I had a new gas meter installed,but when this work had been completed it turned out that there was apparently a gas leak on my side of the new meter
The National Grid plumber isolated the appliances but the leak remained,so he declared my installation to be unsafe and cut off my supply - fair enough.
National Grid plumber said I need to get a Gas Safe Plumber to fix the leak before I get reconnected - again,seems reasonable.
I have a boiler,gas cooker and gas fire in my home,but the boiler is directly beneath the meter and seems likely to be safe to use since they suggest that the leak is in the pipework.
1.Would it seem reasonable to assume that if I get a plumber in that cannot easily find the leak,that he would be happy to cap off the pipe to the cooker and gas fire but leave the boiler connected whilst I figure out how to proceed?
2.Would my Gas Safe plumber be authorised to reconnect the gas supply (remove blanking plug from meter pipe) or would National Grid Gas need to come back and conduct an independent leak test?
The National Grid plumber isolated the appliances but the leak remained,so he declared my installation to be unsafe and cut off my supply - fair enough.
National Grid plumber said I need to get a Gas Safe Plumber to fix the leak before I get reconnected - again,seems reasonable.
I have a boiler,gas cooker and gas fire in my home,but the boiler is directly beneath the meter and seems likely to be safe to use since they suggest that the leak is in the pipework.
1.Would it seem reasonable to assume that if I get a plumber in that cannot easily find the leak,that he would be happy to cap off the pipe to the cooker and gas fire but leave the boiler connected whilst I figure out how to proceed?
2.Would my Gas Safe plumber be authorised to reconnect the gas supply (remove blanking plug from meter pipe) or would National Grid Gas need to come back and conduct an independent leak test?