Smell of Gas - Urgent?

kev.s

smell gas? what will i do?.... i know i'll post on a forum for advice BEFORE i call the emergency number.....is your head heavy with those rocks in?

lemontart

kev.s wrote: »

smell gas? what will i do?.... i know i'll post on a forum for advice BEFORE i call the emergency number.....is your head heavy with those rocks in?

no need for that , a lot of people mistakenly believe a smell of gas is normal which of course it is not. the op did a sensible thing in asking for and acting on advise so please do not discourage this with such comments. I would much rather that if anyone has any concerns post if feel they cannot call as several of us on this site work in the gas industry and for the gas emergency service as do I an will be able to offer correct advice as well as those who have had experience of such.

lemontart

C_Mababejive wrote: »

No..dont do that.

If you smell gas, call free 0800111999

This includes unexplained smells of gas in your home and also outside in the street.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/family-of-four-killed-by-suspected-gas-blast-in-house-738167.html

also a reminder this is a 24 hr 365 day a year service - so do not worry about what time of day it is - if you smell gas just call us that is want we at the gas emergency service is there for, someone will answer the phone what ever the time of day and there are engineers working around the clock.

jackieb

janninew wrote: »

Well he's been and everything is fine. My gas cupboard is outside and is next to the vent where my boiler is (hope that makes sense!) The engineer said the smell is coming from this vent and its normal for some light smells of gas to be released, I must have just been down wind and caught a whiff!! I think my plumber mentioned this before to my hubby and said it was normal. Better to be safe than sorry!

I had similar a few years ago - the smell was always around the meter box outside. It turned out I actually had a leak so you did right to report it.

Another time our whole town smelt of gas. It turned out it came from a gas plant 9 miles away. It wasn't actually gas that had leaked, but the stuff they add to the gas to make it smell.