Disconnecting Gas Hob - do I need Gas Safe engineer?

societys_child

I'm afraid you'll always get the same posters spouting bolloux when it comes to gas.


Just for the record, when I was young and naive, I employed a gas fitter to do some pipework . . . the next morning I, my wife, and our two kids woke to the entire house full of gas. I've always done my own gas work since . .

Belenus

societys_child wrote: »

..Just for the record, when I was young and naive, I employed a gas fitter to do some pipework . . . the next morning I, my wife, and our two kids woke to the entire house full of gas. I've always done my own gas work since . .

I know his brother.

He wired the electricity meter tails (the wires from the meter to the consumer unit) up the wrong way around. Live to neutral and neutral to live.

The resulting shock I received threw me across the kitchen. Fortunately I was unharmed.

Risteard

Belenus wrote: »

I know his brother.

He wired the electricity meter tails (the wires from the meter to the consumer unit) up the wrong way around. Live to neutral and neutral to live.

The resulting shock I received threw me across the kitchen. Fortunately I was unharmed.

Reverse polarity is extremely dangerous.

Where the DSO or DNO do it heads roll as a result.

Belenus

Risteard wrote: »

Reverse polarity is extremely dangerous.

Where the DSO or DNO do it heads roll as a result.

It was a long time ago, about 1986, in a 1960/61 built house that I bought in 1985.

The polarity error may well have dated back to when the house was originally built.

The incident taught me to have great respect for electricity and to check and check again before doing any work on electrical fittings.

southcoastrgi

RealBobbyDazzler wrote: »

did a quick pressure test, I’m now £60 down for my incompetence *sigh*. Sometimes you should trust your gut & not some people on a forum

So how did you plan on doing the pressure test ?
What pressures do you need to test at ?
How long should this test take ?

Some of the people on this forum actually do this for a living & gave you free advice,

Just saying

RealBobbyDazzler

The 'free advice' was to pay for a gas engineer, which I did.. with no benefit. I'll trust my gut next time, and for the pressure test, soapy water on the capped pipe would suffice.

Are you actually a gas engineer?

southcoastrgi

RealBobbyDazzler wrote: »

The 'free advice' was to pay for a gas engineer, which I did.. with no benefit. I'll trust my gut next time, and for the pressure test, soapy water on the capped pipe would suffice.

Yes it was & that was the correct advice
I'm not sure why you think it was of no benefit
Is soapy water an approved test

RealBobbyDazzler

southcoastrgi wrote: »

Yes it was & that was the correct advice
I'm not sure why you think it was of no benefit
Is soapy water an approved test

Are you actually a gas engineer?


Also, no soapy water isn't an 'approved' test, but it works. A bit like when I had a flat tyre, I didn't actually use a pressure gauge to tell me it had 0PSI, surprisingly the tyre was flat at the bottom and I could tell from just looking at it, I know right.. I was probably as surprised as you!!

So, under the same logic, soapy water around the capped connection would tell me if there's air coming out, no bubbles = no gas!! :beer:

TheCyclingProgrammer

Three guesses as to what the "RGI" in southcoastrgi's screen name might stand for...

RealBobbyDazzler

TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »

Three guesses as to what the "RGI" in southcoastrgi's screen name might stand for...

I didn't notice actually, that explains that.. at least it was my first guess that could have been embarrassing otherwise. He sounds like a jobsworth, hope I don't meet him on a job. (I'm half joking - I can imagine he'll be really angry reading this and probably copy and paste a tonne of legislation). :rotfl:

Also, PM me if there's any jobs going at your place southcoastrgi, we could work together!!