Gas pipe

[tamborine]

How do I find the gas pipe buried underground in my garden? I want to remove tree stumps.

[carlton23]

I would enquire through the Gas Board.

[tamborine]

do they maps of where they lay pipes ?

[scotman]

I agree with other answer. Your local gas company should be able help. If pipe is modern it will be plastic but if reasonably old it might still be metal although this is unlikely nowadays(metal detector).
Yes they have maps but most do not publish them.
Do you know where the service pipe enters your house and also where the connection to the main is in the street?
When I was working for gas services company the service pipe-laying rule was 'straight lines and right-angle bends'.

[tamborine]

is that by viewing the property from the street ?

[The Builder]

I discovered a foolproof way of finding a gas pipe once Tambo.................. a very sharp shovel .................... you can tell by the smell then ............ DOH!

[Clanad]

Here in the U.S. there's a free service (paid for by the various utility companys) called Free Finder. We call them and within 24 hours someone comes out and locates all of the various utility lines and marks there locations with spray paint color coded to the various kinds of lines... electric, gas, cable T.V., etc. They would rather bear the cost of location than the cost ofr repairing and funeral expenses... Surely there's a similar service in the U.K., no?

[scotman]

Clanad

Simple answer is NO. There is no similar thing in UK. Why would any utility company end up paying funeral expenses?