Plumber has replaced the critical section with polypipe.
The old pipe is much thicker than I expected, which I'd measured as
It's the *inside* dimension which is half an inch.
Very handy for under the bed as a cosh for any burglar. Brian
The problem in my case isn't the pipe "wearing out", or even being lead (the water company tested the supply and concluded it was well within acceptable limits) but the stopcock needs moving sideways about two feet and the pipe is encapsulated in a concrete and quarry tiled floor that would do a nuclear bunker proud.
See separate thread on the old town-gas pipe in the opposite corner of the original kitchen.
Yup, they are significantly thicker walled than modern pipe.
The inside has the usual yellow/orange hard water scale coating. So on the bright side it means the water was not actually in contact with the lead anyway.
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13:19:51 >> Plumber has replaced the critical section with polypipe.I knew that from the test the water company did, although at the time the implication was I'd misidentified the pipe (need to go for a drive to get my eyes tested I suppose) and it was in fact black polypipe.
Don't want to alarm you but that has a tendancy to split. Been superseded by blue MDPE? for some time.
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2020, Andrew snipped-for-privacy@mybt>> In message snipped-for-privacy@brightview.co.uk>, atAs it turned out to be lead, no problem on that account.
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