Hi guys, hoping someone can recommend a gas fitter who can advise me on re-plumbing the gas system on my yacht. Need a sit down with someone in the know. Yellow pages is quite vague.
Cheers, Q.
It seems to be quite specialised. The guy I used I found through a friend of a friend.
The plumbers I spoke to wont touch it because of the insurance requirements. You may be best to try your local marinas for some recommendations.
It can be an expensive exercise.
Hi Dunedinite,
Yeah, EC is right, its not cheap. I had a quote of $4-5K to lag my 16ft long gas line, get the connectors on the stove, valve and bottle changed over to Aussie ones (every country appears to have different connectors) and certified. This included the $750 cost to re-certify the stove and again for the bottle and isolation valve interfaces.
That was on a brand new system.
I do it from time to time and every customer complains about the process and cost although the above cost is very high for that sort of work No way I will sit down and advise though and if that's what you're asking then I'm afraid you're living in dreamland. The liability is beyond belief and illegal for a layman to do the work as you're talking about some heavy and highly explosive stuff. Don't take the risk. I've seen too many CO deaths and explosions
Old mate got away lightly I guess, nothing had any scorch marks ? and a can of arisole still on the bench top ?
It took the British navy all day to blow a yacht up with LPG, and in the end they put the gas bottles in the cabin full open before they got the desired result ! Check all joins with soapy water every bottle change and turn off gas at the bottle when not in use. I'm more concerned about stowing petrol in a drum below when I leave the vessel than the gas,its off and thats that. We had an onboard fire on a near vessel a couple of weeks ago owing to a pv regular short circuit, couldn't get below to fight the fire because of the acrid smoke, lucky it burnt out. Personally I would have been way to shakey to even think about filming the after marth. But it serves as a reminder to constantly check all gas fittings if your certified or not
That video would've been perfect for the kids at TAFE when I was still teaching there as it demonstrates how heavy the gas is. It would be sitting in the bilge or below knee height with no indication it was there as there was no way to smell or feel it. Even walking through it may not be enough to lift it to nose level.
Thanks for all your advice and comments. I certainly don't want to skimp on this sort of job. I brought DVK monitor / shut off system for the professional to mount with it's two gas detectors.
Fair winds....
For anyone in Perth who might need Gas help:
I found Peter Savins Gas & Plumbing.
Super nice guy, knows his stuff and has been a great help for me.
I'd recommend him if you need any marine gas work.
Look him up on FB or google.
Cheers & fair winds
