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WTD: Corgi Gas man...
coozer - 29/6/10 at 12:27 PM

Its amazing the negative responce I get to the following question....

Ring ring,,

"Hello, I need a corgi man to take out my gas fire and blank the pipe off ready for a log burner"

Responce...

"Ooooo, that sounds a bit complicated/ sorry fully booked/nobody to do it/too busy/can't promise a time" etc etc etc...

So, anybody competent want to come and take out my gas fire for me?

Steve

blakep82 - 29/6/10 at 12:33 PM

i'd just not tell them the bit about putting a log burner in.
had no trouble getting someone to take my old gas fire out

hearbear - 29/6/10 at 12:35 PM

Could be opening a can of worms but just do it yourself. the gas man I had across the road said it is not against the law for me to blank a gas pipe that fed old boiler, if you can put a car together and drive it legally on the road one gas pipe ain't going to kill you just be careful. ps Corgi has been replaced by gas safe

loggyboy - 29/6/10 at 12:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by hearbear
one gas pipe ain't going to kill you just be careful.


Its not the pipe you have to worry about, its the Gas in it!!

I would agree though, as long as it has a good shut off valve, it should be easy to remove and blank off.

I would then ask a gas engineer to just come out and check it (dont tell him youve removed it, just that youve just moved in and want to check it)

big-vee-twin - 29/6/10 at 12:44 PM

Does your gas fire have a mild steel flue. Yuo will need to change it to one compatible with log burner due to high water content in the fuel, could that be putting them off?

jossey - 29/6/10 at 12:46 PM

if for example you took it out and capped it off you maybe able to find someone to test it for about £30 thats wat i did.

big-vee-twin - 29/6/10 at 12:53 PM

Last year I stripped my boiler down to change the gas valve - I bought a spray from b&q to test if the joints were good and hand no leaks- thats all a heating engineer will do.

MkIndy7 - 29/6/10 at 12:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by big-vee-twin
Last year I stripped my boiler down to change the gas valve - I bought a spray from b&q to test if the joints were good and hand no leaks- thats all a heating engineer will do.


Hope you set the gas valve to the correct burner pressure when you finished!

You don't want to be over-fireing it if its an atmospheric boiler, or have the wrong mixture if its not!

[Edited on 29/6/10 by MkIndy7]

coozer - 29/6/10 at 01:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by big-vee-twin
Does your gas fire have a mild steel flue. Yuo will need to change it to one compatible with log burner due to high water content in the fuel, could that be putting them off?


No flue, we have a proper chimney.

I want to do it properly as we live in a smokeless zone (with a councillor 2 doors up), have some outstanding planning atm and therefore will be using a puka HETAS place to plonk the woodburner in.

I just want to do the groundwork myself to save a few bob.

big-vee-twin - 29/6/10 at 02:16 PM

You need to check then because some wood burners are not allowed in smokeless zones

coozer - 29/6/10 at 02:43 PM

Done that, well aware of what is and what isnt.

Ta,
Steve

blakep82 - 29/6/10 at 03:02 PM

isn't would more smokey than gas?

Confused but excited. - 29/6/10 at 05:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
isn't would more smokey than gas?


Would could be, but he's burning wood.

JoelP - 29/6/10 at 06:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by big-vee-twin
I bought a spray from b&q to test if the joints were good and hand no leaks- thats all a heating engineer will do.


No its not! A 'proper' gasman would do a 'proper' leak test.

Its easy to say do it yourself, but not everyone can solder properly.

Have you put your postcode into the gassafe website Steve? Surely there will be someone in your area who can do it.