What's Inside Your Pipes? Galvanized water pipes cut in half

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  • @NikoZego
    @NikoZego 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2226

    That’s why that school water fountain taste so damn good

    • @rc-pf1wq
      @rc-pf1wq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ?????

    • @rc-pf1wq
      @rc-pf1wq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      maybe i didnt watch the whole video but HUHHH????

    • @adamatkinson2728
      @adamatkinson2728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Amen Brother!

    • @wholsomecontentye7420
      @wholsomecontentye7420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      @@rc-pf1wq Doesn't your school have delicious brown water?

    • @pathwalker2867
      @pathwalker2867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      It's all them minerals :)

  • @theJellyjoker
    @theJellyjoker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2193

    People pay money for mineral water yet at the same time also pay money to remove the minerals from their water.

    • @BIGWUNuvDbunch
      @BIGWUNuvDbunch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      it would seem context matters :p

    • @emerje0
      @emerje0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      I'm sure you're trying to be funny, but minerals are the enemy of pipes. The only people that say you want minerals in your home drinking water are plumbers and pipe salesmen. Things like calcium and lime cling to any tiny imperfection in the pipe (even copper and plastic) and start building up over time. It's not long before it's clogging up your pipes, your water heater, your home boiler, your dish washer, washing machines, baseboard heaters, anything that has running water going through it.

    • @jaydee2824
      @jaydee2824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @bobwatters for drinking water yea

    • @swordscar6278
      @swordscar6278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Consent

    • @TnT_F0X
      @TnT_F0X 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      well I mean Asbestos is a mineral.

  • @cbrftwo
    @cbrftwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1958

    That water is still safe to drink, imagine what the ground looks like deep down in a well or the reservoir it comes from.

    • @emerje0
      @emerje0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      There's nothing safe about this. Most people filter their water as it comes into their home, they don't drinking it directly from the source, but if all this rust and corrosion is on the other side of the filter you're drinking it.

    • @cbrftwo
      @cbrftwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +516

      @@emerje0 research hard water safety. Filters only stop particles big enough to clog faucet screens. Humans have been drinking hard water since the beginning.

    • @Nacman34g
      @Nacman34g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +216

      @@emerje0 Sam's right. From first install the pipes build up a layer of deposits and rust. There after it actually protects the pipe. Similar to the way aluminum does not "corrode" when in actually it builds a layer of corrosion that protects the rest of the aluminum below it.

    • @cbrftwo
      @cbrftwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @bobwatters filters really only make water LOOK good. They don't eliminate dissolved solids. I have always had iron rich water, and to small of a filter gets plugged up very fast. It's always been cheaper and easier to change out cheap cotton filters and clean faucet screens often. A water system would eliminate that issue but they are to expensive.

    • @joeprinsen1717
      @joeprinsen1717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      hard water and water with rust in it are two very diffrent things. i had a 1000L fishtank and used steel tube for a piece of my filter(bad idea i know) within a month it killed all of my fish, only when i was selling it did i notice the rusted pipe. so i did a ph test on the water with rust, it was off the chart. not to mention the dissolved metals making their way thru. this water pipe is safe for no man or fish to drink from.

  • @bigmike-
    @bigmike- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +959

    The wear patterns on the inside of the pipe are due to the way the material for the pipe was produced; there's a non-uniform distribution of elements of things like nickel and carbon throughout the body of the pipe, therefor different sections will have (slightly) different levels of resistance to both the minerals in the water itself (including, obviously, the water) as well as the friction from those elements (and the water itself).
    Tldr: Chemistry is why.

    • @laser8389
      @laser8389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Also, there's rust, which isn't the same as the hardness deposits. Rust is oxidized iron (similar byproducts come from oxidization of other metals, same idea applies), so the rust you blasted away was once part of that pipe.

    • @loudej
      @loudej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks!

    • @edstirling
      @edstirling 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      galvanized steel is coated with zinc. when the coating wears away at some point, the coating surrounding that point continues to prevent rust by sacrificing nearby zinc to the rust god Galvanos. the bare patch starts to grow in a little circle as it prefers to sacrifice zinc that is closest first. the iron starts to form rust when the bare patch is a few mm or so in diameter. that's why the pitting makes little circles. the size of the circles depends on which rust spots are oldest. when circles overlap, the corrosion will start to flake off chunks and become more irregular. the distribution of alloying elements in the steel is way more uniform than the coating and you would need magnification to see that.

    • @timbersrcadventures
      @timbersrcadventures 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      first it is corrosive through oxidation

    • @cloudk2030
      @cloudk2030 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big Mike stfu

  • @yarowdyhooligans3525
    @yarowdyhooligans3525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +923

    Hecking drats. My house was made in 1952. Time to waterjet my intestines to see how the buildup is going.

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Yeah you might want to check that out

    • @girlsdrinkfeck
      @girlsdrinkfeck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      my mums house was built in 1650s ...

    • @KriegerDelfin24
      @KriegerDelfin24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      My House is over 400 Years old. But the Pipes are Just about 50 years old and they Look Like knew thanks to very soft water.

    • @yarowdyhooligans3525
      @yarowdyhooligans3525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Waterjet Channel: I’ll mail myself there as soon as possible for a follow-up cut!

