Is my gas pipe dangerous

[EFCLee1]

We had central heating installed a long time ago and the main gas feed pipe run the length of our upstairs landing, from the front bedroom across the landing and into the bathroom, shortly after we put laminate flooring into the bedroom and noticed the door was jamming when closing, shaved the bottom as much as I could but still jammed a little, then we put carpet down on landing too.....fast forward 18 months and carpet on landing has a massive ridge were a floorboard is lifting up, were taking carpet up anyway to replace with new so at same time I took up laminate to address the problem...

The floorboard was sitting directly on-top of the main gas feed pipe and had even made an indentation on the underneath as we had been walking on the landing, attempts have been made to chip away the joist so it can be pushed further down away from the floorboard but this sounds well dodgey to me...

Landing now still has a slight arch were the floorboards haven't been put down level, the pipe has not been removed and refitted to a lower position so am not sure if it is still unsafe

Can I please have you opinion

Thanks

lee

 

[AGAS]

If I was you I would get a gas safe engineer out to have a look, if it is as you said , will need altering asap before pipe might fracture . Remember it's not only you to worry about.

 

[EFCLee1]

House belongs to a housing association and I would have to pay for that myself just to prove that its unsafe, my landlord obviously deems it safe and that why the only sent out a joiner to attempt to lower pipe and level floorboards, and judging by the job he's done on floorboards I doubt the pipe has gone as far down as it needs to,

is there a specific distance that the pipe has to be from the floorboards? or can it be like 1 mm away and still be classed as safe?

 

[AGAS]

Tell the tight landlord to get engineer out to see if safe. If he doesn't report it to gas safe and things will start moving ,
Tell landlord you will do that if he doesn't, after all it's his problem and it would cost him if he doesn't .

 

[jamesnewhere]

Next time your landlord/HA does your yearly gas inspection,flag it up to the person doing the inspection.

If you smell gas always phone the national grid people and they will disconnect your gas and leave you with no gas till your landlord will resolve the fault.

All the best.

 

[loafer]

It's dangerous if 1. The joists are notched out too deeply and compromise the structural integrity of the loadbearing capability of the floor. 2. Even more dangerous if the joists are not notched deeply enough and the boards are not refixed and are actually rocking on the pipe. (notwithstanding sum numpty screwing or nailing into the pipe) 3. even more dangerous if you attend to fix a leak on a depressurising heating system with an obvious leak (damp patch "oooer, matron!" ) on a ceiling... joists not notched deeply enough... board rocking on pipe.... 2 1/2mm T&E for upstairs ring running over the pipe.... sheath on T&E worn but not before pipe has been pinholed causing the leak!!!!
Contact your housing association and put a rocket up ...... make discrete and courteous enquiries. Be assertive but not confrontational. Don't let them pass the buck!

 

[loafer]

PS. How difficult is it to use a permanent marker on a floor to indicate the run of gsp/chp/or wsp!? So sum numparty doesn't drive a nail or screw thru em!?

 

[EFCLee1]

Will take some polaroids and post em up, am deffo thinking its unsafe but the pictures will reveal all!!

Cheers for your input, much appreciated..will take them tomorrow in light..