Lead Paint Throughout Recently-Bought House - Who's Liable?

jonnydeppiwish!

I can't believe that this thread is still running.......it's as if the Op turned the tap on but no-one told them they had to turn it off afterwards

lincroft1710

YoungBlueEyes said:

We used to have one of those fires lincroft1710, bladdy good it was too.

Also lead paint in our cots for us to suck and chew. Then when we got big enough - lead painted toys for us to suck and chew.

ETA It was this one. Although it's been discontinued there's still very similar ones available. Wonder if they'll make a comeback...

https://thegascentre.co.uk/calor-gas-heaters/calor-gas-heater/superser-f150-portable-gas-heater

The ones I was referring to actually used mains gas, not butane/propane (although parents did have one of those) Parents' house (built 1946) had a metal gas pipe coming out of the floor near the fireplace and just turn the tap on and fill the room/house with town (later North Sea) gas.

lincroft1710

theartfullodger said:

lincroft1710 said:

theartfullodger said:

Having been born in 1947, certainly had lead pipes (where the word plumbing comes from..) and no doubt lead paint for much of my early life plus lead in petrol (anti-knock additives) who should I sue about only living to 74 (so far...)

Not to mention asbestos in many things, particularly brake shoes (not pads, disk brakes v v special then).

You forgot to mention portable gas fires, where the gas came from an easily turned on gas tap via a rubber tube to the fire, unswitched electrical sockets, non smokeless solid fuel, 

Plus free-standing paraffin stoves which we had.  Easily overturned...

Gas, yes.  My dad, born 1903, before 'planes, woke up one morning feeling weird and muzzy (teens): Ladbroke Grove.  Went for walk to clear his head.  Went back home, smelt gas, shut off whole house....

Turned out his dad, my grandfather, had had electric light installed very early.  Gas company told to shut it off.  They just blocked end off (wall gas light) tube in each room bunged up with a cork thinking this electric fad will fail, they'll want gas back in a couple of years..  After a few years the cork dried out and started leaking...

Lucky dad or no me....

We had 2 of those, a Valor and later a Tallent, which both used Esso  "Blue". Parents still had them in 2000, but no longer used them. Ex in laws had a wing of a manor house, which even in 1970s had no central heating. The very large rooms were heated by several paraffin heaters.