Hi all looking to install a new bathroom in an old glasgow tenement building that has old lead pipes. what is best way to fit in new plastic piping,i think the plastic connectors can only be used on plastic & copper.Any advice would be gratefull.
Lead pipes
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Leadlock onto the lead then into copper/plastic.
Could have someone solder a copper stub into the end of the lead pipe, most modern plumbers probably wouldn't touch it, due to lack of skill and training, I guess its one of those things that just been forgotten due to lead becoming less common.
Could have someone solder a copper stub into the end of the lead pipe, most modern plumbers probably wouldn't touch it, due to lack of skill and training, I guess its one of those things that just been forgotten due to lead becoming less common.
thanks for the info boys looks like leadlock for me.
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Which pipes are exactly lead?
Is it not just as easy to replace them with more modern materials?
Is it not just as easy to replace them with more modern materials?
if you do use led loks make sure you shave the fin off the lead 
and try to find a good piece to cut
and try to find
a good piece to cutDIYnot Local
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