Gas pipes (I think)

[Mumofone1xx]

Hi all, I've just moved into a property and there are these (what I think are) gas pipes in my little ones bedroom? Are they a safety concern? Im worried about them being out and what if there is a leak? They are also a bit wobbly so I know need securing to the wall. Can anyone advise if these are a concern? And what to do if so? I am renting :)

You can box them In

Is there anything gas powered that requires the pipes nearby?

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So the pipes are capped. Where do they go?

Where's the boiler and is it newish? I'm wondering if there was a boiler or hot water cylinder in the room and when it was replaced it was relocated.

Highly unlikely the pipes will leak - you can smell gas. You could put a carbon monoxide detector in the room for peace of mind.

I'm not sure, they dissappear under this wooden covered area which gets very warm to touch in the evening, assuming there are water pipes under there too.

There is a radiator in each room (not near these though) and a gas stove top downstairs, only gas things I can think of in the house

Thanks for the reply. There is a new boiler downstairs in the kitchen. I thought these pipes looked quite old though as they aren't secured to the wall. The place was given an (awful) paint job before we moved in too though so can't tell age of the pipes.

Good idea about the carbon monoxide alarm, thank you

We have a capped gas pipe in our fireplace from an old gas boiler, maybe a gas fire was sited there.

Radiators aren't powered by gas, the boiler is. There could have been a boiler in the room previously but there would only be one pipe. Given that there are two, suggests water tank and one is the cold water in and one is the hot water out.

Ah okay, would make sense given the heat from the wooden boxed area underneath. I would have thought they would be secured under there too, or in the walled area sticking out to the left.

The bathroom is next door so would make sense that they are water pipes, just thought with the capped top that they looked like gas pipes (not clued up on plumbing at all 😅)

They’re probably capped water pipes that maybe went to a water tank if there used to be an immersion heater that’s now replaced by having a combi boiler.

My partner is a plumber & heating engineer. He said it looks like water pipes that fed an old water tank and someone has very lazily capped them off when the new boiler was fitted. It’s bad practice to leave them like that as bacteria can build up in that “dead leg” of the pipe work.
Also a carbon monoxide monitor wouldn’t detect a gas leak, they detect carbon monoxide from an appliance that is spewing out carbon monoxide because it isn’t working properly. You would smell a gas leak anyway, not that they look like they are gas pipes. Carbon monoxide doesn’t smell, hence needing a monitor/alarm.

Thanks for the reply and help from your husband. Wouldn't be surprised, letting agent and landlord seem to take many lazy routes!

There is a new taxi boiler downstairs in the kitchen. But in the bathroom next door to my daughters room (where the pipes are), there is this ancient looking boiler (pix below) in the bathroom cupboard where plenty of water noise is still coming from

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If that big tank gets hot then the new boiler downstairs is heating the water in that tank. It’s possible the new boiler has replaced a back boiler and the pipes in the bedroom next door were feed pipes for that.

Ah okay, I see. I know there was an old boiler in the same place in the kitchen where the new one now is.

So nothing to worry about then with gas pipes or leaking gas. Phew, thank you, I really appreciate the help!

No problem. There should be a carbon monoxide alarm by the way in the kitchen & anywhere else with a gas appliance if there’s a gas fire for example.

They are dead legs/dead ends and need to be cut out really as they're ideal for legionella to live and colonise your system

This is a hot water cylinder, not a boiler. The orange thing is an expansion vessel.

I agree with pp about those being water pipes and having a carbon monoxide detector by the boiler in the kitchen. It was quite late when I posted last night.

Lazy work by whoever capped those pipes off like that.