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Default Gas meter ventilation requirement



"harry" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 21:01:44 UTC, Phil L wrote:
harry wrote:
On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 17:47:21 UTC, AnthonyL wrote:
OUr gas meter is at high level in the pantry of our bungalow. There
is an airbrick at about 4' height which introduces quite a lot of
cold air and dust/dirt and SWIMBO would like to block it off.

Google isn't clear. What and where are the regs applying to it and
more simply can I put a piece of card in front of the airbrick?

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AnthonyL


All closed spaces where there are gas pipe have to be ventilated.

Completely false.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1...lation/19/made

Paragraph 6

This is to dissipate accumulations of gas if there should be a leak.


Where any installation pipework is not itself contained in a ventilated
duct, no person shall install any installation pipework in any shaft,
duct
or void which is not adequately ventilated.

A pantry, like a kitchen, living room or cupboard under the stairs, isn't
a
shaft, duct or void.


It's a void ****-fer-brains.


Nope, it's a pantry.

Why do you think the air brick is there in the first place?


Because it's a pantry.

Even you should have notice that there is no
air brick when the meter is under the stairs.