lead to copper

[taffe]

hi there went to look at a leak in a ceiling today and found lead to copper
which was passing cut out a section and went to get a leadlock 9lb was to big and 7lb was to small only thing i could do was shave the lead down to fit the 7lb leadlock all seems ok . any one else have any ideas
taffe.

 

[bengasman]

Sometime lead has deformed a bit, and sometimes the leadloc is a bit tight so you need to take the nut off and carefully force the opening a tad wider. Could have been an odd size from a particular supplier. The GLA in the 50s/60s used non-standard sizes for all plumbing for instance.

 

[doitall]

Next time you'll use a Philmac universal coupling, and not have any problems.

 

[Nige F]

A bit of copper and a couple of Taffe t joints

 

[doitall]

A bit of copper and a couple of Taffe t joints

Now you're talking like a plumber

 

[mgheating]

Next time you'll use a Philmac universal coupling, and not have any problems.

agreed - definitely the best thing for coupling to lead