    • @h34evr
      @h34evr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well i live in julius ceasars house so i win

  • @ToddReuterOutdoors
    @ToddReuterOutdoors 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    “Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling, stalagmites just might get there someday.” This is how you remember the two apart.

    • @quebecgold4
      @quebecgold4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or simply rememver that mites like on the ground lol

    • @brezitrex
      @brezitrex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The way I keep track of the two is Stalactite has a C in it, C for ceiling. While Stalagmite has a G, G for ground.

    • @BM-yy8db
      @BM-yy8db 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember it by associating the Dutch word "stalagtieten" with the word "hangtieten" (hanging/sagging boobs).
      It's a bit more vulgar but it is certainly memorable.

    • @spazzCAPP
      @spazzCAPP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stalac(T)ite, Stala(M)ite. The "T" and "M" form the general shape of their respective formations.

    • @internetrando76
      @internetrando76 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I learned it Stalac(t)ite T= top. Once you know that stalagmite is apparent.

  • @koosnaamloos4291
    @koosnaamloos4291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2368

    next video: "How to wash your hands thoroughly with a water jet"
    Edit: wow apparently I was right

    • @alexguerra6135
      @alexguerra6135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Koos Naamloos 😳

    • @AlvarLagerlof
      @AlvarLagerlof 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      You mean "wash away" right? The most effective way to remove all germs you get while touching anything.

    • @iamunamed5800
      @iamunamed5800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You won't die of Coronavirus if you do

    • @xbear7473
      @xbear7473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And then they lost half of their hands

    • @supertrinigamer
      @supertrinigamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NEVER do that! You can get a high pressure injury and those are NASTY./

  • @Tuysicom
    @Tuysicom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    "All the pipes experts out there"
    The popular girl: Someone called me?

  • @baldcutie6464
    @baldcutie6464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +408

    Lol I do plumbing and septic work believe you me odds are you've drank water thats been through pipes exactly like this and you've never noticed :)

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Yeah I know

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thing is they get a LOT worse!

    • @77Infidel
      @77Infidel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Fun fact, really old homes can have lead water service. (Pipe made of lead). Even when Colorado was in a drought, they were telling people in old Denver homes to flush out the pipes for two minutes before using.

    • @geometricart7851
      @geometricart7851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      95% of the time I drink bottled water. I can't stand the tap. And now I know why! LOL

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@geometricart7851 Fact is that bottled water comes straight from the tap you drink from anyways. There is nothing magical about bottled water nor is any testing done etc

  • @IRTermite
    @IRTermite 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    When your pipes have high cholesterol.

  • @heli400
    @heli400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Easy to remember which is which with these little sayings
    Stalactite: Holds on TIGHT to the ceiling
    Stalagmite: MIGHT just reach the roof someday

    • @adamgalloway7871
      @adamgalloway7871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Prairie Climber I learned this same phrasing at Kartchner caverns in Tucson, Az!

    • @swissington8472
      @swissington8472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The mights go up as the tights come down!!

    • @stanhillen6114
      @stanhillen6114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      C for ceiling, G for ground ;)

    • @zeke7515
      @zeke7515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@stanhillen6114 I was also gonna say that.

    • @lenzf
      @lenzf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Stalactites hang down like tits do after some decades

  • @UnGa11o
    @UnGa11o 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Who remembers drinking out the hose as a kid

    • @DerKaktusAvant
      @DerKaktusAvant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Still do

    • @legoman8960
      @legoman8960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me, still do

    • @casperreus8340
      @casperreus8340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me

    • @joeprinsen1717
      @joeprinsen1717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      my hose tastes like shit, the water always has a horrible plastic taste

    • @wawazaza1785
      @wawazaza1785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@joeprinsen1717 that's the best part

  • @alexguerra6135
    @alexguerra6135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    The flashbacks edit killed me 😂😂😂

    • @croissance1542
      @croissance1542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      4:40 that's face 😂

    • @LikePhoenixFromAshes
      @LikePhoenixFromAshes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings". Heavy Homeworld's flashbacks... ❤

    • @titan10kk
      @titan10kk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was expecting astronomia and i got homeworld 😂

    • @jangofett913
      @jangofett913 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did you type the comment then if you’re dead????

    • @alexguerra6135
      @alexguerra6135 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wot I am a ghost sir

  • @calebmcfarland8407
    @calebmcfarland8407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Judging that my school's water tastes like iron I can only imagine whats inside the water fountain pipes... 🤢

    • @cesarmoran1668
      @cesarmoran1668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ours used to come out yellow

    • @ihmejakki2731
      @ihmejakki2731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      We called one of our barracks Mordor, the air smelled of mold and the blond guys had greenish hair after taking a shower. The water was always boiled before drinking

    • @cipher698
      @cipher698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My colleagues says that our fountain gives all kinds of diseases, since it's so bad.

    • @420f37
      @420f37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ihmejakki2731 where you from lol

    • @calebmcfarland8407
      @calebmcfarland8407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @swag master Yeah we had a lot of cum water back at my school.

  • @tahjevans
    @tahjevans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    I guess this is the answer to "Why's the water brown?"

