Can the pipe be left where it is or does it need to be removed?
Plastering over gas pipe old fireplace
- Thread starter andusbeckus
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Can the pipe be left where it is or does it need to be removed?
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You really want to have the gas pipe traced back and capped at the branch point. Not best practice to leave an unused live gas line like that in situ.
Thanks for the replies, spoke to a British Gas engineer yesterday as he worked at my neighbours and he said it was fine. I would rather try to locate the other end tho to be safe having thought about it.
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As far as the pipe is concerned then he's right, there's nothing actually wrong with it ..... buuuuuuuuut (and it's a big but) ..... best practice and safety dictates that you never leave a live gas pipe, capped off or otherwise, hidden behind anything and a BG engineer should be advising that IMO.
If that chimney's open then you should be taking care of that spur socket too
Got to love that people still think that because a so called engineer works for british gas, that they know anything about anything, some do, most dont, they are great at filling in shoite on their laptop though
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durhamplumber
They only have the same training as any other gas person.They are not the "gas police"" like they think.
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