remember seeing my dad do similar when he fitted a wall heater back in late 70's . . . I wasn't old enough to question why . . . .Grandfather always used a flame to test for leaks in gas pipe. Worked most of his life for the Gas Board....
Grandfather always used a flame to test for leaks in gas pipe. Worked most of his life for the Gas Board....
There is no meter fitted that's why i need to adapt to test, i would never fiddle a meter, im more of a politician in life so i get someone else to pay the gas bill
It isn'tThe meter inlet connection looks like a left hand thread.
Hmmm I do plenty of houses on lpg that have no meter, never had a problem doing an air test, or a purge.Testing without a meter is an invalid test, the volume of the meter defines the test period
Hmmm I do plenty of houses on lpg that have no meter, never had a problem doing an air test, or a purge.
Lpg ain't magical, it's not been 5min temp stabilisation for a while now, test time was dropped too, although I must admit i still do old times if there is a hint of something suspect, I've done air tests on NG pipework with no meters and no appliances on new builds before, it's pretty much the only option when there is no gas to a house or the meter box ain't in place.
I would be more concerned what the OP is going to use to test it and at what pressure, appliances fitted, who's been messing with the pipes to warrant thinking there may be an issue.
There are reasons houses go bang.
15mm str, Yorkshire manual air vent and screw a test point inYes its new pipe work but it runs under a floor i want to finish off and not have to worry about any issues, I think the problem is sorted after raiding my mates van and looking through some of my old fittings boxes where i had random stuff from over 30 years back, i found a brass fitting with the correct thread to go into the gas out connection and the hole up the middle of it is a good fit for a brass 15mm elbow that was for brazed oxygen lines.. the result
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I picked up a test kit as mentioned by @gaz1 so should be good to try.
Reading this…Ive never messed with domestic gas or felt the need to. But have done loads and loads of both pressure and leak testing of complex systems upto 600 bar.
looking at the test kit, and reading this, including the bit about the damaged meter, do they never use an over pressure relief or protection such as a bursting disc to prevent damage due to mistakes?
Did he actually get a chance to retire?Grandfather always used a flame to test for leaks in gas pipe. Worked most of his life for the Gas Board....
i saw it all the time as an app. gas board always used to check there joints with a lighterDid he actually get a chance to retire?
Retired in '76 I think at the age of 60. Went on another 37 years till 2013 and died at the age of 97.Did he actually get a chance to retire?