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Yeah I asked him if he had brown water. And he said only if he hadn’t used the faucet in a day or so

    • @marnieward6220
      @marnieward6220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Weight I thought it was flavoured water

    • @zoner211
      @zoner211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@WaterjetChannel that was high quality mineral water that he paid to get rid of... He could have bottled it and made a few bucks selling it after the video dropped

    • @geometricart7851
      @geometricart7851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That looked like Tetanus City.

    • @zoner211
      @zoner211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@geometricart7851 that would be a perfect name for the bottled water

  • @Sky-._
    @Sky-._ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Hey y'all, if you do get a copper finger please be sure to not think of it as actually clean. If you open a door with it and throw it in your pocket, you're just contaminating your pocket. While copper has slight antimicrobial properties, it is NOT instantaneous.

    • @kingclubsie9635
      @kingclubsie9635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you!!! That mislead and confused hella people

    • @TheArbitraryActivist
      @TheArbitraryActivist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Exactly! It takes copper around 4 hours to fully kill a virus. but that varies by conditions

    • @joshjenks3715
      @joshjenks3715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just make it out of silver!😂

    • @CheezyPotatoez1
      @CheezyPotatoez1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the virus mainly spreads from microscopic droplets that are produced when coughing, talking, sneezing, etc. You need a mask.

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm not sure why copper has gotten a reputation for all kinds of magical properties. This seems just like a good way to look like a moron trying to open a door

  • @oraziocapuano205
    @oraziocapuano205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    hello from germany
    the most of the brown stuff is just rustand it can even look worse than this
    i had 1 time a 2 inch pipe that hade a hole left of 0.4 inches.
    The Water is btw still save to drink if the pipe is used normaly and that water dosnt stand in the pipe for to long(1-2 weeks)
    Under pressur the minerales like lime (limestone) are desolved in the warter.
    The most lime is start forming if it exit the pipe (in the shower etc)

    • @chaoselemental1607
      @chaoselemental1607 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dazu sind die Verordnungen in Deutschland sehr streng
      Grüße vom Klempner

  • @SebastianSkadisson
    @SebastianSkadisson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To be honest, this looks exactly like the mineral water wells in Germany look like. Of course there the minerals are way bigger and look like what actual spa decoration would look like. But still, same colors and textures. Apparently those mineral wells bring you the cleanest and healthiest water you can get. BUT - those minerals are also the reason for when you dont have your water running for a while, you get orange water first, because the minerals dried and became "mineral dust". The orange water you shouldn't drink, because it can contain too much iron. But as long as the water runs through minerals and stays transparent its perfectly fine.

  • @Vortechtral
    @Vortechtral 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's simply a VERY well seasoned pipe! All the chefs and cooks want their pots and pans to look like that for the ultimate flavour!

  • @soylentgreenb
    @soylentgreenb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's pitting corrosion. Rust, lime scale, oxides etc reduce further oxidation for most of the pipe (soft and acidic water is corrosive; hard water is less corrosive, but if it's too hard it deposits on the inside of the pipe). You still get local sites that happen to be less protected, have some defect or whatever and these become anodes, while the rest of the pipe becomes the cathode. These pits form that rust preferentially and protect other areas of the pipe (same way galvanization works to protect the pipe, except the pits in your pipe become the sacrificial anode) and it looks pockmarked like moon craters.
    In parts of the US where there is still a lot of lead piping and lead service lines they even harden the water or add ortophosphates etc to the water to deliberately create some scale to form on the inside of lead pipes and reduce corrosion. This scale prevents toxic levels of lead from getting into the drinking water (until someone fucks up, e.g. when Flint Michigan switched water source and neglected to treat the water properly).
    That pipe doesn't even look *that* bad in terms of how much gunk is deposited on the inside, but it's pretty badly corroded. It's fairly common to have 4 inch cast iron pipe for fire hydrants; sometimes only a few houses are connected to the same line as the fire hydrant. That makes the pipe grossly overdimensioned and very prone to fill with sediment and lime scale. You can have 1 inch of diameter left of a 4 inch pipe, with the rest being lime. The lime varies between sort of yellowish white to brown coloured with radial striations formed by the way the crystals grew and different rust concentrations oriented in a polar direction like tree-rings. Colour varies by how much dust was kicked up. If a pipe is cleaned (pigging, flushing after a new installation or repair, water jetting etc) or just somebody uses a fire hydrant and kicks loose a bunch of rust by increasing the water spead locally, some of this rust will make it downstream to houses and you get a thin brown line in the tree-ring style growth pattern.

  • @MrMartinSchou
    @MrMartinSchou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Next time you're cutting a pipe or similarly hollow object, try filling it with a clear resin and letting it harden first. That should keep the waterjet from cleaning out anything inside.

  • @photolabguy
    @photolabguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just ordered 2 copper fingers! One for me and my wife. My wife is a RN and she is on the front lines caring for COVID-19 patients. These will come in useful for us, and we love supporting you guys.

  • @MaxiMarzzz
    @MaxiMarzzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Good side: you'll never have iron deficiency
    Bad side: tetanus is gonna make you do cosplay of the golden gate bridge

    • @lickkermit
      @lickkermit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      You don't get tetanus from rust.

