GAS PIPES

[emmz]

HI
I was wondering if someone could clarify something for me.
We recently had solar panels fitted to our house, unfortunately the electrician managed to drill through a gas pipe.

This was repaired but the gas man issued us with a warning notice that the pipe was sub standard. We live a a fairly new house build in 2006/2007, but even I could see that the pipe was located very close to the surface maybe 1nch 1/2 max into the cavity wall. With no covering protection it just the a copper pipe with what looked like thin tape around it.

My issue is that should this pipe be so close to the surface in a hall way on another floor other than the one with the boiler, and do we have an issue to raise with the builder.

Thanks in advance

 

[Luckyphil]

Might be a good idea to copy this in the Plumbers section ,

I`m a Sparky and was doing some work for a Friend , he wanted a Wall Mounted TV , So he wanted HDMI & Power Cables halfway up the Wall , so I cut a chase and found a Gas Pipe about 400mm off the Floor,just clipped to the Wall under the Dot & Dab Plasterbaord running horizontally to a Fire Hearth which they did`nt have a clue was there !

The House was built by Morris Homes about 6 years ago , and I can only imagine they put in the Fire Hearth and Gas pipwork just in case a Customer wants a Gas Fire in the Future , There is also a Concrete Flue and a Ridge Chimney

But as we found out ..... it was a surprise to find it there , So I can only guess the Gas Regs are a "softer" than Cable Regs for Electricians !

Lucky

 

[SimonH2]

It's a good question. I have a house built around 16 years ago and I;d wondered how the gas pipe got from the meter (side wall at front) to the kitchen and fireplace - from the meter it just disappears through the back of the fuglybox.
I wanted some boards up in an upstairs bedroom for some wiring - and I found out !. thankfully, whoever laid the boards was thoughtful enough to draw pairs of lines and "squiggle" between them (all in pencil) and so I guessed at what was under them. Turns out, the gas pipes (a 22mm from the meter, and a 15mm back down to the fireplace) are just below the plaster in the lounge (chased into the wall and plastered over) Under the upstairs floor, they are notched into the joints and literally just under the floorboards.

 

[garyo]

I have a 22mm gas pipe running vertically up the wall in the corner of my lounge, alongside one 15mm water and two 15mm radiator pipe. The four of them are boxed in behind 6mm ply. Is that bad?

 

[SimonH2]

I'd say that's not bad - there's a "box" there and so it's fairly obvious that "something" is hiding. The problem is when you drill somewhere where there is no hint of a pipe and find a buried pipe you knew nothing about.

 

[MeterMonkey]

Hi Emmz, bit confused as to what you mean by this.

pipe was located very close to the surface maybe 1nch 1/2 max into the cavity wall.

Thanks in advance

Does the pipe go through the wall from one side to another?

Or running through the cavity of the wall?

If you could take a picture of it and tell us whats written on the notice the RGI left please!

 

[ServiceNumpty]

Gas Pipes chased into walls are acceptable as long as they are suitably protected. Get yourself a Pipe/Batton Detector invaluable in Newly Built Houses, as EVERYTHING is bloody hidden in plaster, skirting boards etc etc.

 

[dcawkwell]

A gas pipe should be protected from cement with a covering. This can be just paint.

To my knowledge there is nothing wrong with running a gas pipe through a cavity wall or chasing it into the plaster/block wall so it is just below the surface. Personally I don't like the idea for the very reason your electrician found out.