anyone tell if compression joints can be used on gas please
gas pipe work (compression joints)
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The qick answer is yes.......but only if the joints comply with regs and as twgas has said if you were qualified to do so you'd know.......don't break the law, call a qualified engineer
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Bambergaspipe
Yes, as long as they are accessible, not if they are to be hidden beneath floors or behind walls.
what about behind kitchen cupboards
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Bambergaspipe
O.k as long as a space is fitted to access the joint. Solder and Gas test would be my preferred option though....
no not at all. I think this is a great site and have told family and friends and i ask questions on there behalf, but thank-you for your consern.
Andy
do you no the answer to my question because i have had a so called corgi man in to do my own new cooker move and he said its ok to put compression behind cupbords because they are not a permanant fixture.
Andy
do you no the answer to my question because i have had a so called corgi man in to do my own new cooker move and he said its ok to put compression behind cupbords because they are not a permanant fixture.
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Bambergaspipe
So called gas fitter knows more than you do. If the connection to your cooker is a bayonet fitting and directly behind the cooker and will not come into contact with any heat, then it`s all good. I believe the existing connection should be betwen 500mm and 700mm with allowances for worktops either side, 50mm I think, can`t be ar*sed loking it up, make sure your room housing the cooker is of adequate size, if not you will need purpose provided ventilation..
Bit of a grey area this IMHO. I treat kitchen units the same as I treat floorboards - both can be removed but not easily and compression fittings are not allowed under floorboards. If the fittings can be accessed from within the cupboard then no problems but if they are behind the cupboard backpanel.................
the best one is, if your kitchen dont have an openable window you cant have a cooker in there no matter how big the room is or how much ventilation you have.
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Bambergaspipe
Good job you don`t make the Gas Regs then...
the law is there to stop D * ickheads lke you from joining pipes together in the wall or beneath floors, then finding a leak and being unable to access the joint. 
I think you will find that as long as the compression joint is accessible then its legal.
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Bambergaspipe
I`ll think you`ll find that you and the poster are not gas fitters,
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if you can access the joint then cause you can use compression, we dont do though even if it is accessible as if you think about it, eveything is eventually accessible whether you just have to screw a panel off to get to it or rip a whole kithcen out and chop the wall out.
a soldered joint is definately the way forward . . . soldered by a corgi installer . .. . .
if you can access the joint then cause you can use compression, we dont do though even if it is accessible as if you think about it, eveything is eventually accessible whether you just have to screw a panel off to get to it or rip a whole kithcen out and chop the wall out.
a soldered joint is definately the way forward . . . soldered by a corgi installer . .. . .
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