    • @TheSHJGaming
      @TheSHJGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That's definitely the most unique description of tetanus I've heard

    • @godnguns9296
      @godnguns9296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lickkermit then what do you get it from

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Men don't need iron at all unless they bleed a LOT. Men on average have all the iron their body will need from the age of 10 or so. In fact excessive iron is very toxic to the body

    • @cheeesesforsure
      @cheeesesforsure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@godnguns9296 bacteria commonly found in soil. Hence the association with rust: step on a nail you should get a tetanus shot, incidentally the nail is probably rusty since it's been outside and on the ground. The rust has nothing to do with the cause of the disease but is quite likely to be present on dirty objects.

  • @glennallen496
    @glennallen496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An easy mnemonic for remembering the difference between stalagmites and stalactites is that the one spelled with a 'g' grows from the 'g'round up, and the one spelled with a 'c' grows from the 'c'eiling down. Edit: Like Stan Hillen said down below when replying to Prairie Climber, I just noticed. He gets the credit.

  • @BentTreeFarmPa
    @BentTreeFarmPa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I'd buy a copper finger if you made it look like a middle finger. That way it has even more uses!!! I'm not kidding.

  • @vayhek7097
    @vayhek7097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    and this is just your home water line.
    imagine the city water line...

    • @StationOfTerrapin
      @StationOfTerrapin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I use a brita filter sometimes but very often i drink austin city tap

    • @devincarson3577
      @devincarson3577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They're terrible, they also used to use asbestos to make the old water mains

    • @Joelvazquez02
      @Joelvazquez02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should come to Switzerland

    • @protagonist9629
      @protagonist9629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some cities used a lot of asbestos cement and cast iron pipelines lots of which are still in use today, the inside of them is actually pretty clean once you saw them in half(the inside of cast iron looks dark but sample tests show that the amount of iron or rust in them isn't harmful.
      You don't really want to mess with them too much because they tend to leak quite fast so most water companies just leave them be as they are harmless most of the time which is why lots of them haven't been replaced by newer materials.
      Most newer built neighborhoods make use of either PVC or epoxy coated iron pipes with the latter being used for large streets or areas with high consumption etc.
      The real nasty pipelines are the lead ones, there's a chance of getting lead poisoning from them which can be especially damaging for children. It's pretty rare to find them in my country of the Netherlands as they were sanitized over the years.
      I suggest google searching some of the pipelines i mentioned to have a clear idea of what they look like.
      ps: I know it might not be the same case in your country/region or whatever but most countries hold drinking water to a high standard as to prevent people from getting sick.

    • @keithsimonh
      @keithsimonh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      and the liberals wanted to spin the grey water back into the supply lines

  • @DannyBokma
    @DannyBokma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Is steel piping allowed for water supply? In what country on earth is that the case?

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      USA

    • @J-1410
      @J-1410 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It used to be. this was galvanized.

    • @xenonram
      @xenonram 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Almost every country in the entire world has used steel pipes for water supplies. LOL

    • @thepenguin11
      @thepenguin11 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally, all countries to this day have galvanized piping for water supplies at one point or another. Some even have lead piping still.

    • @britishsteel35
      @britishsteel35 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure most builds now use all copper. In the uk at least

  • @Deathshadow700
    @Deathshadow700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Damn I really wanted to see the pipes cleaned out even though they're junk now it would have been satisfying

  • @nathanielwilzer764
    @nathanielwilzer764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You guys know that happens in all pipes and actually helps keep the water safe from any lead inside the pipes. In flint they were fine until they switched to river water that was too hard for the pipes, the pipes were fine before because they were coated with the build up but they water broke that down exposing the lead pipes to the water causing the contamination

  • @Moley1Moleo
    @Moley1Moleo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Minute Earth did a video about lead pipes, and how these mineral deposits from hard water will build up on the sides of the pipes and vastly reduce the amount of lead leeching into the water supply.
    Despite their gross look, they protect you from lead pipes, which are still common, and a lot of recent water poisoning events (including Flint) are from this mineral layer dissolving.
    While those pipes weren't lead, perhaps upstream/up-pipe it is lead, and the fact those mineral deposits are forming might be *why* it is safe to drink.

  • @michaelbenoit248
    @michaelbenoit248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I like how he touches everything else then he picks his nose with it.

    • @mook3204
      @mook3204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Benoit then he wonders why hes stuffy probabaly 😂😂

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      SNORTIN DAT RED DUST

    • @MinecraftSobber
      @MinecraftSobber 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      kinda defeats the purpose of keeping viruses away from your nose and mouth...

  • @megrimlockmesmart.1200
    @megrimlockmesmart.1200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well, that why we only use PVC pipes in Europe. From where im from (Central Portugal) is actually pretty normal for us to drink directly from the pipe without filtering, in fact the water actually taste better than bottled water. In my entire life, i never actually saw my mother buying a liter of water on the supermarket for home consumption.

  • @lorchid23
    @lorchid23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    😆😂🤣 I absolutely *fell out* when dude started scratching his bohunkous with the CopperFinger. Neat little gadget!!

