lead

Hi there, I'm in an old home that we had renovated but we didn't replace the radiators. I've just noticed that one of the copper down pipes is now showing a shiny silver metal colour. This wasn't always like this. I've not seen it before (we've lived here 3 years). I don't know whether some old...

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice about what to do about a builder who I reckon has done a bit of a bodge job with some lead cladding we've had done. The builders on the whole have been fine with an extension they've built, but I'm not happy with the lead cladding. Despite me complaining about...

Hello, I'd be grateful for your thoughts on issues with this lead valley around a dormer and rough ideas on costs involved to fix it. Water is getting through and staining the wall internally about half way down the dormer. Other info: Valley measurements: 2m long, ~4in wide central channel...

I’ve just stripped the wallpaper off my bedroom, and there is a layer of old yellow emulsion paint The house was built in the 1950s, and I was wondering if emulsion ever contained lead.

I’ve recently moved into a house with a recent (5yrs) flat roof extension out the back. The extension has parapet walls topped with coping stones. Not long after we moved in we noticed damp at the right angle with the ceiling and after an inspection of the roof it seems there is either no DPC or...

Hi Can anyone give me the Pin outs of the engineers Keypad pins on the Board, im wanting to make an engineers keypad lead, Texecom JAG-0001 the cost of them is astronomical. i have quite a few 5 pin Molex plugs, I'm sick of walking down stairs to the keypad now.. Hahaha, Lazy i know im...

We are having an extension built and I have concerns over the end of the valley. The roofer is leaving the lead valley unsupported to the right of the photo and wants me to install facia board to cover up this detail. Any advice? Thanks, Martin

Hi All, I am going to render the walls after my Extention completion. The question is - I'm extending the backside kitchen (single floor), for the roof, do I need to fit the lead into the wall and cement it? my roofer says just nail to the wall and render will cover that and no water will go...

My gas meter has lead pipes coming off it. I need some work doing, but new regulations say that lead pipes cannot be connected to copper pipes. My boiler however has copper pipes coming off it. So, somewhere the copper pipes must have joined the lead pipes before the law made such connections...

Hi , The boxed in support beam in my kitchen had water coming in. The hole in pic was made to see where exactly the water was coming from (photo attached). I've been told three different things - that it's because there is probably no tray in the cavity wall, that it's the render, that it's the...

Looks like copper underneath but looks like lead on top

Hello all, can anyone recommend a way to reliably seal the lead on internal stained glass windows/doors to keep them safe from small hands (and mouths!)? Also to prevent lead dust. I've attached an example of one of my doors. I know I could fit additional glass over and around but wondered if...

Hi, first post here. I'm in the process of swapping out a lead water main for MDPE and replacing Cast iron and clay drainage. I've hired a CAT and genny to try and locate the existing utilities, but I'm not sure about the results. With the genny attached, the services seem easy to detect, but...

Had a new roof done and I'm a little concerned as to the standard of finish. Is this normal!? New home owner and first time employing a roofer, so Im not sure what it should look like, flashing and pointing wise.

I recently installed a loft light in preparation for adding extra insulation. While I was up there, I thought it would be a good idea to remove some old cables the electricians had left during a rewire. There's lots of lead wiring and even hollow lead tubing, which I assume is for gas lights (I...

Hi all, this has been an excellent resource. I'm posting for the first time (please go easy) We have a conservatory (south facing) with interlocking profile tiles. A cover flashing was applied on roof construction with no soaker or hidden gutter. The lead did not extend the required min of...

Hi - woodburner - stainless pipe through roof via lead flashing - has storm collar - ok for several years now (after some external sealing with grey lead sealant) though now leaking a bit in intense rain between the double wall pipe and the lead tube. (suspect through rain bouncing off roof...

Hi All, Recently added a new single storey extension with a gable style roof that abuts the existing house wall. I took a gamble, and decided to have a stab at doing the step and cover flashing myself. I knew it was a risk. Now hlat the point of boarding it out, however I decided to do one...

Hi, I have a mid 1940s house so am assuming that the wooden skirtings, door frames etc are likely to contain lead... Should I be worried that many areas have chips exposing bare wood underneath and a few areas are flaky, potentially exposing my family to lead? (I used to think that as long as...

I want to remove a swan neck fitting from the top of a cast iron soil stack which is about 4"/100 mm diameter. This piece attaches to the vertical stack with a lead-sealed socket joint (see sketch). How can I dismantle this joint? I don't want to damage any of the main vertical pipe, including...