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Gas leak advice!

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  • JoJo1978
    JoJo1978 Posts: 375 Forumite
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    OP it's a shame you have chosen to leave this thread because you have been given a whole heap of information that will be useful to you now and in the future.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Tenants are usually responsible for ther own gas bills.

    All gas bills prominantly display the emergency number for gas leaks. Having said that, where there's a leak on the user's side of the mains switch/meter, Tranco won't fix it - they'll just turn off the gas to make the property safe, and advise the user to get a Gassafe engineer in.

    A CO alarm is a sensible idea.
  • cjmillsnun
    cjmillsnun Posts: 615 Forumite
    G_M who are Transco? They haven't existed for over 10 years now.

    For all, because you will need to check their ID.

    This map from the ENA shows who your local distribution network is owned by. These are the people who will attend a gas emergency call.
    ena-map-gas-distribution-May17web.jpg
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  • bris
    bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite
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    For anyone that doesn't know it's a legal obligation to have a label on the gas meter with who to call when you smell gas. Common sense then tells your brain to turn of the gas with the lever at the meter.
  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
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    edited 2 December 2017 at 7:45PM
    Beaut.bebe wrote: »

    We took the twins to A&E where we spent 8 hours having my seven week old twins with cannulas in their arms and bloods being taken for carbon monoxide tests. Their second test results came back more acceptable and they were sent home thankfully. Myself and my husband then spent a further 6.5 hours getting ourselves checked, racking up huge car park charges in the process! We also were sent home with barely acceptable levels in our bloods.


    Why? Gas leak = nothing to do with carbon monoxide. What did you tell the hospital for them to do these unnecessary tests ?

    And if you really did have borderline levels of CO in your blood THEN THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY STILL THERE TURN THE GAS OFF AND GET THE GAS COMPANY IN
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 13,987 Forumite
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    I'm curious as to what the "barely acceptable levels [of, presumably CO?] in our bloods" was all about.
  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,279 Forumite
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    Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »
    I'm curious as to what the "barely acceptable levels [of, presumably CO?] in our bloods" was all about.

    The % hemoglobin destroyed by combining with CO is measured.

    https://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=129669

    As others have said, completely pointless for a gas leak.
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 13,987 Forumite
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    But "barely acceptable"? That suggests that by coincidence there is a carbon monoxide source in the house, or it's an emotional descriptor crated by the OP to embellish the story.
  • tlc678910
    tlc678910 Posts: 982 Forumite
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    I recently used a breathalyser type device to test me for carbon monoxide in my pregnancy. My midwife brought it to the house. I scored zero (non smoker). I asked what levels my midwife had seen and I think she said up to 11 in a smoker. I don't know what the units mean.

    OP if your family have levels of carbon monoxide which concerned the medical staff get onto it - a leak can cause you to go to sleep and not wake up. I believe feeling very tired or flu like and headaches can be symptoms.

    Tlc
  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »
    But "barely acceptable"? That suggests that by coincidence there is a carbon monoxide source in the house, or it's an emotional descriptor crated by the OP to embellish the story.

    My money is on the latter.
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