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kiln stalling

updated tue 25 oct 11

 

Mike Gordon on mon 24 oct 11


I question the wisdom of putting plastic gas pipe in the ground at all.
Or anywhere for that matter. Here in N.Calif. PG&E the gas & electric
Co, that burned up 38 homes killing 8 people are having to go back and
replace all the miles of plastic pipe they installed years ago. Mike
Gordon

Steve Mills on mon 24 oct 11


Following on from Mike's comment; we're currently tracing a lack of pressur=
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in the gas line at our friend Ruth's Kiln site in SC, and been given the i=
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formation that the flex pipe laid underground to her kiln has poor flow cha=
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acteristics compared to conventional pipe in addition to being unsuitable f=
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r underground use!=3D20

All underground gas pipe laid in the UK has to be rigid by law!

Steve M


Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 24 Oct 2011, at 14:00, Mike Gordon wrote:

> I question the wisdom of putting plastic gas pipe in the ground at all.
> Or anywhere for that matter. Here in N.Calif. PG&E the gas & electric
> Co, that burned up 38 homes killing 8 people are having to go back and
> replace all the miles of plastic pipe they installed years ago. Mike
> Gordon