Hi there,
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
About a meter across from our gas meter we have an old gas inspection chamber outside, with a pipe sticking out of above the ground - presumably to vent off any gas.
Its now right in the way of our new house extension - I was hoping to get rid of the chamber.
Lifting the lid - inside it looks like its heavily corroded /rusted and the chamber is half full of water/mud.
I did some investigation it appears to be a 'gas pressure regulator' there's still a metal tag attached marked 'IGA' which I managed to clean, last inspection 1983!....(photo in image link)
It looks like it's connected inline on the gas mains pipe to our meter, tapping the pipe I can feel vibration when checking meter, so it looks like it is still connected.
I notice there is a similar device - circular shape on the gas mains pipe as it connects to the top of our gas meter (refer to last photo) - I suspect this could also be a newer gas pressure regulator? replacing the one in the chamber? - which has just never been removed?.
Please refer to photos - I am no expert - please could someone let me know if you think my assumptions are correct, if so who is responsible for removal? - the chamber is on my property but before the gas meter. Can i get a corgy registered gas engineer to remove or do I need to contact gas board? Any info would be great.
Link to 3 images here:
https://imgur.com/a/v6oYC82
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
About a meter across from our gas meter we have an old gas inspection chamber outside, with a pipe sticking out of above the ground - presumably to vent off any gas.
Its now right in the way of our new house extension - I was hoping to get rid of the chamber.
Lifting the lid - inside it looks like its heavily corroded /rusted and the chamber is half full of water/mud.
I did some investigation it appears to be a 'gas pressure regulator' there's still a metal tag attached marked 'IGA' which I managed to clean, last inspection 1983!....(photo in image link)
It looks like it's connected inline on the gas mains pipe to our meter, tapping the pipe I can feel vibration when checking meter, so it looks like it is still connected.
I notice there is a similar device - circular shape on the gas mains pipe as it connects to the top of our gas meter (refer to last photo) - I suspect this could also be a newer gas pressure regulator? replacing the one in the chamber? - which has just never been removed?.
Please refer to photos - I am no expert - please could someone let me know if you think my assumptions are correct, if so who is responsible for removal? - the chamber is on my property but before the gas meter. Can i get a corgy registered gas engineer to remove or do I need to contact gas board? Any info would be great.
Link to 3 images here:
https://imgur.com/a/v6oYC82