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a horrific sight the inside of those pipes were!
    The thought of putting such hideously contaminated water into one's body is unthinkable!

    • @tonischumacher2
      @tonischumacher2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not contaminated. it just looks gross. It's just some minerals that are in the water anyway. They just accumulate in the pipes. In some old houses it's actually good because back in the day they used lead pipes. The minerals in the pipe reduce the contact of the water with the lead of the pipe so the lead content in the water is not as high as it would be in a "clean" pipe.

  • @jt5029
    @jt5029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ive been telling my gf I refuse to drink tap water and she always called me spoiled or whatever and I showed her this and now she's finally off my back about it thank you love you guys

  • @snootdingo9365
    @snootdingo9365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We have hard water here in N Indiana also. I think you're correct about it being cavitation. Have you ever noticed that in very old buildings you can hear the water pipes knocking and groaning? It must be because of the high pressures caused by the almost completely clogged pipes.

  • @10--50
    @10--50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Stalactite = coming from the ceiling, It has to hang on "tight" to form
    Stalagmite = coming from the ground, It needs a lot of "might" to grow up

    • @austink8215
      @austink8215 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      StalaCtite: "C" for ceiling
      StalaGmite: "G" for ground

    • @OMGitsTerasu
      @OMGitsTerasu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like that. Hang tight go low, gain might to grow

  • @ElementalMaker
    @ElementalMaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crap... My house was built in 53 and still has some galvanized pipe leading to our well tank. I installed a 5 micron filter to collect the rust and keep it out of our water, but looks like I'm going to need to replace those soon!

  • @TheRumpleminze
    @TheRumpleminze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a pipe laying expert, I can tell you it’s def the hammer effect getting deep in those holes

    • @Assault_corgi
      @Assault_corgi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Self proclaimed expert"
      Bet ya if I requested numbers all those wemon have a restraining order and a no contact order on ya.
      I believe ya more of a "Female harrasser expert"

    • @willy.c
      @willy.c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This man lays the pipe

    • @Lucas_Jeffrey
      @Lucas_Jeffrey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Assault_corgi You win the 'strangest comment reply' award

    • @blessed8543
      @blessed8543 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Assault Corgi sir this is a Wendy’s

    • @DennyNFT
      @DennyNFT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Assault_corgi I lost a lot of brain cells reading this.

  • @adammoore251
    @adammoore251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stali(C)tite: C for Ceiling,
    Stala(G)mite: G for Ground.

  • @mwh5050
    @mwh5050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    5% of the comments: stuff about pipes
    THE ENTIRE OTHER 95%: StALaGtiTes gO DoWn Bla BLa blA

  • @kaldbaksbotnur
    @kaldbaksbotnur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The water is perfectly safe to drink even though there is rust and mineral deposits on the inside of the pipe. The only problem is, that there more deposits on the inside the lower the dynamic pressure will be and the less water will come out the tap.

  • @bogusbandit3700
    @bogusbandit3700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Tights come down and it might go up. My high school geography teacher.

    • @Killerjerick
      @Killerjerick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I always thought of it as "Tight is holding on tight, might is pushing itself up with all of it's might/strength"

    • @swr1240
      @swr1240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like it when the teacher's tights come down...

    • @jacko2131
      @jacko2131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I also always remember as something about wanting tights to come down.

    • @michaelbenoit248
      @michaelbenoit248 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      jacko2131, that’s true, but I have one question. Why? It’s against the law for an adult to expose private parts to a minor.

  • @keithyinger3326
    @keithyinger3326 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in near Vancouver, Wa and that's the way our well water makes steel pipes look at our house also. We have a lot of iron in our water. If straight well water is left in a bucket or bowl for a day or 2 it turns orange. We have a couple of outside faucets for the garden and flower beds that's just well water before it goes through the filter and softener to the house.

  • @nateconley.6209
    @nateconley.6209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "He was drinking from this until about a day ago" made me gag so hard dude, and then they cut it open and I threw up in my mouth

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Haha... just wait till I lick it

    • @locouk
      @locouk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nate Conley.
      It’s only rust

    • @BentTreeFarmPa
      @BentTreeFarmPa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then you probably shouldn't unscrew the little screen off the end of ANY faucet in your house.

    • @DavidRSAT
      @DavidRSAT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Green Silver “only rust.”

    • @thepenguin11
      @thepenguin11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have bad news unless you filter or buy bottled water only, to an extent your water runs at one point through similar pipes.

  • @robertstark9454
    @robertstark9454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1. The pitting is that area which was the rust, now removed.
    2. Electrolysis is the other key factors. It was common to ground the fuse box and later the breaker box to the water pipe. Not to mention the corrositvity pH, hardness, etc.

  • @waffleown4258
    @waffleown4258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm pretty sure the pitting is caused by spots where the galvanisation deteriorated first, og got scraped by something perhaps, and that's where the rust started forming, and just keeps infecting the material in a crater like structure, just like pitting on normal metal that's heavily rusted

  • @MARKE911
    @MARKE911 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I work for a Public Water Utility, the mineral deposits you are seeing are most likely Calcium, Sodium & magnesium. When water doesn’t move the minerals have a tendency to “Settle out” if you will and deposit onto the pipes. If your water utility company is tech savvy they will likely have a website and you can view the “CCR” or Consumer Confidence Report. It is published every year and distributed to the consumer either in a paper form or online. You will be able to see what is actually in the water you drink and any violations that they have have had.

