Gas Meter Removal and Musings on Preservation

While it may not seem connected to the library expansion... old house work is a little bit of a cross between a domino rally and "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." I have a gas pipe that used to feed the boiler WAY back when this house still had radiators (far before my time). It's been capped and not causing any issues...  Except it runs right where the bookshelves need to be. So, I set out to remove it.

Since it's a pipe without a separate valve and only the main service valve remaining, it wasn't something I felt comfortable messing with. Nor did the fellow facilities folks in my circle: we all seem to share the same two-valve-rule when working with things that can explode. In hindsight, I could've asked the plumbers to remove it back when we did the water heater or the HVAC, but I didn't.

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