Ways to cap a gas fire

[veronica123]

Good afternoon

I wonder if someone could help?

How many ways are there to cap a gas fire?

My assumption was just 1 - To remove the pipe running to the fire. I recently been told there is actually a few ways.

Is this right?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Hello and welcome

Are you gas safe or training to be gas safe ?

 

[veronica123]

Im not no

A gas safe engineer has written on our certificate the supply was capped. But the fire still worked, he is now accusing us of uncapping it (no idea how we'd have done that)

 

[Scott_D]

Could be isolated but not capped
Meaning someone with basic tools could turn it back on

 

[veronica123]

Ye he has said I would have had to remove a dust cap then used a screwdriver then put the cap back on.

I don't even know where this dust cap is but he's accusing me, the property agents then had to pay for the same engineer to remove the pipe and want to charge me.

I've been completely setup by this engineer.. Shouldn't the certificate say it's isolated not capped if it could be turned back on?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

sounds like hes used the restrictor elbow as a cap, which he cant as it can be reinstated very easily

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needs a physical cap (normally a 10mm cap end) where the pipe goes

 

[Scott_D]

Why was it turned off?
Why was it turned off the second time?
Sounds like there is more to the story.

To me capped is removing the gas pipe and putting a compression cap or soldered cap on the pipe

Isolated is shutting it off with a screwdriver.

 

[veronica123]

Nature why it was originally turned off to be honest

I moved in to the property and just started using the fire as there was one in the property. It worked so took that as a green light to use it.

A family member said check the certificate a few days later to make sure it was tested and the certificate says it was previously capped so not tested.

I contacted the agents to make them aware and suddenly I'm to blame for whole thing which I feel I aint, all I done was press the ignite button and it worked.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

i would put it back to the landlords tbh he hasnt capped / checked the fire in the first place to gas safe / bs / igem standards

 

[Sanjay Savani]

 

[Sanjay Savani]

The standards for capping off or isolating according to the British Standard would mean a solid soldered cap. Appropriate fitting as shown. In the screen shot.

 

[Sanjay Savani]

This one

 

[ShaunCorbs]

The standards for capping off or isolating according to the British Standard would mean a solid soldered cap. Appropriate fitting as shown. In the screen shot.

Could be compression as well

 

[Sanjay Savani]

Could be compression as well

As long as it is accessible.

 

[Harvest Fields]

As long as it is accessible.

I grew here. Has to be soldered of inaccessible

 

[GH77]

Terminology is very important, if the Gas Safety certificate states that the fire was not tested as it was capped off and the engineer has stated that and signed the certificate and it turns out that it has only been isolated at the restrictor elbow then the engineer who issued the certificate is in the wrong.

 

[AWheating]

Tell the agent you will contact gas safe as the fire was left uncapped and untested and request they investigate the engineers unsafe standard of work.