"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Tony Bryer" wrote in message
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In article , Mary
Fisher wrote:
I wish I'd taken a picture of a central heating boiler installation
at a neighbour's house - done on a government grant..

The gas pipe was fixed *outside* the walls.

Not unusual and arguably often safer than the alternatives.

I've never seen it before. The alternative would be to take it under the
floor (a much shorter route) which is the norm round here at least. Fixed
to
the outside wall is vulnerable and therefore potentially unsafe.

The trouble is that, although more likely to be damaged, the hazard from a
gas leak outside is fairly low (no explosion risk). Under floor leaks
(although much less likely) are far more hazardous (very high explosion
risk).

I guess the two balance out and you would go for the shortest run (which it
sounds like they didn't!)

That was accepted by the installers when they were threatened with legal
action.

Well that *may* just mean they couldn't afford the time and money to go to
court - the case for most small businesses.

My major complaint would have been that it looked crap and could they please
redo it!


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