drilled into gas pipe

[-=HaZ=-]

Hey guys just wondered if anyone had drilled into a gas pipe and what happened afterwards

Iv been doing work for a friend laying tiles in her kitchen
All work done and final thing I said I'd put down was a carpet to tile trim....
Went to do this today and with it been concrete floor I drilled holes for the screws to hold the trim in place.....
I managed the first 2 fine but then the third went through too quick and I could smell gas so I turned the gas off

I got a mate to pop by who works in gas and he said it looked like the pipework was installed wrong to start......
A lite more research and the pipework shoild be a minimum of 25mm under concrete but this was 14 when I measured it

Obviously now its waiting on insurance to see it and see where we go

Just wondered if anyone had done anything similar and what happened in the end

House had been built around 40 years ago

Thanks

 

[widler]

Why couldn't the gas man fix it ?????

 

[Andy Allen]

I've done a gas pipe and a water pipe before now...same as you both of them should of been buried deeper....the water pipe was only 10 mm below the screed and I went through it with my sds gun while ripping up an old floor....these things happen thankfully I know plenty of plumbers that can help me out..

 

[Ajax123]

I've put a screw into a water pipe before and not known it till much later on when the screw had rusted through and the hole released it to spray water all over the inside of the floor... Nitemare to sort...

 

[-=HaZ=-]

Yeah I'm a plumber so if it was water I would of sorted it but I don't do gas

Update today she rang insurance and they are happy for the section of pipe to be replaced so this saves digging the house up anyway

Just waiting on a mate to pop by this afternoon then we can get it sorted.... Unfortunately I'll have to take a couple of tiles up but better than half of the floor

I'm glad it wasn't like yours Ajax123.... If there had been a screw put in and a slow leak and I had left it then it could of been really bad.... This way its a problem that shouldn't come up but at least its ok to sort out

 

[afright]

I had a electric shock from a steel bath once when I told the foreman,he sent the sparky round ,and he tested the bath and found it was live turned out the chippy had screwed thru the wire and into a pipe, the home owners where due to move in ,in a few days,think they had a lucky escape.

 

[Andy Allen]

I had a electric shock from a steel bath once when I told the foreman,he sent the sparky round ,and he tested the bath and found it was live turned out the chippy had screwed thru the wire and into a pipe, the home owners where due to move in ,in a few days,think they had a lucky escape.

Thats "shocking"...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[swanman]

i always play it safe when fitting door bars
Silicon and leave to dry never had a problem

 

[Ian]

i always play it safe when fitting door bars
Silicon and leave to dry never had a problem

Very similar to me, I Hoover the floor, then prime with spray adhesive, then fit bar with grip fill. Something a carpet fitter showed me years ago, works very well.

 

[Andy Allen]

Very similar to me, I Hoover the floor, then prime with spray adhesive, then fit bar with grip fill. Something a carpet fitter showed me years ago, works very well.

Do they stick well?. ...I've always drilled and screwed mine....deffo sounds quicker and less to go wrong....is it just standard spray adhesive and grip fill you use?

 

[Ian]

Do they stick well?. ...I've always drilled and screwed mine....deffo sounds quicker and less to go wrong....is it just standard spray adhesive and grip fill you use?

Yeah works a treat, probably takes 12 hours to fully set but, it's rock solid when dry.

 

[Andy Allen]

Yeah works a treat, probably takes 12 hours to fully set but, it's rock solid when dry.

I will try that next time...

 

[-=HaZ=-]

i always play it safe when fitting door bars
Silicon and leave to dry never had a problem

That's exactly what I'll be doing from now on..... Haha this is a big lesson learnt
Couldn't really avoid it but now at least iv got other ways to deal with it

 

[Fliselege]

Something I don't have to worry about, no gas here, they just produce it and sell it. Hit water twice though, don't half make a mess....

 

[Andy Allen]

i always play it safe when fitting door bars
Silicon and leave to dry never had a problem

Silicon. .? That strong enough to hold them?

 

[ttt tiling]

I stick them in with tile adhesive , sorted

 

[steve-tiler]

I've used pinkgrip and it works well, easier and quicker than drilling holes.

 

[CJ]

I buy the type with a strong double sided sticky foam on the back.

 

[macten]

Stick em with rapid tile adhesive too when on concrete.
Rock solid in an hour or so.