Capped pipe in chimney breast

[Glastoun]

This little pipe is sticking out of our chimney breast, I'm guessing it's a capped off gas pipe for an old gas fire?

If so I'll be getting a GSR to deal with it, but what are the chances of it still being live? It's on the first floor and the gas supply is downstairs in the kitchen so I'm hoping that it would have been disconnected at source and just capped in the bedroom as a formality.

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[newbuildinstaller]

I would say 50/50, yes or no, maybe but then again maybe not, couldbe but then could not as well......

Crystal ball knackered so I am just guessing tbh

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

My crystal ball says it is live. Let me know if I'm wrong because it might need calibrating.

 

[Glastoun]

Don't know if it was live, but the gas man dealt with it so it's dead now. Hurrah.

But on the ground floor chimney breast I came across this - is this a sawn-off gas pipe? There's no cap or anything that I can see, and it looks like the concrete hearth was poured around it.

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[denso13]

Yes, looks like an old supply for a gas fire.

 

[Glastoun]

So safe to break up the concrete around it? Or do I still need a GSR to deal with it, just in case?

 

[Agile]

If the pipe is still open then you could cut it off further back yourself as long as you have made sure that you know where to turn off the gas upply in a hurry.

The regulations say that even decommissioned gas pipes should be capped at their ends!

Tony