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Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purge pipes before using cooker?
Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help?
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Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purgepipes before using cooker?
On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:36:44 AM UTC+1, JonnyWindsor wrote:
Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help? I think you need to explain what is so peculiar about your personal circumstances that cooking with the boiler off should be in any way a problem! If you managed to cook an egg its most unlikely that your gas supply was interrupted and Im at a loss to imagine why you think turning the boiler off should affect your cooker. Tim |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purgepipes before using cooker?
On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:01 -0700, Tim+ wrote:
On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:36:44 AM UTC+1, JonnyWindsor wrote: Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help? I think you need to explain what is so peculiar about your personal circumstances that cooking with the boiler off should be in any way a problem! If you managed to cook an egg its most unlikely that your gas supply was interrupted and Im at a loss to imagine why you think turning the boiler off should affect your cooker. I saw where the post originated, so concluded pretty quickly that the poster was a thick, thick ****. |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Needto purge pipes before using cooker?
Alan wrote:
On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:01 -0700, Tim+ wrote: On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:36:44 AM UTC+1, JonnyWindsor wrote: Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help? I think you need to explain what is so peculiar about your personal circumstances that cooking with the boiler off should be in any way a problem! If you managed to cook an egg its most unlikely that your gas supply was interrupted and Im at a loss to imagine why you think turning the boiler off should affect your cooker. I saw where the post originated, so concluded pretty quickly that the poster was a thick, thick ****. Given that he *didnt* tag his post on to a 15 yr old thread with no quoting, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. ;-) Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purgepipes before using cooker?
On 29/04/2021 20:44, Tim+ wrote:
Alan wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:01 -0700, Tim+ wrote: On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:36:44 AM UTC+1, JonnyWindsor wrote: Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help? I think you need to explain what is so peculiar about your personal circumstances that cooking with the boiler off should be in any way a problem! If you managed to cook an egg its most unlikely that your gas supply was interrupted and Im at a loss to imagine why you think turning the boiler off should affect your cooker. I saw where the post originated, so concluded pretty quickly that the poster was a thick, thick ****. Given that he *didnt* tag his post on to a 15 yr old thread with no quoting, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. ;-) Tim I remember reading somewhere about a big house explosion back in 2006. |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purgepipes before using cooker?
Normally you can see the 'frost line' where the gas is, though this
might not work in a very dry climate. Is it humid on the Canary Islands ?. Andrew On 30/04/2021 07:44, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote: As an aside, in a certain Canary island flat I was in, it was all on bottled gas, but either seemed to be no indication of the level of gas in the tank. I soon found out how to tell when it was almost gone, as it had one of those water heaters we used to know as an Ascot. While using the hot water with the boiler fired up it suddenly went bang, and shot a plastic bung in the side across the kitchen and made a dent in the wall. Asking the service guy for the flats he said, ah, sorry the tank must have been a bit low and the mixture becomes explosive if that happens and that is just the safety mechanism to stop a major explosion. So note to self, watch your levels in bottled gas, particularly in an archaic foreign installation. Brian |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purgepipes before using cooker?
On 30/04/2021 07:44, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
As an aside, in a certain Canary island flat I was in, it was all on bottled gas, but either seemed to be no indication of the level of gas in the tank. I soon found out how to tell when it was almost gone, as it had one of those water heaters we used to know as an Ascot. While using the hot water with the boiler fired up it suddenly went bang, and shot a plastic bung in the side across the kitchen and made a dent in the wall. Asking the service guy for the flats he said, ah, sorry the tank must have been a bit low and the mixture becomes explosive if that happens and that is just the safety mechanism to stop a major explosion. So note to self, watch your levels in bottled gas, particularly in an archaic foreign installation. "Gas geysers" were well known for their explosive "safety" cut-outs. and people having to call up and down stairs to achieve a hot bath if the geyser was in the kitchen. -- Max Demian |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Needto purge pipes before using cooker?
Andy Bennet wrote:
On 29/04/2021 20:44, Tim+ wrote: Alan wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:01 -0700, Tim+ wrote: On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:36:44 AM UTC+1, JonnyWindsor wrote: Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help? I think you need to explain what is so peculiar about your personal circumstances that cooking with the boiler off should be in any way a problem! If you managed to cook an egg its most unlikely that your gas supply was interrupted and Im at a loss to imagine why you think turning the boiler off should affect your cooker. I saw where the post originated, so concluded pretty quickly that the poster was a thick, thick ****. Given that he *didnt* tag his post on to a 15 yr old thread with no quoting, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. ;-) Tim I remember reading somewhere about a big house explosion back in 2006. Only one? There have been oodles of house explosions. Not sure how that observation is relevant to the OPs question. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purge pipes before using cooker?
Max Demian wrote:
"Gas geysers" were well known for their explosive "safety" cut-outs. and people having to call up and down stairs to achieve a hot bath if the geyser was in the kitchen. I once spent a few weeks in a grotty flat in darkest Salford (so long ago that Salford Van Hire only hired vans in Salford) (1) with a temperamental water heater which gave astonishing explosions whenever you tried to use it, no matter what technique you employed. In the end I bequeathed it a Dymo label: "To avoid explosions, turn tap on quickly. Or was it slowly?" (1) The cinema slide advertising them showed three of their vans on the adjacent cobbled street, where I lived for a few months. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK @ChrisJDixon1 Plant amazing Acers. |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purgepipes before using cooker?
On 30/04/2021 14:15, Tim+ wrote:
Andy Bennet wrote: On 29/04/2021 20:44, Tim+ wrote: Alan wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:01 -0700, Tim+ wrote: On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:36:44 AM UTC+1, JonnyWindsor wrote: Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help? I think you need to explain what is so peculiar about your personal circumstances that cooking with the boiler off should be in any way a problem! If you managed to cook an egg its most unlikely that your gas supply was interrupted and Im at a loss to imagine why you think turning the boiler off should affect your cooker. I saw where the post originated, so concluded pretty quickly that the poster was a thick, thick ****. Given that he *didnt* tag his post on to a 15 yr old thread with no quoting, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. ;-) Tim I remember reading somewhere about a big house explosion back in 2006. Only one? There have been oodles of house explosions. Not sure how that observation is relevant to the OPs question. WHOOSH the joke went that away It was a ha-ha Tim. 2006 (date of the posting) plus 15 years gives 2021 (present day). He's insinuating this 'cooking with the boiler off' (or rather the idiot that thought this was a problem) caused a HUGE gas explosion |
Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Needto purge pipes before using cooker?
soup wrote:
On 30/04/2021 14:15, Tim+ wrote: Andy Bennet wrote: On 29/04/2021 20:44, Tim+ wrote: Alan wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:01 -0700, Tim+ wrote: On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:36:44 AM UTC+1, JonnyWindsor wrote: Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged the cooker (just set all the cooker valves to open) for about 3 minutes but have no idea whether it has made a difference. The pipeline is probably about ten metres. Any help? I think you need to explain what is so peculiar about your personal circumstances that cooking with the boiler off should be in any way a problem! If you managed to cook an egg its most unlikely that your gas supply was interrupted and Im at a loss to imagine why you think turning the boiler off should affect your cooker. I saw where the post originated, so concluded pretty quickly that the poster was a thick, thick ****. Given that he *didnt* tag his post on to a 15 yr old thread with no quoting, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. ;-) Tim I remember reading somewhere about a big house explosion back in 2006. Only one? There have been oodles of house explosions. Not sure how that observation is relevant to the OPs question. WHOOSH the joke went that away It was a ha-ha Tim. 2006 (date of the posting) Date of which posting? This thread only started on April 29th, 2021. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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