On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:16:22 +0000, BigWallop wrote:


"Dave Plowman" wrote in message
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In article .uk,
Ed Sirett wrote:
I'm pretty sure any lead pipe left in an existing gas installation is
cause for at least an At Risk notice.

As a matter of interest when and where was lead gas pipe used? My
Victorian house had lead for water and lead sheathed cable, but iron
barrel gas pipes.



Our old house in Edinburgh had block tin as its gas pipes. Never heard of lead
on the gas supply either Dave. (you know it's block tin if it creakels)


I've seen plenty of defunct small bore lead for lighting in ceiling voids.
The youngest peice of lead I'v seen in any live gas installation was a
1958 house. The lead was probably from original installation, but had not
been removed by and subsequent meter change or Natural Gas conversion
crews. Also it was (perhaps wrongly) accepted by the fitter who installed
the gas boiler in 1972-1975.

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