My gas and electricity pipes are too close together

rogerblack · 14 January 2013 at 4:12PM

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

In that case it is perfectly safe !!!!

Safe does not mean it complies with regulations.

jalexa · 14 January 2013 at 4:21PM

rogerblack wrote: »

Safe does not mean it complies with regulations.

Or it is not automatically unsafe just because it is not to current standards.

ValHaller · 14 January 2013 at 8:58PM

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

The gas "engineer" thinks electricity comes down a pipe ????????????????

In the old days, it used to come in bottles

[Deleted User] · 15 January 2013 at 1:22AM

I hear this excuse a lot in customers houses, with the meter fitters proberbly quoting new regs. These meters have been like this for twenty odd years and all has been ok. Personally i think its a meter fitter using it as an excuse to get out of doing a job he does nt fancy doing, maybe there is lead pipes involved and he is nt trained to work on lead and it saves the embarrassment of telling people he is nt trained in lead. Absolutely no way is the householder liable to be paying that sort of money, its ludicrous. they cant apply the new regulations retrospectively to all the old fittings.Let them come round and apply them then and move the meters themselves

C_Mababejive · 15 January 2013 at 5:22PM

I would tend not to worry too much about it. I think there may have been some confusion.Anyway,why do you think there is danger in having your gas and electric"pipes" too close together? Have you ever passed a hole in the road where chaps are fixing stuff? my..there are lots of big pipes and cables very close together down there..