Blanked-off gas connection above kitchen sink
 

There are two 1/2" square steel caps protruding through holes in the
kitchen tiles, just about flush with the surface of the tiles.

I think that there must have been one of those gas "hot water on demand"
things above the sink in the old days.

I could just about get away with tiling over the existing tiles to
totally conceal these. However this does seem a bit naughty.

I presume that the gas is still connected hence the plugs.

Is it permissible to just tile over or will I need a CORGI person to cut
the pipe and cap the supply pipe lower down (Behind the sink) so that
this connection and pipe can be removed? Can a CORGI engineer cap the
pipe in a way that it can be plastered and tiled over?

The pipe that emerges from the gas meter, simply goes into the concrete
floor and then, somehow branches off for this connection, the boiler and
also an unused gas cooker point (also capped off).

Thanks for any advice.

Steve.

Blanked-off gas connection above kitchen sink
 

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:53:32 +0000, Steve wrote:


There are two 1/2" square steel caps protruding through holes in the
kitchen tiles, just about flush with the surface of the tiles.

I think that there must have been one of those gas "hot water on demand"
things above the sink in the old days.

I could just about get away with tiling over the existing tiles to
totally conceal these. However this does seem a bit naughty.

I presume that the gas is still connected hence the plugs.

Is it permissible to just tile over or will I need a CORGI person to cut
the pipe and cap the supply pipe lower down (Behind the sink) so that
this connection and pipe can be removed? Can a CORGI engineer cap the
pipe in a way that it can be plastered and tiled over?

The pipe that emerges from the gas meter, simply goes into the concrete
floor and then, somehow branches off for this connection, the boiler and
also an unused gas cooker point (also capped off).

Thanks for any advice.

They may well still be connected to a live gas supply seeing as how the
other gas pipes are buried in the floor.

you can:
1) Live with it.
2) Get some help to cap it off further back in the wall, or lower down.
One of the two plugs is probably mains water, are you sure that both the
gas and water are the pipes are accessible below the sink, not just the
water?
3) Do this yourself if you know what you are doing and have the right
tools and materials.



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Blanked-off gas connection above kitchen sink
 

Ed Sirett wrote:
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:53:32 +0000, Steve wrote:


There are two 1/2" square steel caps protruding through holes in the
kitchen tiles, just about flush with the surface of the tiles.

I think that there must have been one of those gas "hot water on demand"
things above the sink in the old days.

I could just about get away with tiling over the existing tiles to
totally conceal these. However this does seem a bit naughty.

I presume that the gas is still connected hence the plugs.

Is it permissible to just tile over or will I need a CORGI person to cut
the pipe and cap the supply pipe lower down (Behind the sink) so that
this connection and pipe can be removed? Can a CORGI engineer cap the
pipe in a way that it can be plastered and tiled over?

The pipe that emerges from the gas meter, simply goes into the concrete
floor and then, somehow branches off for this connection, the boiler and
also an unused gas cooker point (also capped off).

Thanks for any advice.


They may well still be connected to a live gas supply seeing as how the
other gas pipes are buried in the floor.

Thanks Ed

I think that they are probably live.

you can:
1) Live with it.
Would that include tiling over?

2) Get some help to cap it off further back in the wall, or lower down.

If I cut out sufficient room, can a gas engineer terminate this pipe in
situ so that it can be plastered over and forgotten about without problems?
One of the two plugs is probably mains water, are you sure that both the
gas and water are the pipes are accessible below the sink, not just the
water?

No, not sure. The plugs are in-line so I assumed them to be both part of
the gas supply, although I thought it strange that it needed two
connections. If there is a water connection, again buried and in walls,
that I do not know about.
I guess that I should expose this "thing" from behind the tiles for a
better look and gingerly undo these blanking plugs and see what comes
out ;-)

3) Do this yourself if you know what you are doing and have the right
tools and materials.

Maybe! At the moment it seems that I don't know what I am doing!

Thanks Ed, I think that I need to get the tiles off and expose this beast.

Tomorrow job... I'll report back ;-)

Many thanks

Steve