I found a gas chamber today!

[md68]

Had a call from a lady asking me to remove a gas fire so that the inside of the chimney could be inspected as she had heard things falling down it. So I did a tightness test before starting and the manometer dropped like a stone. I isolated the fire and that stopped the leak so I continued and removed the fire. Behind the fire I found 4 pigeons a magpie and something I couldn’t identify all dead. I think they must have landed on the chimney pot been overcome by the gas and fallen down to their deaths. Weird or what.

 

[GasmanxxxR1]

OMGunk:

Well done mate

 

[arran197]

I have found a pigeon once, was very dead. Didn't like getting it out, put some gloves on and asked the tenant to get the back door open ready for me to sling it in the bin!

 

[GasmanxxxR1]

Are you fitting a new fire?

 

[tamz]

Did the fire have a permanent pilot. If so you should isolate it, the pilot, before testing.

Not unusual to find dead birds behind a fire. Recommend she gets a cowl fitted or do it yourself if you don't mind roofwork and can do it safely.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Did the fire have a permanent pilot. If so you should isolate it, the pilot, before testing.

Not unusual to find dead birds behind a fire. Recommend she gets a cowl fitted or do it yourself if you don't mind roofwork and can do it safely.

thanks tamz i think i have lost the will to explain and post bloody tenants again gets you like that it does cant be bothered with anything

 

[tamz]

I know where you are coming from. I'm off to the beach on saturday for a bit Tam time

 

[md68]

Did the fire have a permanent pilot. If so you should isolate it, the pilot, before testing.

If it had a PP it would'nt have been a leak it would have been the pp

 

[tamz]

If it had a PP it would'nt have been a leak it would have been the pp

Which you would have extinguished doing your drop test. Don't worry about it. We have all done it.

There are many old fires still in use that have permanent pilots.
A steady drop on a fire (an old one) is most certainly a pilot.

 

[PowerFlusher2]

Had a call from a lady asking me to remove a gas fire so that the inside of the chimney could be inspected as she had heard things falling down it. So I did a tightness test before starting and the manometer dropped like a stone. I isolated the fire and that stopped the leak so I continued and removed the fire. Behind the fire I found 4 pigeons a magpie and something I couldn’t identify all dead. I think they must have landed on the chimney pot been overcome by the gas and fallen down to their deaths. Weird or what.

Weird? - absolutely, but also (sadly) quite amusing to think of those poor birds standing on the chimney pot one second and disappearing into the void, like a sketch out of Monty Python (for the older members), the next!

 

[PowerFlusher2]

Talking about birds, as we were, I remember, many years ago being woken up by a steady THUD, THUD, THUD from the garden. On looking out saw a number of quite large wood pigeons sprawled on the ground or staggering around under a fully in bloom Rowanberry Tree (aka Mountain Ash). What was happening was the pigeons were gorging on the berries before 'resting', the berries then fermented in their stomachs creating intoxication and causing the birds to fall off the branches, the 15 foot or so, to the ground making a very loud THUD. Very funny to watch and though camcorders and mobiles with cameras weren't around then, it would have been wonderful to have been able to video it.

 

[on31ll]

Wonderful ? Really ?

But honestly i opened this thread thinking you did a landlord cert at josef fritzels house or somthing !

 

[Barry98]

thread revival

 

[on31ll]

Only just noticed this !

 

[Keefy]

Found a dead pigeon behind a fire and also pulled out a live one from behind my dad's fire. The live one was okay and happily went to join the other flying rats.

 

[AWheating]

found a g string and a bible behind a fire one...........................





i knew id left them around somewhere!!