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Andy Hill writes:
zaax wrote:
A friend of mine did that. They came round and agreed he had a leak and
promptly cut him off. He had to get a corgi registered person to find
the leak and fix it. The leak was in a concrete floor. The acid in the
concrete had attacked the copper pipe.

Damn, y'all got some hard-assed utility companies over on the east side of the
pond. Both time I had leaks, the gas company had one of their guys do a
sniffer check around the house until the leak was found. Had to shut down the
valve to the appliance (well, duh!), but they didn't red-tag the whole house.

In the UK, the gas transporter (Transco) will try and find the
leak and disconnect the affected appliance. They will only
disconnect the whole house if they can't find the leak, or
can't fix it by disconnecting an appliance. They are not
responsible for fixing the leak (unless it's in their meter
or other associated supply pipework) -- their service is free
and is only to make the installation safe. It seems that as a
free goodwill guesture, they will spend up to 30 minutes
fixing a leak in your pipework if that's all that's required
to solve the problem. Otherwise, you will have to employ a
gas fitter to repair the leak and reconnect.

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Andrew Gabriel