Your nose usually knows first. Here is a short list worth pinning up in the kitchen.
Natural gas and LPG are naturally odourless. We add an odorant so that a leak is noticed as early as possible.
The five signs
- A smell of rotten eggs or sulphur
- A hissing sound near a pipe or regulator
- A yellow stove flame instead of a blue one
- Plants dying suddenly along an outdoor pipe route
- Bubbles forming when soapy water is brushed on a joint
What to do first
- Do not touch switches and do not light a flame
- Open doors and windows
- Leave the room, then call the emergency line from somewhere safe
Do not hunt for the leak yourself. Get out first, call second.
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