Annual gas safety check - failure

Rodders53

I'd say the Gas Safe Technician (very few will have engineering degrees) was remiss to cut off all Gas supply for a faulty boiler flue.

The boiler should have a gas isolating valve (plus mains electricity isolation) that would stop any danger from the faulty(?) flue emitting dangerous combustion products into the dwelling, but still allow the gas cooker to be used. That could also heat water for washing.

Unless there were other gas safety issues spotted at the same time.

Smodlet

"I think we ought to relativise the 'danger' here. "

... and I think you ought to learn there is no such word... There are times when I despair. Thank the gods for " it's aitch, not haitch" thread.

Miss_Samantha

Smodlet wrote: »

... and I think you ought to learn there is no such word... There are times when I despair. Thank the gods for " it's aitch, not haitch" thread.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/relativize

Yes, I do despair sometimes...

bris

Capping the meter this only done when there are no other gas appliances in the home. It's easier to cap the meter than disconnect and cap the boiler as you would normally need to cut the pipe to cap it.


The boiler will no longer be a danger.


Who ever did this has probably used plate tape, this is a bit like duct tape but is used for sealing the back plate of gas fires to the fireplace opening. It is not and never has been safe to seal a flue with any kind of tape.

bris

Rodders53 wrote: »

The boiler should have a gas isolating valve (plus mains electricity isolation) that would stop any danger from the faulty(?)

Just seen this, no anyone can just turn it back on, what if a relative comes in and doesn't know why it's turned off in the first place? This is just one reason why turning it off at the isolation valve is still dangerous.


It gets physically capped so it can't just be turned back on, it is illegal for anyone to take the cap off and reconnect it.

G_M

No disrespect to Bris who says he's an engineer (I assume gas!), but for other opinions try posting on DIYNOT here - lots of engineers monitor the site.

Just to clarify, you say:

he will have to switch of my gas

what exactly did he do?

G_M

Please - let's avoid getting side-tracked into semantics, and whether words in common usage are or are not real words if they are/are not in specific dictionaries.

Not because these matters don't matter, or interest me, but because this is not the place for the discussion!

Smodlet

G_M, you are, of course, correct and I did my best to help in my first post on here.

Fantasies about firefighters, on the other hand are, of course, pertinent to discussions about who is or is not responsible for the provision of smoke alarms...;)

TheGardener

Broken or unsafe gas heating systems in council properties are eligible for emergency repairs - just phone the council housing emergency repair number and get it fixed - that could have been done at the point the engineer declared the system unsafe.
If it transpires there has been a long standing dangerous problem then the council will need to do a review but that will have little to do with you.
You and your children have not been harmed - be thankful, get it fixed and move on. For all their faults - councils are on the whole responsible landlords.

G_M

Smodlet wrote: »

G_M, you are, of course, correct and I did my best to help in my first post on here.

Fantasies about firefighters, on the other hand are, of course, pertinent to discussions about who is or is not responsible for the provision of smoke alarms...;)

You got me!

_pale_

No defence. But in mitigation, one was a bit of harmless fantasy by a single poster (pun intended), the other risked degeneration into a spat between two posters..........