What's the longest you've gone without a major plumbing repair in a desert home?
Hey everyone, what's the longest stretch you've managed without needing a major plumbing repair in a desert home Living out here in the dry heat, I've been pretty lucky so far—knock on wood—it's been almost 9 years since anything big went wrong beyond a couple dripping faucets I could fix myself. The house is older, built in the late 90s, and I swear the low humidity keeps things from corroding as fast as back east where I used to live. Still get paranoid every summer when the water usage spikes from all the evaporative cooling. Anyone else notice their pipes just holding up forever in these conditions, or am I just overdue for disaster? Curious what y'all's records are.
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Yeah, 9 years is solid! Mine's probably around 7 now in this dry-ass climate, and honestly, I think the biggest factor is not having all that freeze-thaw nonsense messing with the lines every winter. We do get those mineral buildups from the hard water though, so I flush the water heater every couple years to keep sediment from turning into a nightmare. Last real headache was a slow leak under the slab back in 2018 that I caught early thanks to higher bills. For anything trickier, I've heard good things about Plumbers in Golden Valley, AZ when folks need pros who actually understand desert quirks. But mostly it's been preventative little stuff keeping disasters away. What about you—any secret maintenance tricks that seem to stretch things out longer here?