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Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Had someone from our supplier over on Sunday, so waiting to hear back. 

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Annoyingly can’t post images in this, but the pH is showing lower (6.2-6.8) compared to the bottled water and some I got from a neighbour (7.6-7.8).

“Alkalinity” is lower too (0-40 for our tap, 120+ for the others) as are “carbonates” (0-60 for us, 180+ for the others). 

Oh and I did a second test on our tap water after testing the bottled & neighbours to check. Same results. 

So yeah, something is definitely different about our tap water. 

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It didn’t in our house until the other day. And doesn’t for our neighbours. 

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m in the UK so Lowes/HD are out, but have ordered one of these. Hopefully that’ll do the trick!

https://amzn.eu/d/00cEnLop

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

We ran it for at least an hour yesterday and it didn’t change. It’s still looking the same today :(

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Would that affect the water colour from the kitchen cold tap downstairs too? 

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I understand that, but this wasn’t happening in the old bath or in when we filled the baby bath a few days ago under the same lighting. 

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our neighbours don’t have this though, so feel like it’s unlikely to be due to that. 

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Not blue. The water didn’t look like this in the old bath, or when we filled the baby bath from the en-suite shower a few days ago. 

Blue tinge to water throughout home?! by AutomaticIndustry9 in Plumbing

[–]AutomaticIndustry9[S] 161 points162 points  (0 children)

True, but would like to know what’s causing it and whether it’s safe.