I have discovered that i have a lead pipe coming from the water main into the house.
it then joins to an old imperial size (a bit bigger than 15mm) copper pipe
then to some cast iron pipes and then to some 15mm copper in some places and to 22mm grey plastic in others.
it also joins to some 28mm copper to feed the combi boiler.
i would like to change this old lead pipe and get rid of the shambles inside with the varying types and sizes of pipes i have.
do you guys have any recomendations for the replacement?
i know the new mains pipe should be a 25mm mdpe pipe, should i go from that to 22mm copper to distribute it round the house ?
also i have found a capped off cast iron pipe coming up in the kitchen, this pipe is making a noise like a tap that is just open, a hissing sort of noise. it is also very cold.
i can only hear it in the middle of the night when the house is quiet.
i think it may be leaking under the house?
i have water coming up in the garden, further down the slope from the house that i think might be comming from this pipe in the kitchen?
or it could be the previous owners idea of some diy irrigation scheme (nothing would surprise me)
So what do you guys think, rip it all out and start again?
in copper of some sort of plastic?
Hide in a corner and say wibble?
it then joins to an old imperial size (a bit bigger than 15mm) copper pipe
then to some cast iron pipes and then to some 15mm copper in some places and to 22mm grey plastic in others.
it also joins to some 28mm copper to feed the combi boiler.
i would like to change this old lead pipe and get rid of the shambles inside with the varying types and sizes of pipes i have.
do you guys have any recomendations for the replacement?
i know the new mains pipe should be a 25mm mdpe pipe, should i go from that to 22mm copper to distribute it round the house ?
also i have found a capped off cast iron pipe coming up in the kitchen, this pipe is making a noise like a tap that is just open, a hissing sort of noise. it is also very cold.
i can only hear it in the middle of the night when the house is quiet.
i think it may be leaking under the house?
i have water coming up in the garden, further down the slope from the house that i think might be comming from this pipe in the kitchen?
or it could be the previous owners idea of some diy irrigation scheme (nothing would surprise me)
So what do you guys think, rip it all out and start again?
in copper of some sort of plastic?
Hide in a corner and say wibble?