Well Hello Neighbor!
I think this is the first time in all the years I've been on the board that someone has posted from Reno!
Hi John, I live in Sun Valley, fondly referred to as Slum Valley. Right over one of the Northern hills from you! I love living out in the county!!! Wouldn't trade it for anything!
I've got another idea of what the problem might be. I know that most of the parks around here are at least 30 years old. I'm a native, born and raised... spent most of my adult life here. I know that the most popular incoming pipes back then were galvanized. Frankly, I have the same problem. But since we own our property, I have to replace all of the pipes. Galvanized does rust out from the inside out. This combined with an old water heater, like Robert mentioned, could be the culprit!
We just replaced our water heater after the first of the year. Our hot water is running better, but not perfect. That won't happen until we change over to pex. It's on the lifetime 'to do' list!
Another big problem we have here, is plenty of minerals in our water. This holds true whether you're on wells, or buy from the new water company that Sierra Power diversified into another company of theirs. That also cuts down on galvanized pipe and water heater life. We have very' very hard water here.
Welcome to the forum!
Maureen
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