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Ok thanks for all the posts everyone. Gas board updated my supply yesterday, and now I've now got 20mbar at the meter. Gas board guy even checked it at the boiler pipework (the tee-piece put in) and pipework has 1mbar drop; I saw him test it. I feel happy everything is safe and sound now...

Whilst I am not qualified a gas safety engineer by any means, I am involved in medicines regulation as a profession and so am used to reading legal documents. Out of interest I've read the gas safety regulations 1998. I've copied in what I think the relevant bits..... 2. (1) In these...

Hi Rick, Boiler is vaillant ecotec 831. (DHW = 31kw; heating 24kw). Currently its the only appliance is the house. There was a gas cooker which I asked the service engineer to disconnect today as I am moving the kitchen. I do intend to have a new gas cooker in the new kitchen at some stage...

Thanks for all the replies guys. I've since spoken to the original gas installer for the boiler, plus the gas board who came to fix the low pressure at my meter (17mb) today, and they all say these socket joints are fine too. The general consensus was the gas safe engineer who serviced my boiler...

Hi All, I've a question for gas safe engineers please. Just had a boiler service and the engineer nearly cut my supply and issued an ID because he found a "socket-formed" capillary soldered joint in the gas supply. (BTW I'm not sure if I have the correct name for this joint, but basically...