On 02/02/2004 mat. a wrote :
pipe 1, is capped off. i think it might be water as it is cold to
touch and it is lead. the mains water is a lead pipe that goes to a
stop cock inside the coal hole as well, and from there on the pipes
are not lead in the whole house.

A lead gas pipe would be equally cold to the touch. It used to be
common pratice for water pipes to be fed through the basement of
several properties in a row. The capped off pipe might be the old feed
on to the property next door.


i phoned the water company, as i thought they are responsible to
replace this lead pipe that goes under the pavement, but they said
that they only own the pipes directly under the road and not the ones
that branch to each house.

True.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (Lap)
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