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| message from Christian McArdle on 10 May 2004 |
Yes. This was standard practice when electrification came in. Given a few
dodgy gas fires and god knows how many (if any) gas light points were still
connected, I had the whole gas pipework replaced when the boiler was put in
the loft.
(Cheers John!)
Christian.
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| steve replied to Christian McArdle on 10 May 2004 |
Yes my Aunt had lead gas piping many years ago and tells the tale of
when one day the gas cooker stopped working. Should say that the gas
pipe came out of the wall ran 8" across to the door frame and then
round the top of the door frame to the gas cooker. She had noticed
that the cooker had just before not been running as hot as before. The
reason the 8" run of pipe just happened to be the same hieght as the
back of the chair for the kitchen table, all the years of pushing the
chair back after meals had eventually closed the gas pipe down cutting
of the supply.
a few years ago this she smelt gas in the under stairs cupboard the
leak was traced by British gas to the sweated tee in the lead pipe one
leg of which ran upwards, this leg only a few metres to where new
copper was sweated in for the cooker.
Instead of replacing this short lengh the fitter some how made a
sweated joint upside down it had to have been done upside down as was
no sign of pipe having been upturned as wall paper that was over pipe
hadnt been damaged.
Thats what i call skillful use of a blow lamp.
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