Neighbour turned off gas supply

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House_Martin wrote: »

. Tampering with a gas supply is illegal and dangerous. There are plenty of old style gas boilers around with a pilot light when once switched off are difficult to relight.
Personally If I had filmed evidence I would be going to the police. They would soon put a stop to it and it would be a powerful deterrent to stop it for good

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Maybe as a first step a call to National Grid might be in order. They may be able to advise prior to a call to the police.

And thinking on, is this neighbour likely to have thought of wearing gloves ? If the National Grid think it's serious enough, and you have reason to believe it's your neighbour (having nearly caught them in the act) then maybe the police will go round and take some dabs. You won't necessarily prove who did it, but will certainly provide a keen deterrent (your neighbour will then move onto some other means of 'punishment')

Edit: Forgot the National Grid link

https://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/safety-and-emergencies/gas-emergencies-and-safety-advice

Margot123

Comms69 wrote: »

No, it's not anti-social. and the LL does not need to take action unless their tenant has actually been convicted of anti-social behaviour.

What do you base these 'facts' on?
In my professional experience, this simply isn't a true statement.

badmemory

If I was the LL & knew about this & had done nothing, I would be asking myself if my insurance will cover me for when the building blows up.

Just shows how little some people think through the consequences of their actions.

paddycharlie

Would the common sense action not be to speak to the neighbour about it in te first instance. If the neighbour confesses tell them to stop as it is illegal and if they continue to do it that you will have no choice but to report it to the authorities. And if they denies it as the OP expects then say someone is doing it and you will need to get authorities involved to investigate it as its illegal.
Then if continues look into involving others if it happens again.


All of this getting LL involved, energy company involved, police taking dabs etc. is a it OTT at this stage.


What ever happened to the tea and cake approach

pimento

paddycharlie wrote: »

What ever happened to the tea and cake approach

I'm assuming that the OP and the neighbour have already had a chat about the vibrating pipes and I expect the neighbour is at the end of their tether being kept awake. It would do my head in if I knew the OP could sort the vibrations out but seemed to be doing nothing and I had to go to work leaving the house at 6am.

Not excusing him, mind you but there is obviously a history not being told in full here.


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...the times it goes off and comes back on all coincide with when my neighbour leaves for work (when the gas supply comes back on) and when he comes home from work it mysteriously turns off between 7pm and 8.30pm,

So the neighbour does a 14 hour day. No wonder sleep deprivation is making him do strange things.

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paddycharlie wrote: »

All of this getting LL involved, energy company involved, police taking dabs etc. is a it OTT at this stage.


What ever happened to the tea and cake approach

Fair point, but we don't have the OP's background knowledge of the neighbour. Only they can assess the outcome of tea & cake versus the police. To my mind mucking around with someone's gas supply is past the tea & cake approach, and I reckon if the OP called National Grid they would concur

paddycharlie

But the OP hasn't spoke to the neighbour about the gas going off. It will likely end up like Chinese whispers now the LL is involved and increase any bad feeling that existed by approaching the LL first.


If they speak about it then any issues can be discussed and solutions to any issues like adults instead of going behind each others backs.


With the OP being certain that it is being turned off due to the noise issue and they have the same LL then get the neighbour to take it out on the LL about fixing the issues instead of taking it out on the OP.

Raxiel

Perhaps the Neighbour needs to buy a white noise machine if the sound of the boiler is keeping them awake

pinkshoes

Why not just paint some UV paint onto the box, then go round all your neighbours houses with some leaflets asking them to contact you if they see anyone tampering with your gas supply.

When handing over the leaflet, just shine a UV light at their hands, and if they glow, you have your evidence.

House_Martin

pimento wrote: »

I'm assuming that the OP and the neighbour have already had a chat about the vibrating pipes and I expect the neighbour is at the end of their tether being kept awake. It would do my head in if I knew the OP could sort the vibrations out but seemed to be doing nothing and I had to go to work leaving the house at 6am.

Not excusing him, mind you but there is obviously a history not being told in full here.


ETA:

So the neighbour does a 14 hour day. No wonder sleep deprivation is making him do strange things.

Ear plugs work well . A bit of rattling central heating pipes/radiators is nothing compared to what I suffered with living next door to a bunch of kids on all night party raves for 6 months until they were evicted.
.Absolutely no excuse for criminal behaviour like that by the sneaky berk
The landlord should be concerned if it ends up with a gas cooker pouring out gas all night and blowing the lot up. I doubt the house insurance would cover deliberate gas supply tampering