Suspect lead gas pipe dangling from kitchen ceiling

[FiremanT]

How do you know it is still connected to the gas supply?

Yes, it's live. I tested the brass cock today.

'nuff said?

 

[cavalcade00]

I turned the little lever on the brass cock and gas ****ed out

 

[Agile]

Yes, that is why it is dangerous.

A 2 y.o. child could turn it on and leave it open!

 

[cavalcade00]

Yep. A feed from the ceiling struck me as very odd too.....easily knocked on the corner of a doorway.

 

[dilalio]

Yep. A feed from the ceiling struck me as very odd too.....easily knocked on the corner of a doorway.

That in itself is not dangerous! I've caught a barrel gas main with a jcb bucket before and gave it a yank before realising... it didn't fail... although my bottom did a bit

Tough as iron it is
But should have been capped when appliance removed... no doubt done by someone who knew no better!

 

[Terrywookfit]

Playing Devils Advocate......
Why is a gas tap on a pipe Id But 4 on a Hob is ok.!!
They both pose the same risk !!

 

[ianniann]

Playing Devils Advocate......
Why is a gas tap on a pipe Id But 4 on a Hob is ok.!!
They both pose the same risk !!

New gas hobs auto-shutoff if the gas is not lit.

 

[FiremanT]

Old cookers dont.
That's an old pipe


Not to down play dangers of gas, but I clearly recall, in my Grandparents house, a 1/4 " uncapped bib cock that would have been there for a poker, but I don't recall it being used. In the house in which I was raised, we had a bayonet fitting with a poker permanently plugged in, and on the cooker we had pilot lights and a poker, connected, I believe, with plastic tube. Don't think it was reinforced but could be wrong.

 

[Terrywookfit]

New gas hobs auto-shutoff if the gas is not lit.

I am referring to the millions without FFD's !!

 

[45yearsagasman]

Why is a gas tap on a pipe Id

Simply because there is an open end.

 

[Terrywookfit]

Simply because there is an open end.

There is on a hob gas tap . And also many fires. Especially old DEF's!!

 

[gasmanstu72]

no need to classify it at all IMO
by the time you've spent filling out the paper work etc. you could've just capped it and been on your way!

 

[Agile]

There is a slight difference between an open pipe and a gas hob burner.

An open pipe can give about 5-10 cubic metres of gas an hour, whereas a hob burner has only a very small jet and a small fraction of that volume.

Many people leave unlit hobs on and smell it and turn it off and survive.

5 cubic metres of gas would cause a big explosion if accidentally ignited by a static spark or a light switch being operated.

An engineer called to a gas leak will never ring the door bell!

Tony

 

[gas112]

5 cubic meters of gas would not cause any explosion ,
unless it had the right amount of air mixed in with it Agile .
Basic physics and the figures are very simple to remember and part of your ACS

 

[DP]

5 cubic meters of gas would not cause any explosion ,
unless it had the right amount of air mixed in with it Agile .
Basic physics and the figures are very simple to remember and part of your ACS

Sir, you are fast. I was thinking but you had written it and were long gone