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Call National Grid and say you have a problem with a gas pipe 0800 111 999 and with luck they will fix it for free. Most likely my diagnosis. Some nutter had done their own gas plumbing in my house and National Grid blanked off both a supply to an old gas fire and a wrought iron pipe in the bathroom that supplied to the old bathroom water heater originally in the house. Extremely unlikely to be connected, may be from the days of gas lighting (mainly over by the 1920s) . Gas connection will have long since been modernised. If it hasn't been blanked off then just turn it on and sniff, or if you are like me light it. This is how gas fitters did it in the past, Although at your own risk (you are more likely to asphyxiate from natural gas, it is not poisonous, and the smell is an additive, so you can smell leaks. Chances are you are old enough to have used Bunsen burners at school. The end of the video is great, the biggest source of gas is your boiler, and if you house hasn't blown up already...... -
Thanks, that's very helpful to have that confirmed! Really wasn't sure what we were dealing with. Will look into a gas engineer... -
Ah, dozy me. Thanks for pointing that out. I was so impressed by the MOT details being there I didn't expect anything else could be so didn't check any further. I've not owned anything with an internal combustion engine for decades. Recently found a light tool that I've a dim memory of using for (??) timing checks. -
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