Hey Guys,
We've just moved into a new house and one of the first things we decided to do was get the kitchen sorted out starting with the floor. It's a suspended floor and I was hoping to tile over it in the coming days, i've lifted some of the floorboards, checking for overall soundness/sturdiness of the subfloor etc and i noticed the gas pipe runs directly under the kitchen, across to the far wall where it terminates in a gas outlet.
The pipe itself is just laying on the house foundation/concrete pad and is covered in green stuff (vedigris i presume), to the extent that it doesn't actually look like a copper coloured pipe at all anymore Is this corrosion? Before i put a tiled floor down would it be advisable to replace the pipe? Is it just surface/skin discolouration?
We threw out the old gas cooker the other day, and it was definitely a working connection. Likewise, i can't smell any gas under the subfloor or anywhere in the property and the gas meter reading hasn't budged at all in the last few days, so i think it's still sealed/airtight etc?
Unfortunately it runs right under the living room as well , which happens to be a nice floor - doh! and although i don't want too, if it's advisable to rip it up and get this pipe sorted i'll do it.
I've attached some pictures, what do you guys think?
We've just moved into a new house and one of the first things we decided to do was get the kitchen sorted out starting with the floor. It's a suspended floor and I was hoping to tile over it in the coming days, i've lifted some of the floorboards, checking for overall soundness/sturdiness of the subfloor etc and i noticed the gas pipe runs directly under the kitchen, across to the far wall where it terminates in a gas outlet.
The pipe itself is just laying on the house foundation/concrete pad and is covered in green stuff (vedigris i presume), to the extent that it doesn't actually look like a copper coloured pipe at all anymore Is this corrosion? Before i put a tiled floor down would it be advisable to replace the pipe? Is it just surface/skin discolouration?
We threw out the old gas cooker the other day, and it was definitely a working connection. Likewise, i can't smell any gas under the subfloor or anywhere in the property and the gas meter reading hasn't budged at all in the last few days, so i think it's still sealed/airtight etc?
Unfortunately it runs right under the living room as well , which happens to be a nice floor - doh! and although i don't want too, if it's advisable to rip it up and get this pipe sorted i'll do it.
I've attached some pictures, what do you guys think?