22 and overflow for me too, still naughty naughty though how it's been done.
Waterproof tape for pipe fix
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So stupid, I had fixed loads of other boards and that was right at the end I was very careless.
Still no leaks
Can anyone in th e Manchester area do this for me? How much am I roughly looking at?
Where abouts in Manchester are you ?
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South, Wilmslow.
Just how close was the drill to that gas pipe?
View media item 58076Gas - 15mm
Flow and return - 22mm
And I thought my missus' observation skills were lacking.
View media item 58076Gas - 15mm
Flow and return - 22mm
And I thought my missus' observation skills were lacking.
Just how close was the drill to that gas pipe?
View media item 58076Gas - 15mm
Flow and return - 22mm
And I thought my missus' observation skills were lacking.
Far too close for comfort, the thing is I'm very hady and normally very careful I had marked out where to drill then just decided to put one in there for good measure.
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums...B55DB9F-2897-000002CF3DDA1D49_zps34771adb.jpg
Apart from gas leaking would it have started a fire?
An electric drill, spitting sparks everywhere from the brushes.......maybe.
Count myself very lucky then
You won't get a compression coupling on that if it's over the joist.
Isolate the pipe, drain, cut, fit a compression repair coupling or solder using a slip coupler.
Be carefull if soldering. Wood burns and we've seen how accident prone you can be.
I've never attempted soldering as I don't own a blow torch, prob for the best.
I could do one of those push fit joints but it would never fit in the space.
I just remembered I got a free 6month trial of home emergency cover with the AA when I took out my car insurance last month. I rang them up and they are sending a chap out free of charge to repair the pipe, happy days. Quite surprising considering I caused the problem myself.
Thanks all for your help and replies, will be interesting to see what connection he puts on.
You will all be glad to know my tape fix has been replaced by this http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums...50AE4E9-3532-0000032881FFEC1C_zps0c639927.jpg and the system is sealed for now all done courtesy of a free AA home emergency service I got with my car insurance. I can sleep a bit easier tonight.
It's unlikely the gas leak would have caused an immediate fire. Chances are you'd have known nothing about it because of the relatively low leak rate but gas would have built up gradually, you would probably have smelled it but had no idea where it was coming from, then at some time later, your house and anyone in it may have been blown to smithereens. Count yourself lucky it was a water leak.
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