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Message: <blockquote data-quote="huskyvacs" data-source="post: 426682" data-attributes="member: 3568">Lead was used for wall pipes and drains, cast iron for sanitary (toilet) waste, and clay was only underground from the house to the street. Pipes are likely steel. Best idea to preserve the heritage of the house and for the unit to be compatible with the existing fixtures is to find a period correct unit or something close.  The existing piping will be way too narrow for a modern vac.It probably had one of these huge units in it:  <a href="https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?5468" target="_blank">https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?5468</a></blockquote>