ecv and gas meter capping

[mskh4n]

hello im a newly registered gas engineer but been a plumber for a few years. i just wanted to know the size of the caps you use to cap the ecv and the gas meter inlet & outlet.
i wana make sure i do everything right when i undertake gas work because i feel i have a responsibility over the customer/tennants safety.
sad i know but safety first 😛
(my first thread)😀

cheers guys!

 

[tamz]

3/4" and 1" bs746 caps or blank discs

 

[Blake]

It's not sad, it doing things correctly which is always a good thing. Welcome to the forum 🙂

 

[GQuigley67]

Is it true that everytime you cap the meter you need to replace the washers?

 

[pauls]

not sure about replacing the washers but there was an alert sent out by gas safe on a concern of rubber washers undoing them self after tightening up.

 

[tamz]

Good practice to replace the washers (see your local SGN or Transco rep for a handful) or buy them from BES.

The thing with the washers was they changed them from the old rubber type to a kind of rubbery plastic type (probably imported from somewhere 10p a thou cheaper). They then found out they were pysh and have gone back to the rubber ones.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

yea heard about the washers being tat one of my mates used to work for transco now have about a million meter union washers in regards to caps as tamz says tap up one of the utilities lads

 

[mskh4n]

cheers tamz. really appreciate it.really helped me out!! 😀

 

[mskh4n]

hi bronzino. thank you for the compliment. just that im new need help hehe.
thanks for the warm welcome

 

[smillsey]

mskh4n, you will find this place not much like other forums. Im new to the forum too but the attitude here is more about improving our skills and reputation than slagging each other off.

At the end of the day the trade has a bad reputation, because of the minority of idiots. The better rep we have the more proffessional we look. Which in turn will earn us the wages we deserve for the responsibility we have!

 

[mskh4n]

well said hehe. iv got a few more questions i really need to ask too1 will post thread later today