What's this gas pipe?

jochips

I cleared a hedge and found a green cover. Underneath are some gas pipes that come up in an arch shape then back into the ground. I think they are gas pipes - anyone have any ideas as I need to remove them!

Ebe_Scrooge

Cut them out with an angle grinder. If you get blown up, you know they were gas pipes.


Seriously though ... Start off by identifying what they are. This website gives the standard colour codes that should be adhered to :


http://www.cornerstoneprojects.co.uk/index.php/blog/underground-utility-colour-codes/


If they are gas, water, electricity, telecom cables or similar then you can't just remove them. Why do you need to remove them ?


But if you have a genuine reason for needing to remove them, you'll need to contact the appropriate utility company and ask for advice. They are the only ones who will be able to move/reroute them.


My first sentence, by the way, was a JOKE. Please don't go messing about with the pipes until you've spoken to the relevant company.

MoneyMate

jochips wrote: »

I cleared a hedge and found a green cover. Underneath are some gas pipes that come up in an arch shape then back into the ground. I think they are gas pipes - anyone have any ideas as I need to remove them!

Could this be Broadband piping, I have green pipes through my front garden ?

Aylesbury_Duck

jochips wrote: »

I cleared a hedge and found a green cover. Underneath are some gas pipes that come up in an arch shape then back into the ground. I think they are gas pipes - anyone have any ideas as I need to remove them!

Can you link to a photo? As others have said, you can't just go about addressing this yourself so you'll need to properly identify them. What sort of cover are you talking about? A manhole-style cover or do you mean some sort of pipe outer? What are the pipes made of? Copper? Plastic?

firefox1956

Is it similar to this ??
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=green+ducting&client=firefox-b-ab&tbm=isch&imgil=aZ5KPoTB4Y5H7M%253A%253BLTI5vs6S_ugl9M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.radiustelecoms.com%25252Fproducts%25252Ftelecoms-ducting-systems%25252Fhdpe-twin-wall-ducting%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=aZ5KPoTB4Y5H7M%253A%252CLTI5vs6S_ugl9M%252C_&usg=__DAsCg2fjapwaFl3M5htys0VixLg%3D&biw=1093&bih=506&ved=0ahUKEwjWhdP_-5fUAhVkIsAKHbrtDrEQyjcIXA&ei=jZQtWZaLAeTEgAa627uICw#imgrc=aZ5KPoTB4Y5H7M:

phill99

If I am right, its sort of rectangular shaped, about 18" high and 12" wide. Yours is an older house right?


It an access point for gas.


Don't fiddle with it.

Aylesbury_Duck

I'm awaiting the next post...."I've finished laying my new patio and my boiler has stopped working."

Owain_Moneysaver

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

I'm awaiting the next post...."I've finished laying my new patio and my boiler has stopped working."

"so I'm going to try one of those instant barbecues"

MisterP123

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

"so I'm going to try one of those instant barbecues"

chrisw

Do you have a septic tank? If so, could it be part of the vent for that?

LandyAndy

chrisw wrote: »

Do you have a septic tank? If so, could it be part of the vent for that?

That's a sort of gas pipe. Definitely no naked flames.:D