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When on site he ate lead sandwiches between two slices of tallowed asbestos, now and again moleskin for a change ......By the way...............I AM SPARTACUS! I must admit I first thought of Timesaver/Heritage stuff (i.e. St Gobain) but thought I'd look into the old ways, the dark arts of...

Hmmm Lead wool again...presumably its a type of packing. Thanks for the link

No its above ground, thanks for all your help.

Thanks for that, Yes I heard about sand and cement but thought (Probably wrongly) that it would crack very easily with thermal expansion. what S&C ratio 3:1 , 4:1? Has anyone used lead wool?

According to my old man who was a plumber before the rise of the Roman Empire, he would caulk with just hemp first, and then hot lead. From What I have read elsewhere it should be hemps oaked in Pine tar/Stockholm tar (?????) then hot lead. Most deaf'n'dumbers today avoid cast like the plague...

motorised valve (2 or 3 port) may be knackered, this opens the valve in a number of ways to divert the water to hot water only, heating only or both on. It usually gets a feed from the programmer to switch it one way or another. Find it and check the feed to it . If that feed is OK some...