Gas leak help

[sinkyt]

Recently moved house & thought I could smell gas under the stairs. Called the gas people & there is a very small leak but it's not their end of the meter annoyingly. Got a gas person out & he says it must be under the kitchen floor as the exposed pipes are ok.

There are two options, pull up the floor. It's tiles & I'm not sure what's underneath, I suspect concrete.

Or have new pipes put in & run them up the wall along the ceiling to the boiler.

Are they any other options? should the pipes be boxed in?

In a few years we want to do an extension & the boiler would be moved anyway so want the cheapest & quickest option really.

Is this a question for @pigletjohn?

I imagine new pipes would be cheaper and less work than digging the floor up.
We had a new boiler 4 years ago, they didn’t do anything under flooring apart from when pipes for the heating system went to radiators upstairs and they lifted a few boards up on the landing. Having them boxed in is just cosmetic. We haven’t got round to boxing ours in as we were having new windows and then knocking a wall through so had other big stuff to complete before we get all the cosmetic stuff done.

the quote for the new pipe work is still about £700 incl VAT

good to know re boxing in, I don't want to bother but wasn't sure if they should be.

bump

I can't pm unfortunately. I didn't realise I had closed the post though by asking if it was a question for that particular poster, have seen p people refer to that poster on other threads in a similar fashion...

I would go for the new pipework. We had this - tried to find the leak and it went on and on and on. Eventually got the new pipework

If your home insurance has 'find and access' cover, you might be able to claim for digging up the floor and making good any damage. You might even be able to include for the emergency/temporary fix (external pipes) to make the house habitable - i.e. hot water and heating while the other work is completed.

Speak to your insurance company.

@CamillasToe yes seems like the safest bet

@ThisGirlNever thanks for that will call them tmw