Sound of running water..?

[Tin Pot]

£100 job done, thank goodness for that.

Thought it was going to be another "rip the bathroom out" job.

As meta lon says, it's a lead pipe from the house to the main. Just cross fingers it doesn't happen again but under the slate tiling.

 

[Fnaar]

A long shot, perhaps, but had a (very quiet, but perceptible) sound of water from the rising main, which goes up the kitchen wall and through a bedroom, and on upwards.
Turns out it was a leak, under our passageway, in the pipe bringing water into the house from the street. As it was under our property, we had to pay for the repairs (480 squid). I think the rules may have changed now, and poss water board pay for repairs, not sure.
So, could it be rising main?
(I'm certainly no expert though).

Yay, I was kind of right

 

[Markymark]

Yay, I was kind of right

So was I. A ghost did it.

 

[midlife]

Is lead piping allowed nowadays? Just curious as I thougt it all had to be removed.

Shaun

 

[stephec]

Yay, I was kind of right

No one likes a smart arse.

 

[midlife]

Tin pots new username........ Bob

Shaun

 

[Tin Pot]

Is lead piping allowed nowadays? Just curious as I thougt it all had to be removed.

Shaun

Apparently Thames Water would replace it for a bunch of cash, dig up the house and driveway.

 

[snorri]

Yebbut the bath cold tap and the house hot taps are supplied by tanks in a conventional system, the idea being that you've got a reserve in case the water goes off.

This is surely not normal in the UK?
The only reserve tank for my cold water supply is on the side of a hill 3 miles away and serves as the reserve for hundreds of homes.

 

[Tin Pot]

This is surely not normal in the UK?
The only reserve tank for my cold water supply is on the side of a hill 3 miles away and serves as the reserve for hundreds of homes.

Water tank in the loft.

 

[tony111]

Lead pipe and solders containing lead cannot be used nowadays but repairs are ok, usually with a compression fitting. No need to panic if you still have lead pipework as the internal wall will be coated in limescale or whatever over the years so water wont actually come into contact with the lead.

 

[sight-pin]

Apparently Thames Water would replace it for a bunch of cash, dig up the house and driveway.

I thought they would use a Mole instead of trenching now days?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Is lead piping allowed nowadays? Just curious as I thougt it all had to be removed.

Shaun

tons of it around ..street to house..i find them often when digging up gardens..

Its all plastic in the streets and newer houses.

 

[Fnaar]

[QUOTE 4239017, member: 9609"]some very interesting links with lead pipes and violent crime
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/07/violent-crime-lead-poisoning-british-export

i was brought up with lead pipes and toys painted in lead paint and had quite a few problems as a teenager, I wonder if there was a connection.[/QUOTE]
... a push-fit connection

 

[subaqua]

Lead pipe and solders containing lead cannot be used nowadays but repairs are ok, usually with a compression fitting. No need to panic if you still have lead pipework as the internal wall will be coated in limescale or whatever over the years so water wont actually come into contact with the lead.

or if you are a very good cable jointer and can "wipe lead " you can repair it with a bit of copper shoved up inside and then sealed properly.

not that i have ever done that on a job where an apprentice nailed a water pipe. oh no

 

[mybike]

or if you are a very good cable jointer and can "wipe lead " you can repair it with a bit of copper shoved up inside and then sealed properly.

not that i have ever done that on a job where an apprentice nailed a water pipe. oh no

I remember watching the jointers do that as an apprentice, work of art!. But I thought they could put plastic pipes inside the lead these days.