Use a close quarters pipe cutter, but I can't beleive you cant loosen it. Rent a couple of real Rigid Pipe Wrenches, and eat some Wheaties. Are you sure your are turning the Union in the right direction? They can be deceiving.
There was actually a capped T like 2" away from a valve, so I removed the cap, closed the valve and cut it. Weird because even though I knew there wasn't gas / couldn't smell any gas, my heart raced the entire time.Use a close quarters pipe cutter, but I can't beleive you cant loosen it. Rent a couple of real Rigid Pipe Wrenches, and eat some Wheaties. Are you sure your are turning the Union in the right direction? They can be deceiving.
Ha! I though the guy ran out of L's so he used a T and a cap - your theory makes more sense...That was probably a drip.
that doesn't make any sense. cutting it, and throwing sparks is ok. but a cig is not ok ?.just don't smoke in the area....
I was talking about my case....that doesn't make any sense. cutting it, and throwing sparks is ok. but a cig is not ok ?
I'd rather have a puff of fire near my hands than facethat doesn't make any sense. cutting it, and throwing sparks is ok. but a cig is not ok ?
no doubt. but from what is being said here. there would not be enough gas left to light off.I'd rather have a puff of fire near my hands than face![]()
No I didn't---Why did you ask?Did you get a permit?
I hope you aren't serious? Im not spending $50 and two days every time I want to cut a pipe or run a wire. I'm going to get exactly 1 permit, ever, to build a garage.Did you get a permit?
They didn't weld on blowing gas. What they would have done is put a boiler plug into the hole, clamp it, let the gas dissipate to a safe level, then weld the plug in place.Daniel Holzman said:As long as we are telling interesting stories about gas lines....
I was working on the Central Artery project (large highway project) in downtown Boston many years ago. We were doing the geotechnical analysis for the project, so we had to drill lots of holes. One day my field engineer calls me to report that the driller had drilled clean through a 24 inch diameter gas main, and it was leaking badly, and the job was shut down.
OK, so the gas company needs to fix the main. I assumed they would shut the line down and weld a plate over the line. Not so. Turns out that, as has been mentioned, natural gas is only flammable within a certain range of oxygen/gas mixture. There was so much gas that the area surrounding the line was not going to be flammable, at least that is what the gas company said. They excavated the line (it was about 6 or 7 feet down, sent a welder down into the hole with a scuba type tank, and welded the line shut without shutting it off. Neither I nor my field engineer wanted to be within a hundred miles of this operation, it sounded pretty crazy, but the gas company said to relax, they do this routinely.
Now I am NOT recommending this to any homeowner, DIY'er or anyone else, just saying......
I hope you aren't serious? Im not spending $50 and two days every time I want to cut a pipe or run a wire. I'm going to get exactly 1 permit, ever, to build a garage.
Doesn't anyone else think that the government telling you what you can do in your own home (and charge you to do it) is a little unamerican? Someone wants to tell me what to do in my house, they can pay me 250,000 - then it will be there house, and they can decide what is done to it.