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Few people like the taste of rusty water, and it can be downright disconcerting when brown or orange water pours out of your taps! But what can you do about it? And more importantly, is it dangerous? Fortunately, rusty pipes and rust in drinking water has not been linked to any health problems. While the orange, rusty water will likely not be as pleasant to drink (and you may want to buy a water pitcher with a filter while deciding what to do next), itâs not harmful to drink or wash in.
A plumber came by recently to look at a problem in our kitchen but when we showed him our garage with our 1936 overhead drainpipes he gasped at our old bell-style cast-iron pipes and said they were severely corroded. The one thing you don't mention is the sewer lateral - the underground portion of the drain system that empties into the city sewer. Replacement of the lateral is also a possibility and a can be a big-ticket item. Your drain and vent pipes are nearly 80 years old and at this age, cast iron is going to rust and deteriorate. The odor you mention tells us that the bell joints are leaking. We would also bet that corrosion has left very thin walls on the bottom of the main drain line.