  • @emmettt.377
    @emmettt.377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My house is 119 years old, I can only imagine what mine are like 0_0

    • @HPD1171
      @HPD1171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      your fine, yours might just be lead which is very resistant to corrosion

    • @chloetzpiano6548
      @chloetzpiano6548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how many ghost you have?

    • @presence5692
      @presence5692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@HPD1171 Lead pipes can give you super powers too.
      Or kill you.

    • @maximumthrottle5391
      @maximumthrottle5391 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@presence5692 as long as the water isn't full of acidic chemicals ahem (flint mi) the lead shouldn't leak. still rather have copper pipe though.

    • @ereder1476
      @ereder1476 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      still cleaner than a well

  • @agoogleuser7784
    @agoogleuser7784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to work for a water well drilling company and it was hilarious how people would tell us how “great tasting” their well water was and nine times out of ten their pipes would look identical to this if not worse lol

    • @WaterjetChannel
      @WaterjetChannel  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha, minerals added for taste

    • @Axymerion
      @Axymerion 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WaterjetChannel Mineral water

  • @guhh8792
    @guhh8792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the rust just adds an extra flavor to the water, and if purifies... delicious water...
    amen

  • @mackjeez
    @mackjeez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In most cases this is not what your drinking pipes look like, unless you live in a very old house that still has galvanized steel pipes to distribute drinking water, even when purchasing a older house an inspector will red flag these pipes . Unfortunately in some areas there is a lack of corrosion control such as phosphate, so in the worst case scenario it would be lead you're drinking.

  • @flamingkillermc2806
    @flamingkillermc2806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do you think that their could be a alternate *Superman* with water jet eyes instead of laser eyes?

  • @maxwhite4732
    @maxwhite4732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The way I remember Stalagmites and Stalactites is StalacTites hang Tight on the ceiling and StalagMites are mighty enough to stand up.

  • @gioaloy7065
    @gioaloy7065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Me: Watches this video
    Also me: Goes to drink some tap water

    • @Thedodogos
      @Thedodogos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow. Aren't you special.

  • @hadrobinson4443
    @hadrobinson4443 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    From a chemist: the pipe suffered from simple corrosion due to oxygen gas dissolved in the water = iron oxide, the red chunky stuff. Years ago, the internal zinc coating dissolved away and oxygen began it's work. The oxide is porous and the oxygen attacked the steel. 70 years for a galvanized carbon steel pipe in a water supply is amazing. Don't complain! Replace it all with PEX. Water with high mineral content wrecks water heaters, primarily, because the minerals precipitate out and settle to the bottom and cause excessive heating of the steel = separation of the glass liner from the steel = leaks! This is to say nothing of the electrolysis that speeds up in hot anything. BTW, iron oxide is harmless and helps your blood hemoglobin be tops for bigger better muscle performance!

  • @HenjinG59
    @HenjinG59 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    the water is still completly safe to drink it goes through a filter and the brown stuff is just minerals. Im a Plumber btw

    • @codecampbase1525
      @codecampbase1525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for that info! Didn't know about that, very interesting! Thanks also for your service!

    • @windowsntworkstation4.0
      @windowsntworkstation4.0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No I’m dirty dan.

    • @bencatzilla
      @bencatzilla 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Francis Fulford who said he wasn't a plumber huh

    • @Jegarde
      @Jegarde 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      nice tyler, the creator pfp

    • @xamnition
      @xamnition 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jegarde nice reply to a nice comment

  • @skstibi
    @skstibi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you guys saw the things I've seen, you'd never want to drink straight tap water again. The big water lines under ground get the exact same buildup pattern/ lumps but they're just bigger. I never really asked why it forms like that. I mostly do water and air pipeline work at ski resorts for snowmaking but I've done domestic water lines too and after what I've cut apart and ripped out of the ground definitely made me think twice. We don't even bother trying to cut that steel with a torch, we just crank up the welder and cut it with welding rod lol

  • @ElGrandePadre
    @ElGrandePadre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Actually the “gross stuff” on those pipes protects the water passing though from pulling dangerous shit from the pipe, primarily lead particles from lead pipes. The reason Flint’s water had a lot of lead was because that film, which developed over multiple years, was damaged due to lack of adding certain chemicals to the water when the water source was switched. Watch “Poisoned Water” on PBS, explains it better than my comment.

  • @tiltman_420
    @tiltman_420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the water interacts with the surface of the steel in the pipe, and forms an oxide layer. As more water flows it will grab the rust off of the surface, revealing fresh steel, and the cycle continues. This is how those cavities form. The heavier minerals in the water will get caught in those cavities and build up into stalagmites.

  • @crimmie114
    @crimmie114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This bald man can single handedly take down covid 19 with his extreme immune system.

    • @segment9007
      @segment9007 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because he liked some iron?

    • @crimmie114
      @crimmie114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@segment9007 he licked a rusted bar. That looks nasty and looks like it has a shit ton of bacteria. Dont try to put any sense in this lol.

