Little peas of lead

RodH · 7 Sep 2006

Every 4 or 5 months the cold tank stops filling and on taking apart the ball valve I find a little pea of lead blocking the flow. Where could this lead be coming from? The house is over 100 years old, but all the connections are copper

Nige F · 7 Sep 2006

under your front garden

plumber (new blood) · 7 Sep 2006

it sounds like solder in the pipes, by-product of installation.

plumber a little to happy with the solder?

try flushing the pipework out,this sould sort it.

Nige F · 8 Sep 2006

and there was me thinking an old lead main was crumbling

JohnD · 9 Sep 2006

Are these shiny, bright and round (like a pea)?

And are they really as big as a pea?

RodH · 17 Sep 2006

No they are about the size of a piece of barley- 3 mm, and this plumbing has been around since I bought the house - 18 years ago, and it still occurs regulary!

Chilly67 · 17 Sep 2006

its the lead fairy

Nige F · 18 Sep 2006

RodH said:
No they are about the size of a piece of barley- 3 mm, and this plumbing has been around since I bought the house - 18 years ago, and it still occurs regulary!

lead does go crystalline with age but I`d have thought it would have burst by now if it was that weak........there`s got to be a lead pipe underground somewhere near to be causing it

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