Period Living

Plumbing

Plumbing can present challenges in old houses as piped water was a luxury when many of them were first built. Over the years, as modernisation has occurred, pipework will have been threaded through the home’s interiors to provide hot and cold running water. This often creates challenges when it comes to maintenance or replacement, and great care has to be taken to avoid unnecessary damage to the fabric of the building.

It is sometimes hard to judge the overall condition of a plumbing system as it may have been added

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