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Well, I would certainly not like to mess my own body up. It's not something you can keep trying over and over again until you get it right. This operation needs to go right first time. At 32 years old I need to start getting myself looking my best before old age starts to creep in and ruin it...

Well I do fix my own car whenever possible, I do all my own electrics and DIY. I just like learning about things. I have no problem with paying a tradesman an honest wage but I refuse to pay the extortionate Gas Safe rates for installing £2.46 worth of copper and charging £150. The only thing...

Just to let you all know that I've just polished off a lovely pizza cooked in my newly connected gas cooker. It seems like it was an easy job after all which just goes to prove how overpaid Gas Safe engineers are. They use 2 quids worth of copper and charge you £150 for the privilege.

Thanks transam, I do appreciate your civility unlike some on here. Incidentally I did once try and fit my own combi boiler a few years back but was unsucessful. That's why I now like to take more care and plan ahead. I got the gas feed wrong and it ended up causing a small explosion...

transam, you're talking absolute bull. I would not have to prove my competence in court. It is for the prosecution to prove I was incompetent. As the completed installation meets all the same standards as any RGI installation then they would not be able to prove a thing. As for the...

That makes no sense to me. If the installation was poor then I was obviously not competent, if the installation was done to the correct standard then I was obviously competent. The installation has now been done, I've saved myself a couple of hundred quid and I have the pleasure knowing that...

If the fault was so rare that even an experienced electrician could not forsee it then it would also have been thrown out of court if a complete buffoon had worked on it. I did not AT ANY TIME say that considering MYSELF competent would legally stand in a court of law. However, should a case...

You didn't fit my boiler a couple of years ago did you?

Hi transam For me to end up in court over a gas issue would almost certainly mean that an accident had occured. For an accident to occur the system would need to be in a dangerous state and it would only be in that state if it was not installed by a competent person. Like I said, once I gain...

I appreciated the advice, time and effort given by Jim. I didn't say I was going to directly act on his advice which is exactly why I elaborated on the information I require about pipe sizing and flow rates. Just because he is one of the few who genuinely seemed interested in helping me doesn't...

Many thanks Jim, your kind advice is most appreciated. I am aware that a 15mm pipe cannot be expected to supply a boiler, fire and cooker safely. I have 22mm pipe running from the meter to the boiler. Halfway down the 10meter run of 22mm it tees off into a 4 meter run of 15mm pipe to the...

Wrong! I know I am not legally competent, that's why I am here asking questions! When I eventually find out the information I need (probably not from this forum) then I will consider myself competent for this particular task. Like I said, I apologise for not reading rule 10. But I still...

Thank you transam, At last, a sensible and reasoned reply. I think the main benefit RGIs get from being part of Gas Safe is the ability to charge £90 to plug a rubber hose into a socket that is no more difficult than changing a light bulb (in fact it's easier because you don't even need to...

Same old story, blah blah blah. It's not illegal if you're doing it in your own home and are "competent". I'm not going through the whole "competent" argument again. It's already here in this post so read it and then come back and criticise.

This is what I am talking about. Most people on this forum would rather put stumbling blocks in the way than offer a bit of helpful advice. Who cares what the hell Corgi call themselves or which particular department shuffles which piece of paper across the desk? All I want is an honest bit of...

I assure you that I am NOT a troll and I am NOT a wind up merchant. I have far better things to do than sit here trying to amuse myself by typing crap all day. I do know a few things about gas but not enough to do this particular task safely and properly. That is the ONLY reason I came on...

I can only get on with the job once I consider myself "competent" for the task at hand. For that I need to know the relevant pipe bore size to match the appliance load (i.e. the amount of gas it needs for it's Kw rating) and also if the run lengths and number of bends in my current gas piping...

Seems to have all gone quiet on here now. Would that be because it's come to light that I'm not a stereotypical DIY bodger?

Just to clarify something else... you don't have to be RGI to do virtually ANY domestic gas work on your own property, whether that be disconnecting a hose or fitting 6 gas fires, 2 combi boilers and a gas Aga in an afternoon. That's my whole point and the reason for me becoming a target on...