{"id":2313,"date":"2012-08-26T21:34:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T02:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2013-07-08T08:16:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T13:16:37","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-mix-iron-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/26\/why-you-shouldnt-mix-iron-and-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you shouldn&#8217;t mix iron and water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just because the black iron pipe is near the plumbing section at the hardware store doesn&#8217;t mean that you should substitute it for a bronze pipe nipple that attaches to a gate valve for a dishwasher.  Iron and water don&#8217;t mix. Well, actually, they do mix very well, leading to rust and a leaking pipe, and rotting wood. Below is a picture of the before (incorrect iron pipe) and after (shiny new bronze pipe nipple). Click to zoom into the corroded mess that used to be the bottom of the pipe&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wrong_way_and_right_way.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wrong_way_and_right_way-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rusted black iron pipe (top) and correct bronze hose nipple (bottom)\" title=\"wrong_way_and_right_way\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wrong_way_and_right_way-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wrong_way_and_right_way-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, I could have actually re-used the dishwasher connector hose, but that corrosion looked so bad I just bought an entire new kit. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, if I had seen this gem  BEFORE finding the leak and having to move the dishwasher, I probably would have double-checked all of the water fittings at that point. Click to zoom in on the sacrificial-vice-grips-as-pipe-anchor in all it&#8217;s glory. (I actually couldn&#8217;t find a good practical reason to replace this&#8230;.as it&#8217;s a righteous hack&#8230;but a hack it is&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/vice_grips_hose_holder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/vice_grips_hose_holder-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"vice grips holding a pipe\" title=\"vice_grips_hose_holder\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/vice_grips_hose_holder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/vice_grips_hose_holder-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just because the black iron pipe is near the plumbing section at the hardware store doesn&#8217;t mean that you should substitute it for a bronze pipe nipple that attaches to a gate valve for a dishwasher. Iron and water don&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/26\/why-you-shouldnt-mix-iron-and-water\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}