I use black iron pipe for closet rods.  It is strong and durable and won't
break under the load of clothes that I have but never wear.

We had lead water pipe here for MANY years.  It will bend to any shape by
hand, even I can do it.  Ruth





At 8:23 PM -0400 7/6/04, Gabriel Orgrease wrote:
>Met History wrote:
>
>> what is "black iron" pipe?   and is lead pipe really lead, or partly
>> lead?
>>
>> sincerely, cassius
>
>A pipefitter I have for a family member in Iowa... it is like the late
>20th century equivalent of a timber framer.
>He welds pipe for ethanol refineries and lives in a concrete bunker in
>the ground that he built for his family himself.
>Black pipe... go to Home Depot on Northern Blvd. and ask them to show
>you black pipe. Expect them to show you something else.
>When you find it touch it, then you will know something of it.
>It is used for gas lines.
>
>Lead pipe is lead.
>
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