replacing lead bathroom wastes

gtd. · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:18 pm Post Subject: replacing lead bathroom wastes

I'm replacing the sink in the bathroom and fitting a bath overflow as the bath just has a large chrome disc the plug chain connects to instead of a overflow :s

The wastes in the bathroom are all lead with soldered brass traps (fortunately the only lead piping in the house are the bathroom waste pipes)

Any tips for replacing the pipes and what wastes traps and overflows to use

Bath trap

Stupid broken plug chain thing

Stupid broken plug chain thing removed

Sink waste and trap

Sink waste and trap again

Where sink is going

cozzmic · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:34 pm Post Subject:

Macapline for your traps and waste connectors and a vanity waste overflow assembly for your sink I think or change the sink and get the appropriate W/O/A for it.

hi-spec plumbing heating · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:36 pm Post Subject:

cozzmic wrote:

I think or change the sink and get the appropriate W/O/A for it.

or maybe change the sink and get a basin might be better

cozzmic · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:38 pm Post Subject:

OOh picky.

Sorry wash hand basin

gtd. · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:31 pm Post Subject:

cozzmic wrote:

Macapline for your traps and waste connectors and a vanity waste overflow assembly for your sink I think or change the sink and get the appropriate W/O/A for it.

what's Macapline?

Was a sink with a cupboard, but things have been dropped in it and it has cracked/smashed want to replace it with a pedestal and basin

What waste owerflow and traps do i need for the bath and basin? need to replace the lead with PU as on the outside of the house there is dents in it restricting flow and I don't fancy soldering brass traps etc to lead pipe

Bahco · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:24 am Post Subject:

Go to a plumbers merchants and ask for plastic traps and plastic waste pipe and fittings.

Getting shot of all that lead piping etc will not cost you £20.

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dal5band · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:36 am Post Subject:

Looking at the age of these things, I expect the wastes all empty out into a hopper so it should be easy to replace the whole lot with plastic. However, check that the plastic pipes that go outside are stable in sunlight - some of the internal white stuff disintegrates in the sun.