Brian wrote:
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.


No, it's only about 32mm in diameter. If I remember correctly, when I boxed
it in (replacing some bulkier 100year-old looking boxing) there was another
pipe that came down parallel to that one, and was capped off half the way
down the wall.