Frank Mulvenny wrote:
I want to get a pipe that runs up one of the walls in my flat
removed, as I think it is no longer in use. It looks to my untrained
eye like lead - meaning presumably it's at least less likely to be in
use. Does anyone know if there's a way to tell whether there's any
water going through it without cutting into it? I've attached a link
to a picture, below for anyone who wants to hazard a guess as to what
it's made out of.

http://www.qwirtytqwr.myby.co.uk/pipe/

Frank,

Would that pipe be about 100mm in diameter as it looks like an old lead
toilet soil pipe from the colour of the photo?

If it is, check to see if yours and your neighbours toilets are connected to
it and if they are then it is still "live" and cannot be removed without
some form of replacement to carry away the waste.

Brian