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So we got our gas cut off. Builders need to move all their materials off the front garden so the gas company can come tomorrow to fix. They're going to try pushing a new, plastic pipe down the old steel pipe. But if they can't they say they may have to put one of those ugly white plastic boxes on the front of the house, which I absolutely hate. Sounded like that's their easier option too, so it might happen quite readily.
But on the plus side it was deemed to be corrosion not cock-up, so hopefully no charge. Our builders looked very sheepish but gas company said it was a very, very old pipe and that they can go at any time. Apparently we were in the top 20 gas leaks in London yesterday.
Builders were halfway through laying concrete floor in new extension so half of it looks nice and smooth and half like the surface of the moon. But that's going under insulation, screed, battens and floorboards.
Quite the day.