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British Gas (Gas Leak)

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  • chanz4
    chanz4 Posts: 11,057 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Mark71 wrote: »
    OK well thanks Mr Expert, glad he wont lose his job, lets hope he doesn't come to your house in an emergency :)


    nope as have own network contacts
    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
  • Mark71
    Mark71 Posts: 13 Forumite
    ollski wrote: »
    I am mystified about this incorrect cap, surely you would plug the bayonet fitting or worst case cut and cap the pipe with a 15mm cap?. How can this be done wrong?

    You tell me, im not a gas engineer
  • Wywth
    Wywth Posts: 5,079 Forumite
    edited 5 June 2013 at 2:08PM
    Mark71 wrote: »
    You tell me, im not a gas engineer

    You don't need to be a gas engineer to understand you can't put say an 8mm cap on a 15mm pipe.

    Well you could try I suppose, but you wouldn't need to be a gas engineer to see it didn't fit.

    Without a photo, which you conveniently cannot provide, how are we supposed to know?
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I think the link made a valid ( and fairly amusing) point. I won't debate anything else about it...;)
    Let's agree to call a spade a garden spoon.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • Mark71
    Mark71 Posts: 13 Forumite
    Wywth wrote: »
    You don't need to be a gas engineer to understand you can't put say an 8mm cap on a 15mm pipe.

    Well you could try I suppose, but you wouldn't need to be a gas engineer to see it didn't fit.

    Without a photo, which you conveniently cannot provide, how are we supposed to know?

    Well considering they already mentioned it was a wrong size cap then what more can i say.
  • Mark71
    Mark71 Posts: 13 Forumite
    Gas made an offer of compensation as it was there error, £2000, so just goes to show you it does work to complain.
  • ollski
    ollski Posts: 943 Forumite
    Mark71 wrote: »
    Gas made an offer of compensation as it was there error, £2000, so just goes to show you it does work to complain.

    What a ridiculous precedent that is, customers left right and centre will be unscrewing joints following a visit!. I have never heard of a figure like that in all my time.
  • chanz4
    chanz4 Posts: 11,057 Forumite
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    Mark71 wrote: »
    Gas made an offer of compensation as it was there error, £2000, so just goes to show you it does work to complain.


    sorry mate your a troll, for a start they don't compo that much and also never would so quick either
    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,842 Forumite
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    The OP uses 'of' instead of 'have' and for that reason I'm out.
  • C_Mababejive
    C_Mababejive Posts: 11,668 Forumite
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    ollski wrote: »
    I am mystified about this incorrect cap, surely you would plug the bayonet fitting or worst case cut and cap the pipe with a 15mm cap?. How can this be done wrong?

    Olski, I am similarly perturbed and would appreciate further enlightenment.

    Surely a 1/2 mbsp plug would be used if there were a 1/2 fbsp cooker point,or as you say, a 15mm cu compression cap would be used.
    Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..
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