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After work has been carried out on a gas leak ( new copper section inserted to line under concrete floor ) by a qualified gas engineer, when looking at paper work what safety checks should have been carried out?
 
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goz666 said:
Which is why we were all taught that way mate, I've broke my own rule before and then found a drop on the TT, heads in tatters then wondering if it was already there ?? Teaching my apprentice now, soon as we get to a job...he has the U gauge out.
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colleges dont seem to teach this as it isnt required in the regs, hence my comment on the common sense approach 🙂
 
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Understanding the mandatory requirements is a starting point, unfortunately too many people use their opinion rather than the regs,
It is a mandatory requirement to know your gas work is gas tight, so if you are altering a gas pipe on existing carcass and existing appliances, if you only test after and find a 1mb drop how do you know if it was there before you started or caused by you, however there are plenty of situations where a TT isn't mandatory
 
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I was told by one of my college tutors that if you turn the ecv off and do work on the gas you have to TT but if you where to isolate and then work from that point on you could just LDF

Although I always TT first and after any work.
 
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Some would say if you were to change a gas valve on a domestic boiler, fsd on cooker, that ldf is enough. But, the more cautious interpretation of the regs would require: Tt all aappliances and carcass then 6point check/purge and relight of all appliances.
 
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If your working on an appliance then you need to perform more than a visual risk assessment. Changing a safety device requires a test on said device which sometimes is best done with your gauge on the meter. Ie cooker fsd shuts gas supply, tt at meter to confirm no gas is passing.
 
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Personally I test work before and after like I've done for god knows how many years it's like riding a bike once learnt never forget
 
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If i am going to a property that has reported a gas escape, before i even touch anything, i whizz over the meter /ecv/service and immediate outlet pipe with a detector. I then TT,repair as necessary then TT again. If i am going to exchange a gas carrying component on an appliance i TT the whole thing first,do job, TT again and survey the appliance i have worked on with a sniffer.
 
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Well as a gas escape is ID you need to rectify that before anything in the usual way.
Detect-rectify-test.

If you change a gas fitting then you have interuppted the supply so its test again and relight
 
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I would not do any paper work , I'd photograph what I'd found , fix it , do a u gauge ( photo taken during TT test ) jobs a good un
 
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