# Interesting lead plumbing from 1903 **URL:** \ **Category:** Misc. Discussion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540 "2022-10-05T14:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asanders2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/asanders2/32/170962_2.png) [@asanders2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/asanders2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/1 "2022-10-05T14:14:41Z")
Saw in a New Bedford MA 3 family. Was at the laundry sink in the basement. Had the original lead drainage too. Artistes they were ![IMG_5714](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/4X/c/1/b/c1b3e3fabd54dd63eff725f0cb28a32c05e003c7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![asanders2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/asanders2/32/170962_2.png) [@asanders2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/asanders2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/2 "2022-10-05T14:15:52Z")
The butchers came later to add their expertise ---
**Author:** ![lhenderson2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lhenderson2/32/58205_2.png) [@lhenderson2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lhenderson2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/3 "2022-10-05T14:54:57Z")
Save that when it is removed. That is amazing. I’ve never seen anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![mwilles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mwilles/32/181480_2.png) [@mwilles](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mwilles)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/4 "2022-10-05T16:54:33Z")
Wiped lead joints. Just a few years before my time but plumbers in my hall have installed wiped lead joints. I’ve only seen them on water mains. ---
**Author:** ![bcawhern1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/bcawhern1/32/408713_2.png) [@bcawhern1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/bcawhern1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/5 "2022-10-05T16:56:56Z")
I would hang that on my wall instead of antlers. ---
**Author:** ![mwilles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mwilles/32/181480_2.png) [@mwilles](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mwilles)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/6 "2022-10-05T17:22:59Z")
Just make sure you wash your hands really good before you eat your sandwich for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![kleonard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/kleonard/32/170953_2.png) [@kleonard](https://forum.nachi.org/u/kleonard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/7 "2022-10-05T17:29:07Z")
That is a work of art for sure. This is the norm for me in older homes. Nice how the lead pipe compliments the lead paint. ![Phone3d_6910](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/4X/0/f/3/0f35018fb9b1f4f17d45c6c2a60d14b4fedf1b91.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mwilles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mwilles/32/181480_2.png) [@mwilles](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mwilles)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/8 "2022-10-05T17:52:06Z")
This was from a time when plumbers or any craft for that matter were true craftsman. Just don’t look at the floor joists and walls that get notched out back then 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asanders2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/asanders2/32/170962_2.png) [@asanders2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/asanders2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/9 "2022-10-05T20:03:29Z")
I told the guy buying the house that if he were to remove it donate it to the local historic society. But in all honesty if you’re not drinking from it, just keep admiring it. ---
**Author:** ![rthornburg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rthornburg/32/60113_2.png) [@rthornburg](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rthornburg)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/10 "2022-10-05T23:18:31Z")
very interesting… ---
**Author:** ![dandersen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dandersen/32/59398_2.png) [@dandersen](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dandersen)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/11 "2022-10-06T14:07:51Z")
No worse than the lead in the water from road drainage and leaded gas, paint and asbestos from the house siding up there in New England. Water can absorb just so much lead per/gal. 🫢 And you wonder why we’re like 🤪 🤪 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![eroncone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/eroncone/32/259629_2.png) [@eroncone](https://forum.nachi.org/u/eroncone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/12 "2022-10-07T10:50:35Z")
A pre-internet 3-point buck… ---
**Author:** ![ddemiraiakian2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ddemiraiakian2/32/238134_2.png) [@ddemiraiakian2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ddemiraiakian2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/13 "2022-10-11T15:15:11Z")
If I had to describe my life, in terms of plumbing. ---
**Author:** ![mdavis72](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mdavis72/32/264066_2.png) [@mdavis72](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mdavis72)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/interesting-lead-plumbing-from-1903/220540/14 "2022-10-13T12:24:19Z")
No sense washing up. too late to prevent duhness.