Inspection of external gas pipe

[Glastoun]

The gas section on this forum is locked, so hopfully someone can advise me on this.

A car reversed along the side of our building, breaking and damaging the external plastic sleeve of a pipe. The pipe is yellow, about 1 inch diameter, and a neighbour told us it's a gas pipe. I don't think the pipe itself is damaged, there's no visible damage and it still seems pretty solidly fixed as it goes into the ground. (it comes out of the ground and goes up into the 2nd floor flat)

Whose responsibility is this pipe? Do we get a gas safe engineer to inspect, or would it be Transco (or whoever) as it's part of their infrastructure?

I'm guessing that just fitting a new plastic sleeve without getting it checked is a no-no....

Thanks for any advice.

 

[muggles]

A photograph would do wonders here...

 

[bernardgreen]

www2.nationalgrid.com/uk/safety/

Call 0800 111 999 to report a gas or carbon monoxide emergency, or if a pipeline is struck (even if no gas leak has occurred) call the National Gas Emergency ...
Gas emergency

 

[45yearsagasman]

It does sound like a service pipe. Don't take chances, call Transco as suggested.

 

[Glastoun]

Thanks for the help - National Grid came out this evening and sorted it (apparently - I'm not there at the moment).