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External metal gas pipes need replacing
Does anyone know about this. My elderly parents and their neighbours are having to have their lovely drives dug up to have the external pipe to the meter replaced by a plastic one. If they don't , then the meter would be removed. OK , it isn't costing them but I can't see the drives being repaired to their original state.
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Do you know for sure that they are going to dig it up?
They have the ability to bore below it and bring it up near the house with very little damage.I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure.0 -
The next door neighbour has had theirs done. It is a concrete drive in not great nick. Several feet were removed to enable the new pipe to be fed outside their boundary and the repair is a two tone concrete driveway. It is being done all over the village , just asking why.0
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Its gas or no gas reallyDon'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.0
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Does anyone know about this. My elderly parents and their neighbours are having to have their lovely drives dug up to have the external pipe to the meter replaced by a plastic one. If they don't , then the meter would be removed. OK , it isn't costing them but I can't see the drives being repaired to their original state.
Even though the replacement with polythene of the iron or steel [usually iron and older than 40 years] gas service pipe is a safety requirement, you can refuse to let them on the land. The safety and integrity of the supply will then be provided by being cut & capped outside the property boundary.Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ0 -
They will usually reinstate the drive as best they can with the materials that are there. So if you have a block paved drive they will lift and relay the blocks along the trench line (although possibly not quite as neatly as the original but ideally a few months later once the ground has settled you'd be unaware the trench had ever been dug).
However if it's a continuous surface like tarmac or concrete they will not resurface the whole drive to match; they will make good the trench with tarmac.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
So they'd rather have a potential gas leak than a less-than pristine driveway?No free lunch, and no free laptop
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They normally try to avoid digging trenches if at all possible because that costs them more.
They normally push the new plastic pipe up the inside of the old steel pipe.
Maybe have to dig at either end for connections.
If you are concerned about the quality of the driveway repair take a load of pictures now before they dig up the driveway.
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