"Ken Adam" wrote in message
...
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?

TIA,
Ken
--
Having gone back to the job fresh, I managed to get another 1/4 turn on the
nuts (guess I was getting weak last week).
This, together with Plumber's Mait seems to have done the job.
Thanks again for you advise.
Ken.