Smell of gas outside

[Kris]

Just rang the National Grid enquiries number and told them the area outside the house stinks of gas. An engineer has apparently been called to determine the source. I've been informed by the nice guy in India that this is a free service - but I cynically assume that anything else is going to cost squillions - am I right?

Anyone else had similar and got any advice?
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[D O G]

TRANSCO are responsible for everything up to your meter, so as long as the leak is before that you will be fine.

[Minty]

[Kris]

Okay, an update.

There was a leaky main feed to the house, roughly under the front step location. Southern Gas are the contracators that were called to find and fix the leak for free. This consists of digging up and finding the feed pipe - then inserting PE pipe (plastic) through the existing feed pipe and reconnecting to the meter. The pipe is roughly 2 to 3 feet deep under the lawn and the meter is in an easily accessible cupboard under he stairs... so how long and how many men do you think it took to do this task?

Hmm?
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[Capt Castle]

I think it took either:

1 Three surveyors, one health and safety officer, two council officials, six overweight men, and took six hours including three coffee breaks

or

2 One polish fella, a shovel, some old hosepipe, and twenty minutes
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[Tenko]

I bet it took one to survey, three to dig, one to test and two to reinstate... Plus one carrying out a Customer Satisfaction Survey and one to try to sell you something you have already...

[Babba]

Sad, but true . . . .

https://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2343/blokefrompoland.jpg

[Al]

I was working at a house when one of the builders damaged an MDPE gas main. Three guys came out to repair it, two of them did about 20 mins work and the builders were sent a £600 bill.
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[iooi]

3 guys installing a new pipe down the road from us.

Strong smell of gas and big sign saying NO SMOKING.....

One in hole doing some work on pipe, shouts to one guy in back of van "Its too tight" guy in van came out with a sledge hammer.....

While other guy leans on this shovel smoking a cig......

Most passers by seemed to cross the road, rather than walk passed the hole..... Wonder why
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[Villers]

They done next doors without even digging up the garden!

You are quite lucky, up here its 'northern gas network' and last year I was renovating my house when next door experienced low gas pressure. They turned up, found my house (understandibly) empty and capped off the supply. This was in January. When I phoned them they told me because of all the burst pipes and knackered boilers it would be APRIL before they came to turn it back on!!!!

They knocked it off a few weeks ago, came home from work at four, found no gas and then turned it on myself. Half seven a troll turns up with a tool kit, I told him Id done it myslef, he says 'well you shouldnt have' and I just sad 'well I have though havent I, KTHxBAI!'
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[Kris]

Well you're all wrong.


Day 1

- 1 man and a van to determine if it was a gas leak.
- 2 men and a van arrive later in a van to assist in finding leak.
- 3 further men arrive in a van and supposedly they are a 'digging gang'.

Cue 4 hours of headscratching and a small trial hole before they sod off after not disconnecting us and not finding teh gas pipe either.

Day 2

- 2 men and a van arrive and are angry that the previous guys have done nothing.
- 2 further men arrive and help dig a 3 foot hole. They cut off the gas and attempt to thread the new PE pipework.
- 1 guy in a car turns up. He helps show them how to do it then sods off.
After 4 hours of struggling the pipe is in. 2 men disappear off.

Now we wait for a 'reconnecting gang'.

- 2 men in a van arrive after a long wait and connect the new pipe to the meter. Also they check for leaks.

Now we have to wait for a 'groundswork gang' to fill in a 3 foot hole.

- 2 men arrive in a van (incidentally it's the same guys that helped locate the leak.) They fill in the hole sprinkle some grass seed on and sod off leaving teh front garden looking like a building site - what with all the plastic barriers etc.

Now we are waiting for another gang to collect all their barriers etc.


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[D O G]

And we wonder why our energy prices are rising.

[pinkyfloyd]

Was a big gas leak near us last night, Roads closed and houses evacuated. Sod that.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/gas_leak_sparks_evacuation_of_portsmouth_homes_1_3487794
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[Al]

These ridiculous working practices are quite common and probably dreamed up by a group of men in a boardroom somewhere who are completely out of touch with reality. They probably don't like the idea of paying more skilled and higher paid workers to do simple jobs like dig holes. I guess it works ok on larger jobs but is completely ridiculous when doing a simple 2 man job like in this case.
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