lead water main

[idiots]

hi, i want toput a concrete floor in my kitchen,there is a lead water pipe coming in from the street through thefloor cavity, if i put a cover over the pipe, leaving access to a stop cock, is it ok to concrete over? cheers

 

[Dan Robinson]

If it is lead, then take this oportunity to change it.

 

[BoxBasher]

Regardless of whether you change the lead pipe for something more modern (Blue MDPE pipe) or leave it in situ, you will have to run the pipe through a continuous (unbroken) duct before pouring any concrete. This is both a regulatory requirement, but more importantly common sense.

As you will have to disconnect the lead at one end or the other to allow for the duct to be slid over, you may as well replace the section or whole pipe with Blue Poly.

Hope this helps

 

[Agile]

Obviously the lead should be replaced but I think that its possible to get split duct that can be fitted without cutting the pipe.

I never understand why people want to avoid doing jobs properly.

So many DIY jobs end up as DIY bodges!

Tony

 

[idiots]

thanks for all your advice, on both my questions, we are taking advice & changeing lead to blue poly,& useing deadlock compression fitting, thanks again, jim

 

[BoxBasher]

Make sure it is in a duct in any part of the floor that is going to be solid. Regulatory requirement, also means if you have any probs in future you can just pull the old pipe out and slide a new one in...

 

[idiots]

thanks for advice boxbasher, understand why pie must be accessible,
to MR agile the reason i ask questions is to find out the correct way to do things, hence my use of this site, were you alway good at what you do ? or did you ,like me have to go through a learning period ????

I am always open to criticism ,sarcasm no thanks. I am not what my user name might seem to suggest to you, and a minority of other users, thanks , jim.