    • @maximumthrottle5391
      @maximumthrottle5391 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crimmie114 he licked the rusty mineral buildup inside the pipe. i doubt theres any bacteria in it.

    • @crimmie114
      @crimmie114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maximumthrottle5391 I tried to make a joke. If you dont understand idk what to tell you

    • @maximumthrottle5391
      @maximumthrottle5391 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crimmie114 i understand the joke, im replying to your second comment.

  • @squidcaps4308
    @squidcaps4308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once helped my mate to seal up a factory old main water pipe. It had been used for decades, something like 10" diameter. There was at least 5cm thick crust on the inside.. Didn't test if it was soft or hard but i'm guessing fairly hard.. Mate said that it is fairly normal buildup and to not think about the municipal water pipes...

  • @RendallRen
    @RendallRen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To remember which is which: "Tights go down and mites go up" Stalactites vs stalagmites

    • @3point1.2
      @3point1.2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I actually had a funny science teacher when I was at school 20 years ago and he told us "you want to be taking a ladies tights down" Probably wouldn't get away with that these days but that's how I have remembered over the years

  • @RadDadisRad
    @RadDadisRad 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought a house with an amalgamation of galvanized, cpvc, copper and black iron. I ripped it all out on a Friday and replumbed the house with pex, added a 2nd water heater and added a hot water recirc line and was done by Sunday.

  • @null1023
    @null1023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:00
    Remember: stalactites are the ones on top because they hold on "tite"!

  • @matthewsvideos8235
    @matthewsvideos8235 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lived in a house built in 1929 and had our galvanized pipes replaced in the 90’s. The kitchen hot water was all but blocked with rust.

  • @NuclearFisshion
    @NuclearFisshion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    ROFL THAT FACE AT 4:35 AND THE VIETNAM-ESQUE FLASHBACKS ARE GOLDEN!

    • @alvaropallete
      @alvaropallete 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought it would go to coffin dance meme

    • @AhmedYousif
      @AhmedYousif 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alvaropallete that would be funny

  • @astriknon
    @astriknon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Many water suppliers add fluorosilicates to help keep pipes from corroding. This pipe perhaps did not have any fluorosilicates running through it. Another thing, it is common for people to use grounding clamps on water pipes in their house. That could cause galvanic corrosion and once it starts to corrode it just continues on from there. All those pits in the pipe was simply from the pipe turning to rust and the waterjet blasting the rust away. Those are not hard water mineral deposits, just simple rust.

  • @Luaksz
    @Luaksz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:59 I see there are some sparks flying 😘.

  • @MahoneyP573
    @MahoneyP573 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I work for a city and repair water mains, I found most of a raccoons bones at a dead flush. When homes are built the water mains get out in and a lot of times cats or squirrels you name it will crawl in the line. Then the line will be completed and they get trapped. Had a call for no water to a home and sure enough a decent sized bone was stuck in the corporation for their service line.
    The more you know.....

  • @jacobquirion7131
    @jacobquirion7131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:29 “hey google play astronomia”

  • @acada6594
    @acada6594 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    About the cavitation remark. It can be real in your machine. But I highly doubt it in the common waterpipe. From what I know it has to be high speed of the fluid which leads to cavitation. And then you need sharp turn or turbulent flow (not laminar). So the flow changes (from the turbulent flow or sharp turn) cause micro bubbles with vacuum in them. When the bubble colapses, the water rush into the space occupied by the bubble and hammers the pipe material.
    What you can see inside the pipe is pretty common rust. Rust comes in all shapes. You can have the one which is like uniform layer all over the surface. Or this one, which is like cakes or droplets. It eats the material not evenly. There is alse rust which grows like needles through material. Or worse, grain surface can rust and this one is pretty dangerous. You almost dont see it on the surface, but suddenly the metal part fall apart.

  • @clashwithbossyt
    @clashwithbossyt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    U guys sounded so shocked when I heard it's from the 1950s lol. My house is from the 1880s

    • @JohnNorris411
      @JohnNorris411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bet your pipes look much better, Lead tends to hold up better than Galvanized over time.

    • @DFabry10
      @DFabry10 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here but when plumbing was put in they used copper.

    • @ReubenSahlstrom
      @ReubenSahlstrom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We do plumbing and heating in MN, and some of the supply lines to houses that old have lead pipes coming into them, and change to copper in the house after the meter. You would still be fine though because those minerals seal out the lead.

    • @yeahno6513
      @yeahno6513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1880s house gang

  • @casperjohnsson3527
    @casperjohnsson3527 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The reason for the pits in the pipe is galvanic currents I think, you get galvanic currents when you have a less noble metal after a more noble metal. I don't know what its called in english since im a Swedish plumber, but that would be my best guess for the pits

  • @feronous8207
    @feronous8207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:20 Oh look! Kinda looks like the inside of my arteries after years of fast food..nom nom

  • @make-it-work4u
    @make-it-work4u 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Galvanized water pipes are coated on the outside but it is bare steel inside so as the steel begins to rust there is cavitation that does wear the little holes as well as the rust flaking away over the years. But you can have clean copper pipes or plastic pex or pvc but most city water lines in the street are ductile iron or in some old city's like San Francisco they still have some hand layed brick pipes as water mains.

