Does every house have a street Gas Isolation valve?

[durhamplumber]

People phoning up for water coming out there cookers and fires

Lol....Must have been crazy times.

 

[durhamplumber]

I was on a call out, the team had a cracked cast main, they couldnt get the collar on as it was touching a 4" electric cable, called the Electric company out, lad said no that is dead just cut it away, supervisor says no I want it spiked, we will dig it up for you further up and I want it spiked , they argued like hell but our lad wouldnt give in, they spiked it and it was 133KV what a feckin bang that made, lots of embarresed Electric company blokes that week

Is there no way to test it without spiking?

 

[ianmcd]

there are indication ways but back then they were not difinitive, the only sure way was to spike them, if you are going to ask someone to saw through something like that, you need to be absolutely certain that it is dead, or the person sawing through it will be

 

[bernardgreen]

Is there no way to test it without spiking?

It might be dead when tested and then later the supply is restored by a breaker closing at the substation.

Spiking ensures the cable remains dead.