Recent content by Des333

Thanks for the replies, Nige F, the lead pipe is through the wall and drops into a hopper. You may be right about replacing it with plastic just dont really want to get into removing the lead seal in the pipe and the outside pipe. Rules, the plug does look a bit uneven this is the old fibre...

Thanks for the information posted above. It seems having stripped the paint there are two holes about 1/8" diameter in the pipe, the paint was probably sealing all the leaks. As a temporary solution I'll try to solder the holes but I think the pipe will have to be replaced so it looks like...

How do I solder the plug in place? I can't remove the pipe without messing up the outer wall connection. Appreciate the support.

Thanks for that Dilalio, I've uploaded a picture of the plug and you can see there is very little thread depth and the thread is in very poor condition so there may not be enough thread to tighten and seal. Worth a try though so thanks.

I have an old handbasin with a leaking drain plug, threads broken. The bend pipe is copper which is fixed into a pipe running throught the wall into the drain pipe, this seems to be lead soldered into the waste pipe which I presume is lead. The bend pipe is 1 5/16" outside diameter. I've...