Got a refrigeration engineer to make the pipe up for a fiver. Nice job to, two curves in it. Offered it up fit like cinderellas slipper.
awaiting gas guy to test.
Thanks anyway.
Our Potterton fireside super fire was being serviced and the engineer overtightened the gas feed assembly pipe and split the flare. A collegue of his then tried to apply a new flare and messed it up a little. I think someone who knows how to do a propper flare to the pipe could rescue it but...