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ok I might be a little tetchy as its really been the week from hell for me , far too much work to do in too little time (always the case) .
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Dotty
No worries Dom. You should see me when I'm on call. Everyone on here is on their best behaviour then!
2 to go!
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Ermintrude
welcome to the forum Dom. If you do alittle searching (maybe need to join the gs bit first) you will find a few large posts about the subject you have asked about. A bit of a split between members on here of those that would go beyond the regs or follow them but no further. Its one of those questions that we argue over 2 to 3 times a year on the forum with the same conclusion. stick around and join in the forum banter and you will find we arnt a bad bunch 🙂
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Gary71
Do you know of any incident following a soundness test where a permissible drop had been left by a engineer on NG.
From my own experiences on NG I would have no fear leaving a permissible drop.
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REDSAW
the best ones are those £50 cooker connect jobs (cooker 3 fires boiler & wall heater property) with a small drop, then you have to tell the customer your capping the supply until you pay me £600 for a new gas run to the 3rd floor/back room....luv.
its ok because its the middle of winter, last job of the day at 4;30pm on a bank holiday weekend...
tend to loose quite a few jobs for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but heyho its more than likely on the 20m of gas pipe running outside the property?
its ok because its the middle of winter, last job of the day at 4;30pm on a bank holiday weekend...
tend to loose quite a few jobs for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but heyho its more than likely on the 20m of gas pipe running outside the property?
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Ermintrude
Better re read the regs. Igup/1b - that the old one? Drop on connected appliances ok if no smell of gas. Must verify that it's not on pipework! I can't find my copy on phone it's in van. Anyone have a copy for reference?
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tamz
If no smell of gas, no need to isolate appliances to confirm where the drop is. Nothing has changed. That's why it is called permissible drop.
Whether you do or whether you don't is engineering judgement, ie down to you and your conscience. Just make sure you get it documented that there is an existing drop to cover your rse.
LPG testing is in BS5842 for small installations and IGEM UP 1A for larger installs.
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Reltub
Found this while looking for a book, it's a s/a eddition.
Does this not clarify what I originally said?
And if like you said you have to confirm the pipework is sound by isolating the appliances, are you then happy to leave an appliance you know is leaking?
For the record i don't like to leave any leak on any job, was just quoting what i'd been taught at college.
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