This leads to the gas hob. Slight eggy smell from it accumating in cutlery draws. Registers one additional cube on my H61 gas tester. Uses 0.01 or 0.02 kwh gas overnight when no appliances are on. Years ago my plumber put a new isolation valve in the cellar because she couldn't find this one when fitting the new hob. Question is can I stop the leak by tightening the nut or should I just leave it alone. Could get the plumber back I know but trying to be frugal.
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Gas isolation valve leak
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It’s a potential smell of gas and needs to be dealt with accordingly, please call 0800111999 or your emergency contact if LPG immediately and express your concerns. You could be putting yourself and others at risk. You can’t tighten the “nut” and diy gas work should be discouraged.
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I appreciate your concerns. When the draw is open the smell goes very quickly. It's been like this for years. When I had my smart meters fitted a few years ago the engineer said the drop was permissable but close to the limit so I should get it looked at. The hob was leaking so replaced it. The new hob reduced the drop to a tiny level which the gas engineer said was fine. I only found that tap recently and had a sniff and thought that's it. I don't think it's going to explode any time soon. Apparently you need 50,000ppm for an explosion. My meter reads from 50 to 1000ppm and it registered the lowest concentration it can. After airing the draws it registered nothing and nothing in the kitchen.
If you can smell gas then no permisble drop in pressure is allowed.
As stuckinarut said call 0800111999
As stuckinarut said call 0800111999
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This doesn’t make it ok
I wonder if people who have been involved in one thought the same?
Doesn’t mean to say it can’t get worse.
Ok, then do this asap.
I suppose then that gas safety regulations can be ignored,
Or just pick and choose which one's you like
Or just pick and choose which one's you like
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Tbf they get ignored a lot, we call them illegals and or cowboys.
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