Hi, advice needed please.

Have a nasty 70s upright gas fire in my living room. Thin gas pipe leading
to it is above the floorboards and easily accessible for capping off and
removal of the fire.

My builder says he can do it, and will shut off the gas main which is on the
pipe by the meter in my hall cupboard. Not sure if he's CORGI or not.

Basically, is this a simple job and can much go wrong if he shuts off the
gas, tests it is off, then blanks off the pipe? (I wonder about air getting
into system, and recall warnings not to turn gas on after it has been off
etc?)

Advice, tips and instructions please. Thanks in advance.

Richard Marx wrote:

Hi, advice needed please.

Have a nasty 70s upright gas fire in my living room. Thin gas pipe
leading to it is above the floorboards and easily accessible for capping
off and removal of the fire.

My builder says he can do it, and will shut off the gas main which is on
the
pipe by the meter in my hall cupboard. Not sure if he's CORGI or not.

Basically, is this a simple job and can much go wrong if he shuts off the
gas, tests it is off, then blanks off the pipe? (I wonder about air
getting into system, and recall warnings not to turn gas on after it has
been off etc?)

Advice, tips and instructions please. Thanks in advance.

If he's not CORGI reg he's not allowed to do it. End of story.

What if the connection to the elbow coming out of the floor is dodgy and he
doesn't pick up that by disturbing it he's started it leaking under the
floor, building up to a dangerous concentration until one day ...

Unlikely, but the consequences could be devastating.

He's not doing himself, you or anyone else a favour doing gas work if he's
not registered: he could get the legal book thrown at him for a
pre-existing fault which becomes his responsibility if he touches the
system, and you don't get the opportunity to have any faults with the
system (hopefully) picked up by a competent person doing the work. By
'anyone else' I mean anyone within flying-masonry range of your house :-)

"Richard Marx" wrote in message
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Hi, advice needed please.

Have a nasty 70s upright gas fire in my living room. Thin gas pipe
leading to it is above the floorboards and easily accessible for capping
off and removal of the fire.

My builder says he can do it, and will shut off the gas main which is on
the pipe by the meter in my hall cupboard. Not sure if he's CORGI or not.

Basically, is this a simple job and can much go wrong if he shuts off the
gas, tests it is off, then blanks off the pipe? (I wonder about air
getting into system, and recall warnings not to turn gas on after it has
been off etc?)

Advice, tips and instructions please. Thanks in advance.


My house _had_ provision for a gas fire(s); probably similar
to yours. The gas supply was from cast-iron(?) black pipes
that protruded through the floorboards. I enquired at Fireplace
emporia if they 'knew a man'. I was told that they 'knew this man'
who was a CORGI type and he came in and 'capped' them off.
Because I had adjacent floorboard up he leaned under the boards,
found a convenient union and strap-wrenched the pipes
apart. He then fumbled about in his 'bits box' and produced
a 'capping' fitting. He used a 'visualing foam' to ensure the
pipes were well and truly not-leaking. {I should have
mentioned the gas OFF/ON at the incoming main ... }
The guy was in the house for ten(?) minutes and we
parted company on excellent terms .... a single low
value portrait of HM changed hands. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
I reckoned it would've cost me more to identify the work
required, obtain the tools and fittings than to 'hire' this guy.
Plus he did it in ways that I hadn't thought about.
The appliances; hob, boilers worked OK - the gas pipes to the
fire(s) were stubs (cul-de-sacs) off the main pipe which
distributes to other stubs (hob and boiler) so any air in the
pipework will be vented at the appliances. The pipes are now
capped off below the floorboards with nothing visible above.
[As I was covering the floor boards, I took the precaution of
writing 'Gas Pipe /Stop Below' warnings on the floorboards ...
just in case ... }

HTH
--

Brian

Easy job - only a complete prat would get it wrong. But then there's
alot of them about.

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:42:39 GMT, "Richard Marx"
wrote:

Hi, advice needed please.

Have a nasty 70s upright gas fire in my living room. Thin gas pipe leading
to it is above the floorboards and easily accessible for capping off and
removal of the fire.

My builder says he can do it, and will shut off the gas main which is on the
pipe by the meter in my hall cupboard. Not sure if he's CORGI or not.

Basically, is this a simple job and can much go wrong if he shuts off the
gas, tests it is off, then blanks off the pipe? (I wonder about air getting
into system, and recall warnings not to turn gas on after it has been off
etc?)

Advice, tips and instructions please. Thanks in advance.

He may well be perfectly competent to do the work.

If however he is doing it for pay then he needs to be CORGI
registered.

Being CORGI registered does not infer competence as there are plenty
who have such registration and are hopeless and wreckless.



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In article ,
tarquinlinbin writes
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:42:39 GMT, "Richard Marx"
wrote:

Hi, advice needed please.

Have a nasty 70s upright gas fire in my living room. Thin gas pipe leading
to it is above the floorboards and easily accessible for capping off and
removal of the fire.

My builder says he can do it, and will shut off the gas main which is on the
pipe by the meter in my hall cupboard. Not sure if he's CORGI or not.

Basically, is this a simple job and can much go wrong if he shuts off the
gas, tests it is off, then blanks off the pipe? (I wonder about air getting
into system, and recall warnings not to turn gas on after it has been off
etc?)

Advice, tips and instructions please. Thanks in advance.

He may well be perfectly competent to do the work.

If however he is doing it for pay then he needs to be CORGI
registered.
I'm sure he'd be prepared to do that bit for free ;-)

Being CORGI registered does not infer competence as there are plenty
who have such registration and are hopeless and wreckless.
pedant_imply_/pedant
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

fred wrote:

In article ,
tarquinlinbin writes

He may well be perfectly competent to do the work.

If however he is doing it for pay then he needs to be CORGI
registered.
I'm sure he'd be prepared to do that bit for free ;-)

It doesn't work like that (I think it used to but 'they' got wise to
unregistered installers supposedly doing the gas bit for free). If you're
doing gas work by way of business - whether or not you invoice for it -
then you have to be CORGI regged.

"tarquinlinbin" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:42:39 GMT, "Richard Marx"
wrote:
Being CORGI registered does not infer competence as there are plenty
who have such registration and are hopeless and wreckless.
ITYM 'reckless' ;-)

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:14:43 -0000, "PammyT"
wrote:


"tarquinlinbin" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:42:39 GMT, "Richard Marx"
wrote:
Being CORGI registered does not infer competence as there are plenty
who have such registration and are hopeless and wreckless.
ITYM 'reckless' ;-)


Or possibly 'wreckfull'

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Lotta people seem to worry about part P and Corgi etc. Just take no
notice - its all a load of protectionist ********. Personally I
couldn't afford to take notice - it would seriously jeopardise my
current projects

cheers

M Mouse (no fixed abode)

Don't worry, done it now, turns out it had a screw closure then i just took
the fire's pipe off with a spanner and capped it with a screw cap.

*BOOM!*


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Lotta people seem to worry about part P and Corgi etc. Just take no
notice - its all a load of protectionist ********. Personally I
couldn't afford to take notice - it would seriously jeopardise my
current projects

cheers

M Mouse (no fixed abode)

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who have such registration and are hopeless and wreckless.

ITYM 'reckless' ;-)

Or wreck more.

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