Capping steel gas pipe buried in concrete

[pauland]

Our Gas guy has detected a leak and using a sniffer, the leak seems to come from a section of buried pipe.

This pipe is made from steel and we could probably get by capping off the pipe at or near a "T" junction ( removing the leaking pipe from the buried network ).

The Gas guy has suggested that it's not possible to cut the pipe and then cap it, but we'll need to unscrew the pipe from the T junction and put a cap in place of the pipe.

As you can imagine, access is going to be very tight - I'm wondering if it's even going to be possible to unscrew the pipe at all.

If the pipe cannot be capped off, we have a major job - rerouting gas pipe to the kitchen and living room.

I may end up digging channels in the kitchen floor to allow new pipe to be laid and it's not a task I'm looking forward to.

Anyone managed to cap a pipe in similar circumstances?

(Before anyone asks, I'm up for the donkey work, I'm just trying to make the Gas guy's job as easy as possible ).

 

[Dotty]

He know's what he's doing. relax.

 

[Gray0689]

Let him do the job he knows best

Lol
What he said ^^^^^

 

[tamz]

Your paying the man so let him do his job.

 

[Killy Bing]

Trust him, he doesn't do his job for the fun of it

 

[pauland]

I do trust him, it doesn't mean someone has a great idea, or some suggestion that turns a nightmare job into a simpler one.

 

[E4gas]

Our Gas guy has detected a leak and using a sniffer, the leak seems to come from a section of buried pipe.

This pipe is made from steel and we could probably get by capping off the pipe at or near a "T" junction ( removing the leaking pipe from the buried network ).

The Gas guy has suggested that it's not possible to cut the pipe and then cap it, but we'll need to unscrew the pipe from the T junction and put a cap in place of the pipe.

As you can imagine, access is going to be very tight - I'm wondering if it's even going to be possible to unscrew the pipe at all.

If the pipe cannot be capped off, we have a major job - rerouting gas pipe to the kitchen and living room.

I may end up digging channels in the kitchen floor to allow new pipe to be laid and it's not a task I'm looking forward to.

Anyone managed to cap a pipe in similar circumstances?


(Before anyone asks, I'm up for the donkey work, I'm just trying to make the Gas guy's job as easy as possible ).

if he can't get to the T , get him to cut pipe , re thread , then cap

 

[Ermintrude]

How on earth will you thread onto a buried pipe. Probably easier to cut grind and weld a plate on. But that's just stupid if you can get to a tee and thread in a plug.

 

[Chalked]

Don't have a dog and bark yourself!:cool3:

 

[E4gas]

How on earth will you thread onto a buried pipe. Probably easier to cut grind and weld a plate on. But that's just stupid if you can get to a tee and thread in a plug.

Theres a thing called digging ,