  • @skycorrigan6511
    @skycorrigan6511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Now I'm never using tap water again! Thanks guys. I'm gonna shower in Aquafina and cook with Fiji from now on.

  • @r.p4336
    @r.p4336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here’s a helpful way to remember the difference between stalagmites and stalactites. If you imagine mites, mites crawl on the ground so stalagmites come from the ground. As for stalactites, the cracks in which the water drips through is very tight.

  • @raguel259
    @raguel259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    5:05 how to catch all the diseases known to man in a single movement.

  • @rharoundworldcp
    @rharoundworldcp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remember to treat ALL pipe experts with respect.

  • @OllieDraws
    @OllieDraws 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s just mineral build up, nothing to be grossed out on

  • @yeomenim
    @yeomenim 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So I do plumbing and water filtration and the pitting has to do with the acidity of the water eating through, though it (can also be the ground or humidity corroding it from the outside too), it takes a long time depending on the PH and TDS of the water. Ive also seen it build up with gooey bacteria too, completely plugged the pipes, and THAT is gross.

  • @kurtengel4652
    @kurtengel4652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    _Licks nasty pipe_
    "Aww gross!" *sips cup of tap water

  • @FennecTECH
    @FennecTECH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That copper finger is actually a solid idea An tool for pressing handles and opening door handles without touching that never needs to be cleaned

  • @DaimonTrilogy
    @DaimonTrilogy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    5:29 29$ for a little sheet of copper cut into shape, are you kidding me?! Helping people my ass, abusing the situation to earn money fits better. (1$ = 0,92€)
    You can buy a whole kg of copper in sheetform (27€, I checked the prices) for that price and make 25~50 pieces in cuts. (I have an object, which is out of copper in similar shape and size)
    That would mean that you try to get out of 0,5€ ~ 1€ per piece for copperprice, 28€ simply for the cut. Thats 28/1 ratio.
    Now imagine if 1000 pieces get sold: 1000€ for the copper, 28.000€ for the cuts. I could buy a brandnew cnc-machine, if I sell 1000 pieces xD
    So if 1000 people want the same thing for half the price (and a different design of course), comment me here and Ill get you those xD And earn from the 15€ atleast 7€, while another company does the cut for me.
    Some people are simply horrible abusers.

    • @jdc9703
      @jdc9703 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      DaimonTrilogy imagine capitalism. Damn socialist.

  • @SubsidedLemon
    @SubsidedLemon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It really depends on the country. Here in The Netherlands, tap water is very very clean. But not every country has drinkable tapwater

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    OMG I'm just glad you guys aren't making any important decisions.

  • @phil12550
    @phil12550 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Easy way to remember the difference between Stalactite and Stalagmite:
    Stalactite hangs from the ceiling, so it has to hold on tight to keep from dropping.
    Stalagmite pushes up from the ground. so, it needs a lot might to push up
    my father taught me that over 40 years ago and it has stuck ever since then

  • @Zachiethechan
    @Zachiethechan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Copper finger will be the new thing! It’ll be like masks

  • @threatlevelomega
    @threatlevelomega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh Boy! Extra Flavor!

  • @predu5689
    @predu5689 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just want to thank you guys for always exposing the nasty

  • @dylans9266
    @dylans9266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I believe the mineral formation at the top makes more peaks than stalagmites which are wider and rounder peaks

  • @noahgarcia3743
    @noahgarcia3743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent use of Adagio for Strings

  • @WayneMiller1110
    @WayneMiller1110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's why when you turn your water pipes on you always let it run for a second so all the water that's been sitting still has a chance to get out of the pipes flowing water is much safer to drink

  • @geometricart7851
    @geometricart7851 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    As water goes through the pipe vortices are formed due to the aeration of the water. This causes areas where minerals are more likely to be attracted. When you used the waterjet it popped off these mineral nodules to leave behind the cratered golf ball like surface.

  • @sQuibo
    @sQuibo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    He had Vietnam flash backs at the end 😂😂😂

  • @Fool_zardyy
    @Fool_zardyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did they cut through a pipe with water??? That's so cool! I didn't know that you could do that! Water best element 😎

  • @ilikaplayhopscotch
    @ilikaplayhopscotch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:00
    Anyone know what song this is? It’s so familiar but I can’t recall the title.

    • @marlot2351
      @marlot2351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it's the song they use a ton in the movie Platoon

    • @EskoLuontola
      @EskoLuontola 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@marlot2351 Thanks, found it. Adagio for Strings, composed by Samuel Barber in 1936. ✌ I haven't seen Platoon, but the song sounded very familiar, so it's probably used in dozens of other movies as well.

  • @Pemalite
    @Pemalite 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Props for using homeworld music!

  • @hostergaard
    @hostergaard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The pits left behind might be somewhat of the same effect that causes what is called witch cauldrons in my country; holes or depression on cliffs and rocks caused by the water spinning just so on that spot over a long period of time due to the geography.Some irregularity like the mineral buildup disturb the water flow and cause a circular turbulence that effectively grinds on the pipe.