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2) CAN I GET A CORGI ENGINEER TO "SIGN OFF" AN INSTALLATION?
First - CORGI is no longer relevant. You need a Gas Safe Register registered engineer! There's progress for you.
If by that you mean can he sign everything as though he'd installed it, no, it would be illegal, because he didn't.
If you HAVE the situation of a boiler you need to be made "legitimate" then a Corgi engineer technically would have to remove and reinstall it, and flush clean and refill the system with inhibitor. Then he could say he'd installed it, notify it to Corgi and Building Control, and fill out the Guarantee forms.
Also be aware that if you don't have all the paperwork in place, you can expect to find that manufacturers' warranties, and service contracts such as British Gas 3 Star, are void.
There is more here , issued by Corgi to registered engineers.
Well that's simply not true!
You will find most Gas safe registered individuals ( I use the term Individuals and not engineers as until Corgi or now gas safe start issuing University degrees to you all then that's what you are!) carry out sign off's all the time.
You will find builders installing CH systems and Gas pipes in both new and old homes who simply get a registered person to do the paper work. Not only that but it is common practice for Gas Safe registered individuals to use or contract none registered workers to do actual installations and simply go round and check and sign off the work.
This is common practice within the industry. Corgi and Gas Safe have very little to do with safety its all about money! Over charging the public for what should be a simple job.
I was quoted from £600 to £1600 for power flushing!! From £1300 to £3600 for a simple boiler change all from Gas Safe registered individuals. I eventually got my work carried out by one of the Gas Safe registered gas fitters who made a complete mess of the controls and had to be asked to leave after 4 failed attempts to get the system working.
Corgi lost its contract because the consumer simply did not trust them any more! Every man and his dog was Corgi registered and many were incompetent and some illegal.
The Government only option was to change the name and hope the public would get back some confidence in the new set-up.
Sorry for the rant but I'm a Chartered Engineer with over 20 years engineering experience including gas equipment design. I'm sick and tired of the way the old Corgi and now Gas safe system has been used as an excuses to provide an over priced and poor quality service to the consumer by a small cartel of individuals.