lee1 1 Posted February 24, 2014 Got up this morning could smell gas as I was going down stairs was getting stronger as I headed into the kitchen so shouted the mrs told her not to switch anything onswitched it off at main supply opened all the windowsrung the gas boardhalf hour later guy turns up condemned the main gas pipe under me stairs very old pipe that gave uphe said it could of cracked as its set in concreteso had me local plumber out to put a new feed from the meter outside and run the pipe outside of the house back to me kitchenno signs of it leaking just started over night I guessvery lucky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davehutch-hutchs 0 Posted February 24, 2014 Yes lee and good of you knowing what to do , could have been different if she had got up first m8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee1 1 Posted February 24, 2014 @Davehutch wrote:Yes lee and good of you knowing what to do , could have been different if she had got up first m8 yeah glad I did knowing the mrs she would of put the kettle on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obalanga 0 Posted February 24, 2014 close shave buddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadatious 0 Posted February 24, 2014 cooor blimey! not just the fire hazard its the fumes in your sleep!thats where the carbon monoxide? alarms are handy!least your okay mate thats the main thing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gravelrash 0 Posted February 24, 2014 @Chadatious wrote:cooor blimey! not just the fire hazard its the fumes in your sleep!thats where the carbon monoxide? alarms are handy!least your okay mate thats the main thing! Close call Lee glad your all okay as Chad said a carbon monoxide detector is a must buy in any room with a gas appliance and can be had for a couple of pounds, ours also lights up and doubles as a smoke detector. Well done on keeping calm and knowing how to deal with it Lee! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadatious 0 Posted February 24, 2014 @gravelrash wrote:@Chadatious wrote:cooor blimey! not just the fire hazard its the fumes in your sleep!thats where the carbon monoxide? alarms are handy!least your okay mate thats the main thing! Close call Lee glad your all okay as Chad said a carbon monoxide detector is a must buy in any room with a gas appliance and can be had for a couple of pounds, ours also lights up and doubles as a smoke detector. Well done on keeping calm and knowing how to deal with it Lee! yeah we have one upstairs one downstairs which are smoke and carbon monoxide. both wired to mains with a 9v battery backup. handy to know that they are there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee1 1 Posted February 24, 2014 @gravelrash wrote:@Chadatious wrote:cooor blimey! not just the fire hazard its the fumes in your sleep!thats where the carbon monoxide? alarms are handy!least your okay mate thats the main thing! Close call Lee glad your all okay as Chad said a carbon monoxide detector is a must buy in any room with a gas appliance and can be had for a couple of pounds, ours also lights up and doubles as a smoke detector. Well done on keeping calm and knowing how to deal with it Lee! Got 2 carbon monoxide testers 1 upstairs 1 downstairs both smoke detectors aswellBut carbon monoxide testers dont detect gas leakscarbon monoxide and natural gas are two different things. Carbon monoxide is produced when a hydrocarbon fuel is not combusted completely. Natural gas is about 96% methane with a small amount of ethane mixed in. It is a colorless and odorless gasI should of been a gas engineer as ya say lucky all is well now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadatious 0 Posted February 24, 2014 @lee wrote:@gravelrash wrote:@Chadatious wrote:cooor blimey! not just the fire hazard its the fumes in your sleep!thats where the carbon monoxide? alarms are handy!least your okay mate thats the main thing! Close call Lee glad your all okay as Chad said a carbon monoxide detector is a must buy in any room with a gas appliance and can be had for a couple of pounds, ours also lights up and doubles as a smoke detector. Well done on keeping calm and knowing how to deal with it Lee! Got 2 carbon monoxide testers 1 upstairs 1 downstairs both smoke detectors aswellBut carbon monoxide testers dont detect gas leakscarbon monoxide and natural gas are two different things. Carbon monoxide is produced when a hydrocarbon fuel is not combusted completely. Natural gas is about 96% methane with a small amount of ethane mixed in. It is a colorless and odorless gasI should of been a gas engineer as ya say lucky all is well now past me all i know if my boss is vegetarian and full of methane! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dick65 0 Posted February 25, 2014 glad you ok m8 - we aint got gas this far north chad ya cheeky fecker ive been a veggie for 30 years and I aint full of gas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BanditMike 0 Posted February 25, 2014 Lucky mate, as said above, good thing you kept a clear head and knew what to do. Glad all sorted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skelly 0 Posted February 27, 2014 Similar thing happened to me, got home from work about 8 and went upstairs. Could smell gas but only upstairs (girlfriend and daughter still in bed) she couldn't smell it. Went round to my neighbour (80 year old bloke) to see if he could smell it and as soon as he opened his kitchen door i could smell it. He hadn't turned one of the gas rings off properly from the previous evening, amazed me how he didn't wake up dead. Good job i got home when i didGlad your all sorted now Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BanditMike 0 Posted February 28, 2014 @Skelly wrote:Similar thing happened to me, got home from work about 8 and went upstairs. Could smell gas but only upstairs (girlfriend and daughter still in bed) she couldn't smell it. Went round to my neighbour (80 year old bloke) to see if he could smell it and as soon as he opened his kitchen door i could smell it. He hadn't turned one of the gas rings off properly from the previous evening, amazed me how he didn't wake up dead. Good job i got home when i didGlad your all sorted now LeeLucky mate. Good job you went round to check, a lot wouldn't Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee1 1 Posted February 28, 2014 @dick65 wrote:glad you ok m8 - we aint got gas this far north its ok dick we aint got water I after walk 5 miles a day for it but if ya give me £5.00 a monthI can get a well in the back garden chad ya cheeky fecker ive been a veggie for 30 years and I aint full of gas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jezza 0 Posted February 28, 2014 Get yourself a canary Glad it all ended safely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madsod 0 Posted March 1, 2014 Glad its all ok Lee could have been well bad i has one a few year back the nut on the tap on the fire was just a tad lose sod all but same i came down stair and could smell it , Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
