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    Cold, very cold

    By most of i mean less than 0.1mb but not perfectly zero
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    Cold, very cold

    There is a new line to this story. Gas has just been turned back on by transco with the lounge capped off. Tested the tightenss or something, and there was a zero reading for 2mins. Will leave the lounge capped off. I appreciate all the responses on here in my time of need, this is a great...
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    Cold, very cold

    Thanks for replies. The wooden floor is this engineered laminate stuff that kinda clips together i think (was there when i moved in). I have had a look, it doesn't want to come up...think the lot would end up needing to be pulled up. Under that, looking in the corner, it looks like a...
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    Cold, very cold

    Either way, am i correct in saying i don't really have any choice here, i need to man up, save up, and get this work done before i get any heating/hot water back?
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    Cold, very cold

    Yep he cut and capped a couple of pipes as he got access to a main junction that sends the gas once in the property between the oven, boiler and front room. Most is sent to the living room, but 0.3-0.4mb of the 1mb is in the kitchen still. The big issue is that the pipes all disappear under...
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    Cold, very cold

    If i get the work done, and the leak is made up of smalls in many of the rooms in the flat, do i have to get all rooms down to zero? The engineer said most of it was in the pipe running boiler to front room which i would happily turn off and leave the rest given its so cold. Feels like...
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    Cold, very cold

    Tony - not 100%, but would guess copper Thanks for replies, sounds a bit like i am cold until i can afford to do it
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    Cold, very cold

    correct yeah, on the pipework under the floorboards in a few of the rooms
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    Cold, very cold

    ...and that 1MB over 2minute drop was with all appliances connected
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    Cold, very cold

    Sorry, i wrote incorrectly its a 1MB over 2minute drop The engineer said that "the size of leak couldnt be detected by the human nose, but either way, you are check mated, you have to get the work done". The leak exists 0.4 in the kitchen, and 0.5 in the lounge Its just a real tough...
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    Cold, very cold

    Hi, We smelt gas outside the front of our housing block right on a busy road for the first time a week ago, and called transco. Guy came out and turned off the gas at my property at the meter because he had detected a leak in the internal pipes somewhere. That was over a week ago. I got an...
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