No gas today !!!

[jtsplumbing]

Hi got up this morning click on heating ! 30min later thinking still feels cold, feel rads , stone cold, check boiler , flashing ER, reset same thing, try cooker , no gas, think s--t faulty governor try test point on meter nothing, ring Transco, 2hrs later out pops engineer, 20th call this morning, no gas in a 2 sq mile radius, water getting into gas line somewhere closing down local network, great no dinner ! don't know when it will be back on , What a great start to Christmas, Still better than the poor devil's who have been flooded out.

 

[Resolute]

Where abouts is that JTS?

 

[Leo21]

Where abouts is that JTS?

Tavistock in Devon.

 

[Killy Bing]

I've heard of meter pits flooding and setting off the slam shut devices?

 

[Leo21]

It's not uncommon to get water in the mains giving low pressure.

 

[Ermintrude]

It's not uncommon to get water in the mains giving low pressure.

If your pipe work or meter in a basement get a GSR to check it all and bill transco , makes a mess of your gas valve !

 

[lame plumber]

do an lpg conversion for the day, dont you keep all those cooker nozzles and have a valve on the van, whip out the old propane burner bottle fm the shed?

 

[Ermintrude]

do an lpg conversion for the day, dont you keep all those cooker nozzles and have a valve on the van, whip out the old propane burner bottle fm the shed?

Keep gas bottles in the basement so they don't float away.

 

[Ermintrude]

Knew I fitted all those duotec ga boilers for a reason !

 

[keltoyboy]

Knew I fitted all those duotec ga boilers for a reason !

might aswell have heat also then....:17:

 

[jtsplumbing]

do an lpg conversion for the day, dont you keep all those cooker nozzles and have a valve on the van, whip out the old propane burner bottle fm the shed?

No don't keep anything any more spent years hording stuff up ! cleared the lot out, you would not believe what I've got rid of, pcb's valves, loads of warm air bits, glow-worm bits, couldn't be bothered keeping any of it,