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July 26, 2024
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Old pipe in garage capped off and goes underground - is it safe to remove?

  • July 26, 2024
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Hi I have a old pipe which is caped off it goes along the garage wall then outside the garage and into the ground it is not connected to anything next to it there is a red box which says oil ? Any help will be appreciated I have included pictures thanks 
 

 

Best answer by Mr R

Hi everyone thank you all for your advice just an update really I had my local network company come out and have a look at the pipe and they have confirmed that it is a old gas pipe and confirmed that it is a dead pipe and safe to remove thank you all again exceptional forum .

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Mr RAuthor
Rank 2
July 26, 2024

Thank you everyone for your help I will contact the network company anymore advice will be greatly received thanks again 

Nukecad
Super User
Super User
July 26, 2024

I’m not sure if there is any more advice we can give at this point.

If you do have the check done then please let us know the result.

I said, Hey - Watts going on.
Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 26, 2024

Could we ask that you pop back with an update @Mr R if you find more information? It’d be great for us to keep an eye on your progress 😃

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Mr RAuthor
Rank 2
July 26, 2024

Thank you all very much and I will keep you all informed thanks again amazing knowledge and advice from all thanks again 

Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 26, 2024

Welcome to the community 🎉 

 

We’ll do our best to try and help offer advice and support the best we can! 

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Rank 2
July 26, 2024

 

Definitely looks like a gas pipe from the capping type. Maybe, like my property, there was a gas water heater of some sort in the garage for the washing machine. However the pipe appears to be a termination pipe and not a supply pipe. This means that the pipe after disappearing underground would have to be routed to your gas meter via a junction. And, if you still have gas in the house then this pipe is almost certainly still "live" so best not to mess with it!

If you need the pipe "gone" get a local approved Gas Safe engineer to cut and cap it to a point you can hide or bury it safely. You can probably get this done for the price of a couple pints!

Mr RAuthorSolved
Rank 2
August 2, 2024

Hi everyone thank you all for your advice just an update really I had my local network company come out and have a look at the pipe and they have confirmed that it is a old gas pipe and confirmed that it is a dead pipe and safe to remove thank you all again exceptional forum .

Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 2, 2024

Hey again @Mr R

 

Thanks for updating us and i’m glad to hear it’s safe to remove! A fine end result 😃

 

It’s all down to our community and members like @Nukecad and @IanFerguson coming together to offer advice to help! 

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