| If you live in a home that was built before the 1970s, | | | | prevent these types of things from ever happening, |
| your plumbing might be out of date. I'm not writing | | | | but you're going to need to understand the facts |
| this article to scare anyone, so don't panic. If your | | | | first. |
| home was built before the 1970s, your plumbing | | | | Metal deteriorates over time and if you have metal |
| could easily last for another 40 years. Listen as I | | | | plumbing pipes, there's a good chance that they are |
| explained more about my home improvement facts | | | | deteriorating or have been deteriorating for quite |
| for the future. | | | | some time. They will continue to deteriorate into the |
| I said not to panic, but this doesn't mean that we | | | | future until they no longer function properly. |
| bury our heads in the sand either. If you have | | | | These are the home-improvement facts I'm talking |
| galvanized water supply pipes or cast iron waste | | | | about. I've talked to a lot of homeowners about |
| pipes, there's a good chance that these pipes are | | | | potential problems in the future from deteriorating |
| slowly deteriorating. This doesn't mean that they're | | | | metal plumbing pipes, but they don't want to hear it. |
| going to fall apart tomorrow, I'm just trying to inform | | | | Believe it or not, if you have metal pipes and you live |
| you about potential problems you're going to have to | | | | in an old home, you're going to have problems with |
| deal with in the future. | | | | these pipes in the future. |
| Your water supply pipes can break and you need to | | | | There is no need to panic, you don't need to put |
| know that. These are the home-improvement facts | | | | your home on the market, but you do need to |
| that most people don't ever think about, until it | | | | understand the facts about your plumbing pipes. |
| actually happens. There are ways that you can | | | | |