DIY Gas Work IS NOT Illegal

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fitz1 said:
because it may not be in your face that it is illegal doesnt mean its legal.

Brother! If it is not illegal then is must be....legal?
 
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WS

if you spent £62 p.a. out of your pension then you could buy copies of the CORGI magazine and read about the odd few who get prosecuted from unsafe gas work every month.

Why not go on a SAGA holiday and leave the gas industry in peace?
 
sure 1998 was the the end of all requirements.or maybe theres been some ammendments since.
 
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ChrisR said:
There is no argument. Corgis are educated about the law relating to gas work. (Not that it takes very long)

They are? You are having a giggle. From the first post.

At present we do not believe that this evidence is sufficiently strong to suggest that current legal controls (ie for competence under GSIUR regulation 3(1)) are inadequate, and an absolute ban needs to be placed on DIY.

If the HSE don't believe an absolute ban should be on DIY, then DIY gas work must be....not banned?
 
DIY is LEGAL
Until you do something, anything wrongly or not in accordance with appropriate standards. Then it's not legal. THAT's what the law says.
I/others have shown the phrases which say it.
There's nothing special about diyers, we all have to get it right.
 
Agile said:
WS

if you spent £62 p.a. out of your pension then you could buy copies of the CORGI magazine and read about the odd few who get prosecuted from unsafe gas work every month.

Why not go on a SAGA holiday and leave the gas industry in peace?

BTW, I am not retired. We can all tell you stories of mechanics not screwing on wheel nuts properly too and the wheels coming off or wobbling away.

So what is your point? Either DIY gas work is legal or it is not legal. DIY gas work IS LEGAL.
 
Water Systems said:
The LAW says DIY is legal. End of story.
Too glib. A correct interpretation of the relevant legislation would be to say that "competent DIY is legal".
 
fitz1 said:
lots of assumptions on here isnt there.

There is. From the CORGI types. No asumption in the law DIY gas work is LEGAL. You don't need CORGI people to do the gas part of a boiler as many of the CORGIS here say.
 
ChrisR said:
DIY is LEGAL
Until you do something, anything wrongly or not in accordance with appropriate standards. Then it's not legal. THAT's what the law says.
I/others have shown the phrases which say it.
There's nothing special about diyers, we all have to get it right.

Yes. BUt the CORGIs here say all gas work has to be done by CORGI men by law. Total tripe. DIY work is LEGAL
 
WS you're having trouble reading.
If the HSE don't believe an absolute ban should be on DIY, then DIY gas work must be....not banned?
It isn't banned. We all know that. You are pretending that we are saying otherwise. Why?
There is no argument . DIY gas work, per se, is not illegal. Which obviously doesn't mean that all DIY gas work IS legal, and you have been told why. Several times.
 
give your name and address and tell us next time you work on gas and we will get in touch with corgi with your details and see what occurs. we will all know for sure then.
 
Water Systems said:
the CORGIs here say all gas work has to be done by CORGI men by law.
No they don't. I suspect that you've just not read the posts in which some respected RGIs have interpreted the law correctly.

DIY work is LEGAL
No. :rolleyes: Only competent DIY work is legal.
 

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