Lost skills?

[stevetheplumber]

i hated making lead flush pipes

 

[Dan-HybridHeat]

They stopped lead work the year after I did it in college, not touched the stuff since apart from the pre-made flue slates

 

[TheWeekendGuys]

The pipe in the picture has definitely been done on site, the bends are good but slightly crumpled. Would they have fillled it with sand and heated it?

 

[TheWeekendGuys]

They stopped lead work the year after I did it in college, not touched the stuff since apart from the pre-made flue slates

Same here, It was one of my favourite modules.

 

[Dan-HybridHeat]

Same here, It was one of my favourite modules.

The most stressful

 

[TheWeekendGuys]

The most stressful

Yeah some people hated it, lead was the very last module on our two year course. One guy quit the course, he couldn't get past the first welding exercise.

 

[leethegasman]

Some times it's nice to bring the old stuff back to life. every other plumber just wonted to replace this one with plastic but the customer wonted to try and keep some of the original features. so they where happy when I said I could do this for them.

 

[Millsy 82]

I hated lead work at college. I could do the flashings etc it was just the welding I struggled with. I almost had my lead slate perfect and lost concentration for a split second and pop. In the end I pinched a mates slate and passed it off as my own lol.

Only ever done lead work once since college and I think I had to do it as the old boy couldn't carry it or bend over anymore. Apparently he used to do loads and was awesome.

 

[Millsy 82]

We're losing the skill of cutting out balanced flue holes with a hammer and chisel. Not sure if that's a bad thing.

Definitely not a bad thing! I'm still surprised that my left hand isn't seriously deformed from my apprenticeship.

 

[1Steven]

It was about thirty years ago that I wiped my last lead joint.