How to properly disconnect a gas fire

[Harvest Fields]

guessing thats the only thing i can think of to justify the price hold on will check

edit (Slough)

Not far off

 

[Biilee]

Hi,

Yes, I'm in Slough, Berkshire.

The floor is concrete and I want the supply to be capped off above ground (the restrictor elbow is situated in an alcove of the York stone fire place surround).

I am wondering whether - even though I want it capped off above ground - there might still have to be some excavation by the Gas Safe Engineer into the concrete because the short pipe that the elbow restrictor goes into has a shut off valve in it (as shown in the photo) which might possibly leak?

 

[Harvest Fields]

If above ground it should still take less than an hour.

 

[Darren Jackson]

No digging required looking at your photo. Easy job no more than 30mins from arriving to driving. Gas engineers love this type of job, £55 - £85 for half hours work minimal material required just standard stock out of the van. Surprised your GSR doesn't want it, no matter how busy they are could easily slot it in at end of day on way home ect..

 

[RoryD]

Hi,

I need the gas supply to my gas fire capped as I want to remove my gas fire. I attach a photo of the elbow restrictor, which has a shut off valve underneath it. I have been given a 'provisional estimate' of £150 for the job by one gas safe engineer (which makes me think that he doesn't want the job, but perhaps I'm underestimating the amount of work involved).
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I understand that leaving the elbow restrictor in situ and bunging it up to cap off the gas supply isn't a proper and safe way to do it. I would be grateful if anyone could give me an outline of what needs to be done, e.g. what part -if any - needs to be installed in place of the elbow restrictor and whether the pipe with the shut off valve that's underneath the elbow restricter would need to be excavated and replaced with something else (in case the shut off valve were to ever not work properly and leak).

Thanks in advance.

Who said it isn't safe nust to cap it off? This comes through a concrete floor. If possible it could be possible to find the other end and deal with the supply there provided that only this appliance is on it. Vapping off there looks the only ootion.