floorboard on gas pipe

[teddy80]

Hello ( new member)

I am trying to replace my landing floorboards, having removed the last one i have discovered a gas pipe which has been fitted along 4 joists, there are holes cut into the joists to accommodate the pipe but there are 2 of the joists where the pipe is not flush and is protruding over by about 4mm. if i fit a new board over the top of this it will be lying on top of the actual pipe itself rather then the 2 joists. Has anybody ever come across this before, it would have been like this for the last 20 years, thanks teddy80

 

[Dotty]

Carefully, and I mean carefully, cut a sliver of joist out from under the pipe until there's room for it.

And remember where the pipe is when you're putting the floor back down.

 

[rpm]

Carefully, and I mean carefully, cut a sliver of joist out from under the pipe until there's room for it.

And remember where the pipe is when you're putting the floor back down.

........ and keep all screws or nails well away from it !

 

[ShaunCorbs]

As above if it's touching the bottom of the joist, and use some webbing(not metal) to hold it down if still siting flush with space underneath it

 

[teddy80]

Thank you for your reply, unfortunately he gas pipe is rigid and has no flexibility to be lowered any further in to the joists. There is a bend in the pipe where it comes up through the ceiling and leads straight into the first joist making it impossible to move. The only alternative I can come up with is to raise the landing floor, which I really do not want to do. Thanks teddy80

 

[Howsie]

Get a GSR engineer in. Everything can be moved with a little know how. Will be much cheaper than raising the floor.

 

[scorps]

why don't you get a plumber to alter it for you then

Sorry Howsie beat me to it

 

[ShaunCorbs]

the only option as above is to get a gas safe eng out to change things about/ lower pipe

 

[plumben]

A gas safe engineer should be able to sort this for you, alternatively you could cut a slot in the bottom of the floor board to accommodate the pipe the lay 12/18mm ply over the top of the hole floor

 

[teddy80]

I have already spoken to an engineer & his advise was that if its been like it for 20 years why worry about it.
Will contact another engineer & get him to come & have a look, thanks for advice

 

[Howsie]

You want to move it because you want to put a floor down flat. Not rocket science. Definitely get another engineer.

 

[teddy80]

It wouldn't be so bad, but i only have two small radiators upstairs, on the landing & in the bathroom & yet when I took the boards up it looked like a map of the London underground, I think some ones made a real mess of it in the past.