On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:36:28 +0000, TheScullster wrote:

"Ed Sirett" wrote

If your just capping a gas fire then you won't get any air into the
rest of the pipe work.

Are you assuming that he will use a compression blank rather than a
soldered cap here?


If the joint remains accessible and it's done right it makes no
difference to me.
--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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