Rusty Drinking Water Pipe: Removing Rust & Limescale, Effective Treatment Methods

I have a problem with rusty pipes in my drinking water system. And I have a question how to remove this rust and limescale. What means or something?

But you probably got the forums "mixed up"? Unless you want to remove rust and limescale electronically?

Ps. Ask a plumber to replace the pipes with copper or PVC.

kamilwy16 wrote:

I have a problem with rusty pipes in my drinking water system. And I have a question how to remove this rust and limescale. What means or something?

Basically, a simple answer can be given: it cannot be removed in a simple (read: cheap) way. Usually, pitting corrosion occurs in the pipes as a result of prolonged ion exchange. Thus, even if by some chemical method all this rust was removed, it will form again in a moment, because water contains carriers and oxygen and this causes corrosion. Usually pipes are galvanized inside and until this zinc is ionically "worn" it protects the pipes against corrosion. Depending on the quality and parameters of the water, it takes from several months to several years. As long as you remove the scale with the right amount of a popular descaler solution (provided that the zinc remains on the inner surface of the pipe), rust does not. Sooner or later you will have to foresee the replacement of pipes, at least those for drinking water, because drinking iron water is harmful to the body.
As for the magnetizers mentioned by the previous speaker, I am skeptical, especially when it comes to removing rust from pipes.
Regards!

You can rinse the pipes with a descaler and a rust remover, but you have to rinse the muck out of them later.

The second thing is that after such a procedure, they may be suitable for replacement in a moment because they will be making holes in different places every now and then - where there were the largest patterns from the inside.

The galvanized pipe on the top looked like new and there were such small holes in it - smaller like a needle punctured - so it burned from the inside after about 15 years on cold drinking water. I also saw pipes over 30 years old quite good, it depends a lot on how the pipe was made.

wowka wrote:

I also saw pipes over 30 years old quite good, it depends a lot on how the pipe was made.

However, I think that the parameters of the water that flows in them are of great importance. On the other hand, the quality of the tube itself is of course also important, but it seems to me that it comes only in 2nd place

kamilwy16 wrote:

because drinking iron water is harmful to the body.

Buddy - do you have any evidence to support this thesis? As far as I know, drinking rock water does not affect the body in any way. And as for iron-covered water, if it is brown in color or you can see floating iron particles, your installation must be replaced immediately?
Alternatively, invest in an electric kettle with a strainer.

phanick wrote:

kamilwy16 wrote:

because drinking iron water is harmful to the body.

Buddy - do you have any evidence to support this thesis? As far as I know, drinking rock water does not affect the body in any way. And as for iron-covered water, if it is brown in color or you can see floating iron particles, your installation must be replaced immediately?
Alternatively, invest in an electric kettle with a strainer.

Well, maybe I will answer. Of course there is evidence. It is enough to google "the effect of iron water on health" and read.
In addition, you do not distinguish between fossilized water (i.e. containing mainly magnesium and calcium carbonates) and iron water. Iron water is not the same as stony water. While stony water, i.e. water of high hardness, is not harmful and usually beneficial, it can be even toxic.
Iron is one that, apart from its normal carbonate content, has an addition of excess iron ions from the water supply.