, and still has the 6' x 3' upright old school steel pressure tank from at least the 70s, if not from 1967 when they built the house.
Ive noticed that although she has had a bad iron staining problem since probably the early 90s shortly after I moved out. But in the last 5 years or so, Ive noticed a new issue. The water has a metallic taste, and now the toilets also have started to collect a grey sediment/staining. When I had to drain the tank to reset/re-pressure it, I noticed that I stirred up a bit of grey sediment as I flushed the lines.
I presume that grey sediment/staining/taste is likely coming from that iron tank? other than some stubs of iron pipe at the tank, its all copper or black plastic. The line from the pump is black plastic, and the lines in the house are copper.
So time to replace the ginormous "antique" tank with one of the small blue bladder tanks? Is that likely the culprit of the black stuff given the evidence above? that the tank is starting to break down inside?
Ive noticed that although she has had a bad iron staining problem since probably the early 90s shortly after I moved out. But in the last 5 years or so, Ive noticed a new issue. The water has a metallic taste, and now the toilets also have started to collect a grey sediment/staining. When I had to drain the tank to reset/re-pressure it, I noticed that I stirred up a bit of grey sediment as I flushed the lines.
I presume that grey sediment/staining/taste is likely coming from that iron tank? other than some stubs of iron pipe at the tank, its all copper or black plastic. The line from the pump is black plastic, and the lines in the house are copper.
So time to replace the ginormous "antique" tank with one of the small blue bladder tanks? Is that likely the culprit of the black stuff given the evidence above? that the tank is starting to break down inside?