A Couple of Retards and a Gas Leak...

Burnsy2023 · 10 Jan 2011 at 09:34

trigger-happy said:
There is a gas leak too outside of my street. People stand there and light their cigarettes for the lulz. I can normally smell it every morning.

And you haven't reported it?

Knubje · 10 Jan 2011 at 10:48

This sounds like a job for the Mac10 tbh...

trigger-happy · 10 Jan 2011 at 10:49

Burnsy2023 said:
And you haven't reported it?

we did, people came to repair it then a after it started to leak again :/

bledd · 10 Jan 2011 at 11:11

do you live next to Eddie and Richie?

Pestilence · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:06

The wand never lies. Take a shower you smelly boy.

[J.D.C] · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:08

Zefan said:
When I read the thread title I expected a joke

Mr-White · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:11

Ceryndrion said:
couldn't you just grab a nearby mac10 and make sure they 'sorted it art?'

Everyone knows firing a mac10 in doors would ignite the gas

MW

StoutMeister · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:16

Castiel said:
Light a match, that'll get rid of the Gas, as well as wake up your neighbours.

Superb!

Rameses · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:20

Pestilence said:
The wand never lies. Take a shower you smelly boy.

Snooble · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:26

Bang on their door. Wake them up.

I've always been taught gas leaks are serious things..

If all fails, just poo through their letter box. It's the only way..

contracteur · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:32

Mr-White said:
Everyone knows firing a mac10 in doors would ignite the gas

MW

Funnily enough watched an episode of Mythbusters on this. Muzzle flash wouldn't cause it to ignite, they had to pump it full of hydrogen gas to get the room to explode.

King85 · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:35

If my flat smelt like it was filling with gas there's no way i'd be hanging around in there, surely you're just sat in something that could explode and kill you?

Castiel · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:35

Mr-White said:
Everyone knows firing a mac10 in doors would ignite the gas

MW

It is very difficult to ignite gas with the spark from a firing chamber, or turning the light on in a room filled with Gas.

There is a risk but it is very small.

Burnsy2023 · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:51

Castiel said:
It is very difficult to ignite gas with the spark from a firing chamber, or turning the light on in a room filled with Gas.

There is a risk but it is very small.

Indeed. Mythbusters tried igniting methane with a muzzle flash. It's rather difficult to say the least.

asim18 · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:57

OK, got this sorted guys. Took the morning off work just to sort it out :mad:

I phoned up the emergency line to get them to take a look at the ground floor flat. They came round and we were banging on the door for like 20 minutes. Then the retard came home from shopping, completely oblivious. :rolleyes:

We went in and their cooker gas knob was on.

Seriously? ****ing ****s. It had been on for like 16 hours and they didn't even notice.

Wicksta · 10 Jan 2011 at 14:00

It sounds like another true story from Asif.

Cosimo · 10 Jan 2011 at 14:06

Wicksta said:
It sounds like another true story from Asif.

There’s a great blur between fact and fiction.

Angst · 10 Jan 2011 at 15:27

lol Asim

Draeger · 10 Jan 2011 at 16:40

Angilion said:
So I called the fire brigade. They were out in under 4 minutes and made it safe in a few more.

Moral of the story is that the gas company is not a real emergency service and the fire brigade is.

Yes - we will attend a call to a gas leak but it depends on the circumstances, we have no obligation to do so. All the Fire Service will do upon attending is locate your main gas intake and isolate the supply using the valve. We'll give verbal advice on keeping all the windows and doors open, not using electricity in the premise, naked flames etc. The majority of these attendances to domestic dwellings are as a "goodwill" gesture.

We're not about to check your boiler and central heating in an attempt to find a leak though. :cool:

If required in some cases, we'll request the attendance of a representative from Transco although they are only responsible for the pipework "pre-meter". The other side of the meter is the owner/occupiers responsibility. That said, most Transco reps will be happy to assist in locating a leak inside but only if they have sniffer equipment, some don't carry it. They can and will charge for any work carried out within a property though.

Same goes for Carbon Monoxide detectors going off within a property. We get a few calls every now and again from people saying "My Carbon Monoxide detector is beeping, what are you going to do about it?". Nothing, is the short answer. Advice will be given regards ventilating the premises and in we will advise that until a gas engineer can be called out that the occupiers do not sleep or stay in the premises. Again, in some cases we will attend but there's no legal obligation to do so.

It has to be said that there is indeed a public misconception that the Fire & Rescue Service deal with gas leaks as a whole. This isn't true, if we are called out to a major gas leak where there is a possible risk of an explosion it's usually because a contractor or Transco themselves have requested us or the Police ( who will automatically contact our control room ) to attend. Police to cordon off any area required and us to stand by in case of an explosive event.

Back to the OP's first post - this flat where these individuals are living, is it owned by them or rented accomodation?.

PGdude · 10 Jan 2011 at 16:45

asim18 said:
OK, got this sorted guys. Took the morning off work just to sort it out

I phoned up the emergency line to get them to take a look at the ground floor flat. They came round and we were banging on the door for like 20 minutes. Then the retard came home from shopping, completely oblivious.

We went in and their cooker gas knob was on.

Seriously? ****ing ****s. It had been on for like 16 hours and they didn't even notice.

Man, took you ages to get to the punchline.