Ken Adam wrote:
I'm replacing a bath in an old flat.
The existing supply pipes are lead, which are then "soldered" to very
short lengths of 3/4 brass pipe.
What sort of fitting can I use to connect to the 3/4 brass pipe?
I naively tried a 3/4 olive in the 22mm fitting, expecting it to work as
on a copper pipe, but the joint
has a very slow weep (i.e. it gets damp, but no actual drip).
(of course now I can't remove the olive, and there isn't enough pipe to
cut it off and start again).

Am I condemned to getting a new pipe fitted to teh old lead, and if so,
does that still have to be brass?

Is there some other solution?

Can you actually get at the olive? If so, the usual thing is to carefully
cut it with a junior hacksaw until it's nearly through, and then split it
with a flat-blade screwdriver. You have to be very careful not to nick the
pipe, of course.

Rick