Safety of gas install in room with coal fire

highrisklowreturn

Hello




I am having gas installed in my house and taking out the parkray with boiler. However, as I live in a terraced house, it means the gas metre box and connection is coming into the living room, about a metre and a half from where the fire will be. I intend to either drill the parkray boiler or else, more likely, put a big dog basket in. Can anyone advise the safety of having the gas so close to a source of ignition?


I spoke to the man who connected the gas to the house and he said it shouldn't be a problem as there would need to be a serious leak to cause a blast. However I'm obviously very worried should there be any type of gas leak as I run my fire pretty much 9 months of the year.

Ectophile

It won't make a lot of difference whether it's 1.5 metres away or further. Gas won't explode until it reaches a fairly high concentration. By that time, the whole house would stink of gas, and any sort of spark - even a light switch - could set it off.