cuttsie Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 We moved into a new beautiful big house recently. And the water is smelly. You need to run the tap for a few seconds before it becomes clear looking. We buy and drink bottled water only now. How big is your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 The Borg Collective has been using your water network to distribute nanoprobes for several months. In the next few days we will be activating them and you will all be assimilated. Resistance was futile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biotechpete Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 The solubility of lead in water is very low, so as long as the water hasn't been stood in the pipe for a long time it's perfectly safe. It generally used to be said that if you had a lead supply pipe then you would run the water for a few minutes in the morning. Or flush the lavatory a couple of times to clear it out. If you do still have a lead supply pipe tell the water company they have to replace it FOC if memory serves. They don't replace it free of charge. They will guarantee to replace the connection up to three stop tap if the householder replaces the rest. Some companies have programmes to replace all the lead communication pipes but AFAIK to Yorkshire Water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackK0 Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 Luckily mine have been replaced when I had work done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsTrophy Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 You can see the quality of your water by visiting https://www.yorkshirewater.com/extra-services/in-your-area.aspx and enter your postcode. If you are not happy with your water you can boil it and then running through a Brita water filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 They don't replace it free of charge. They will guarantee to replace the connection up to three stop tap if the householder replaces the rest. Some companies have programmes to replace all the lead communication pipes but AFAIK to Yorkshire Water. I suspect you may be right - when I had it done it was for Severn Trent and we were completely renovating the entire house and garden so we junked an awful lot of frozen and split pipe in the process as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Oh im not saying its unsafe at all I just thought about it going through a lead pipe So long as it's not stood for a long time in the lead pipe it should be fine. If you're concerned though, the water board will test the lead levels I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 My house still has lead water pipes and the advice from assorted sources (when I sought it) was that old lead pipes have been coated in may years of oxides on the inner surface which form a hard and impervious barrier to prevent the lead metal from coming into contact with the water, and this reduces the amount of lead released into your cold water to almost nothing. Clearly no lead piping has been fitted into houses for many years, meaning that all lead piping still in use is old, therefore this should apply to all still in use. A small but important distinction applies to hot water though. The oxides coating the pipe surface are hundreds of times more soluble in hot water than in cold, and if these are dissolved in your water they do bring lead content with them. Consequently, it is against all advice to drink water which is coming from the hot tap even if, like mine, it comes straight from the mains through a heat exchanger boiler rather than from a tank. The process of heating it makes it more likely to have absorbed the lead from the pipes so it is unsuitable for using in cooking or drinking if you have lead water pipes. I was considering completely replacing the lead piping until a whole assortment of technical sources told me not to bother and to wait until there is an issue with the piping and replace it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 How safe is tap water? Very. That's not quite true. It is highly dangerous if inhaled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 That's not quite true. It is highly dangerous if inhaled. And if you were to drink 50 litres or so of it you may find yourself dying from water poisoning- but then the same is true of any water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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