In message , at 11:15:45 on Sat, 2 May
2020, "Dave Plowman (News)" remarked:
In article ,
Roland Perry wrote:
House has old lead pipe water main. This needs extending (with polypipe)
to new position within kitchen extension.

Plumber says this is difficult if the old pipe isn't circular enough to
attach the connector he has in mind.

Isn't there a connector which could be soldered to the lead pipe side,
somewhat irrespective of its exact profile?

[My preference is to polypipe all the way to the water meter in the
pavement, but that involves digging up (and reinstating) rather a lot of
concrete path. As well as presumably getting the Water Company
involved.]

ps The water company previously tested the potable supply for lead, and
declared it so low it probably wasn't a lead pipe anyway. Ho Hum.

No big deal to connect lead to copper using solder. For a decent plumber.

The consensus is that this is now banned for potable water.

And copper to plastic then gets you into not needing a decent plumber.

One thing I've learnt in this thread is that there's probably no such
thing as a lead-polypipe connector. You have to go via copper.
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Roland Perry