I have a copper gas line running from the crawl space, under the backyard, and up into the garage (vertically thru the concrete floor).
When I bought the house, an inspector told me it wasn't to code and I should cap it. I have not yet done this. There are shutoffs for the line in crawl space and in the garage at the termination.
Both the takeoff (in crawl space) and capped termination (in garage) are done in black pipe. In the crawl space the copper line dives straight down into the dirt ground, apparently not in any protective tubing.
While this may be a current code violation, imagine the line is older than the code restriction, as the garage is probably ~40 years old.
I've never opened the shutoff for the line as I fear the copper line could be leaking and i wouldn't know since it's underground. I don't use gas in the garage, but I'd leave it in place if it's not regarded as 'dangerous'. I could test the line to see if it holds pressure if it wasn't in fact a blatant code violation.
The question is - is this likely a safe or unsafe run? Should I just disconnect and cap the 3/4" black pipe line leading to the copper? I'm comfortable doing this, and it would be easy to do.
Thanks.
When I bought the house, an inspector told me it wasn't to code and I should cap it. I have not yet done this. There are shutoffs for the line in crawl space and in the garage at the termination.
Both the takeoff (in crawl space) and capped termination (in garage) are done in black pipe. In the crawl space the copper line dives straight down into the dirt ground, apparently not in any protective tubing.
While this may be a current code violation, imagine the line is older than the code restriction, as the garage is probably ~40 years old.
I've never opened the shutoff for the line as I fear the copper line could be leaking and i wouldn't know since it's underground. I don't use gas in the garage, but I'd leave it in place if it's not regarded as 'dangerous'. I could test the line to see if it holds pressure if it wasn't in fact a blatant code violation.
The question is - is this likely a safe or unsafe run? Should I just disconnect and cap the 3/4" black pipe line leading to the copper? I'm comfortable doing this, and it would be easy to do.
Thanks.