Gas Installation Standards Quiz

In addition to standard meter labelling/notice(s), where a gas installation in a multi-occupancy building has a volume that exceeds 0.035 m³, what additional information shall be placed near or adjacent to the meter outlet point?

• Details of the nearest fire exits from the building.

• A notice indicating the installation volume exceeds 0.035 m³.

• A label indicating that the meter regulator has been adjusted to 25 mbar.

• A notice or label indicating that the installation be tested only to IGEM/UP/1A.

A new or replacement gas cooker hose for a cooker installed in a multi-occupancy building shall conform to what standard?

• BS 699-1.

• BS 6891.

• BS EN 14800.

• BS EN 16436-1.

Steel, copper and polyethylene (PE) tube used for gas installations in domestic premises may conform to which standards respectively?

• BS 1256, BS EN 1057, BS 5114

• BS EN 10255, BS EN 1254, BS EN 1555-1/2

• BS EN 10255, BS EN 1057, BS EN 1555-1/2

• BS EN 15266, BS 8537, BS EN 1555-1

When joining copper tube that is adjacent to pliable corrugated (stainless-steel) tubing, to prevent the risk of contamination/corrosion, what shall be done?

• Only press end joints are to be used in the vicinity.

• Only compression joints are to be used in the vicinity.

• Soldering is to be completed and the components cleaned of flux after connection.

• Soldering is to be completed and the components cleaned of flux before connection.

Mechanical joints shall not be used on gas pipework:

• On kitchen and bathroom walls.

• Under floorboards with no access.

• Surface mounted on an outside wall.

• On top of mineral fibre insulation in a roof space.