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It is one pipe running all the way under hearth and then there was another one coming off at right angle straight under where the fire was. So that's gone now, they furthest back they could cap it was back to the main long pipe under the hearth. As far as I know gas running all along that...

Oh god I have no idea!

Thank you :) Well we had the gas engineer in to cap it, and the builder at the same time to start opening up the fireplace. The gas pipe comes into our lounge and is all buried in the concrete, so the builder had to chase it all out (if that’s the right term) back to the main pipe. It runs...

So I’m guessing it would take a bit of doing for the heat to go through all that concrete and the pipe to get too hot then!

I mean, how hot would a gas pipe have to get to explode!?

Thanks all for your replies. Yes just need a bit it reassurance from you guys and general opinions. It was signed off by a HETAS engineer, said it was ‘not ideal but won’t be a problem’ I mean, that’s great and all but not exactly 100% reassuring! Hearth is pretty hot now and had fire on for...

Hi all, just a quick question - we recently had a woodburner installed over a capped gas pipe. Basically, the gas engineer tracked it back from under the fireplace and capped it about 100mm from where the stove sits, under about 60mm of concrete and then 20mm of slate hearth. Both the gas...