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cantaloup63
If one turns the gas off at the mains, then is it legal for a diy'er to decommission all in-house appliances (boiler, fire, hob)?
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expertgasman
[quote="cantaloup63";p="2199105"]If one turns the gas off at the mains, then is it legal for a diy'er to decommission all in-house appliances (boiler, fire, hob)?[/quote][/i
What do you mean? Why are you asking?
What do you mean? Why are you asking?
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cantaloup63
All gas installations have been done by registered pro's (other than wet work carried out by me - I had to justify that CC course somehow
). When we had our extention done, I turned off the mains at the meter and decommissioned the items mentioned in my op - I'm curious as to whether in retrospect this was a safe and legal course of action. Not that it matters now, but for future reference - is work (removal and destruction) on an isolated gas appliance acceptable if the appliance is never to be used again? Obviously if the pipework was to be sealed and then made live, that would be a different issue since a tightness check would be required, whihc is beyond a diyers remit.
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As long as the part of the system that you are not working on has been suitably capped/ sealed off by an RGI then you can do whatever you like to the pipework which will no longer carry gas, same for the appliances.... I assume that you will be ripping out a boiler or a fire and a bit of pipework..
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cantaloup63
It's all gone now and been replaced by an RGI. I was just wondering if what I did was OK, since I might at some point in the future be asked by a friend to help them decommission and I want to know that the regs are. Does turning off the gas at the meter constitute an appropriate degree of "sealing" off subsequent pipework? One is making a huge assumption that the valve actually works
So would it be wiser to have a pro come in and cap off a stub just after the meter just in case?
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gaswizzard
The meter will have to be fitted with a disc or cap end.
...........or are you saying isolating at ECV alone would be acceptable?
...........or are you saying isolating at ECV alone would be acceptable?
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cantaloup63
I think that "The meter will have to be fitted with a disc or cap end.
...........or are you saying turning the ECV off would be acceptable?
" indicates that I acted in error. Shan't ever make that mistake again 
Although (bear with me), if one smells gas and Transco or whatever they are called come round, they simply turn the valve off. Which begs the question
No they don't dude...
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gaswizzard
Hey cantiealoope , thought you did a course. 
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cantaloup63
They do
We smelled gas in my prevous house, phoned the supplier who contacted transco who came round. I showed the bloke to the cellar and the gas meter. He turned the valve off and left.Similar thing happened recently in another house that I partly own and rent out (when a BG engineer accidently left a cap open on the boiler after servicing it).
On this evidence, there is a natural conclusion
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cantaloup63
not in gas - I'll leave that to NazHey cantiealoope , thought you did a course.
You'll note that I never offer any help on here relating to gas, other than to get a pro in
Well, in my experience (and my next door neighbour is a National Grid engineer), they'll shove a disc on anything...
if you read my post 2-3 weeks ago ona dangerous appliances (2 off) that i wasn't given permission to cap, then national grid didn't even turn off gas!!
I have to agree any dangerous/gas smell i have ever came accross after grid had been out was only ever turned off!
Must just be a thing for the Village of London then...
probably right dan you village folk do work different 
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