Lead Water Incomer

Cod Roe · 2010-01-24T18:01:54+00:00

I have inherited this mess: (bottom valve doesn't work, so doubled up with a cheap service valve for maximum flow :-) )Unfortunately this lot has sprung a pinhole leak in the cold weather, which I just about managed to bodge fix with some silicon, a bit of hose and a jubilee clip, thus (it is dribbling slightly): question, which I know is a bit like how long is a piece of string, but how long do people think this will last?Secondly, fixing it properly, I think what is needed is smashing a hole in the floor and joining a piece of MDPE on below the current screed level. However, the only stop tap for this pipe is the one in the street, shared with next door. Is removing the concrete without damaging the pipe likely to be possible? How do people recommend making the lead-MDPE join? Another possibility is cutting the pipe close to the right hand service bond (the left has been cut and only has a few inches of wire), and joining cooper on there, again, how best to do people think to do this? Finally, does anyone have any better ideas, or know a plumber up to this sort of thing near North Oxfordshire?Any help much appreciated.

Jan 24, 2010 21 Replies

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js.b1 16 years ago

You take the mole out of the skin first then it is humane :-)

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Tim Watts 16 years ago

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:36:53 -0800, "js.b1" wibbled:

LoL.

I've been meaning to go into PlumbCenter and ask for a block of tallow and a moleskin for a while just to see their faces...

OTOH there is a small plumbers shop in Tonbridge that looks Arkwrighty enough that he's probably got everything, still in a crate stamped "1953".

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