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question re gas fire

  • 28-11-2013 4:11pm
    #1
    Lord TSC
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    I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I have a natural gas fire which I never use, and I wanted to put a little electric stove on the hearth just in front of it. The electric fire gets quite hot, and it might sound silly, but I don't want to blow the place up! There is what appears to be a tap behind a trap door in the wall beside the fire, should I get someone to turn off the supply just to be safe? And second question, could anyone recommend a gas engineer who could do this, I live in Grange Rath on the edge of Drogheda. Sorry for all the questions, and many thanks!


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  • #2
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Teamshadowclan wrote: »
    I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I have a natural gas fire which I never use, and I wanted to put a little electric stove on the hearth just in front of it. The electric fire gets quite hot, and it might sound silly, but I don't want to blow the place up! There is what appears to be a tap behind a trap door in the wall beside the fire, should I get someone to turn off the supply just to be safe? And second question, could anyone recommend a gas engineer who could do this, I live in Grange Rath on the edge of Drogheda. Sorry for all the questions, and many thanks!

    That tap is the isolating valve for your gas fire , if you go as far as getting a fitter to turn it off , get him to disconnect the gas supply to the heater .

    Its a small job , he may be able to fit a stop end on the supply pipe , think they are either 8mm or 10mm pipes.


  • #3
    Billy Bunting
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    You are fine to use it but turning off the valve would be safer, you can do that yourself.


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