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BobProperty · 19 Dec 2005

Thanks Moz. The discussion, particularly between myself and Softus has been to do with the interpretation of the Law and what is law and what amounts to guidance. We will now have some more thinking and discussing to do.

Softus, if the law specifies "or in control to any extent of such work " then that would include DIYers, would it not?
Further note, (I am still looking round and reading), I now think the above quote is from the guidance and not the regulations.

Thermo · 20 Dec 2005

well this is the reply i got from corgi to my question as to wether diy work was illegal or not

Dear Mr Oakley,

Thank you for your e-mail enquiry.

I can confirm that DIY gas work, i.e. gas work in your own residence is not illegal as long as it is only you and your family that reside at the property. If you are in a "share home" or if you let out of your rooms out, then DIY gas work would be illegal.

I hope this information is of assistance to you.

Yours sincerely

Sharon Cutler (Mrs)
CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR

should clear up a few questions!

Diyisfun · 20 Dec 2005

Thermo...I think the majority were saying just that. Its nice to have it confirmed. Well Done

masona · 20 Dec 2005

Doesn't seem right though does it, you can blow your own family up!

Slogger · 20 Dec 2005

seems i was right about corgi being a toothless mongrel after all

doing your own gas in your own house should at the very least negate any household insurance you hold

seems to me corgi could open up a new job sheet for us here ie not a cp12 but on the same lines

where every house has to have a gas saftey certificate in order to maintain the gas supply at the property the bare minimum being a tightness test

viva la mongrel

BobProperty · 20 Dec 2005

Thermo said:
well this is the reply i got from corgi to my question as to wether diy work was illegal or not

Dear Mr Oakley,

Thank you for your e-mail enquiry.

I can confirm that DIY gas work, i.e. gas work in your own residence is not illegal as long as it is only you and your family that reside at the property. If you are in a "share home" or if you let out of your rooms out, then DIY gas work would be illegal.

I hope this information is of assistance to you.

Yours sincerely

Sharon Cutler (Mrs)
CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR

should clear up a few questions!

I was wondering where that email was Thermo. In my mind it causes more questions than gives answers. I would like to know the law on which it is based that says it is OK to do gas work in your own home except when you have a lodger. Can you legally do gas work provided the lodger is out at the time?

Thermo · 20 Dec 2005

send her an email and ask, i only took the time and trouble to clear the main point up! im assuming that since its from corgi its based on the main gas legislation, and i assume it doesnt matter wether the lodger is in or out, your carrying the work out for someone else so its a no no!

joe-90 · 20 Dec 2005

Does the Corgi ruling mean that if a householder has a mate that is a British Gas engineer he cannot ask that mate to help him with a gas appliance because he's not Corgi registered out of BG hours yet the householder can do the job himself legally even though he may be an accountant or barber?

What kind of a ruling is that?

joe

oilman · 20 Dec 2005

Yes.

What does it matter WHAT sort of ruling it is. It is. That's that.

Softus · 20 Dec 2005

oilman is quite right, IMO.

However, to clear up one point, the statement by CORGI is very far from being any kind of ruling - it's an opinion, albeit an official opinion.

CORGI's opinion is not in conflict with the law, but if it had been? Well, the law would still be right, and CORGI would be wrong. That's how the law works.

I don't know how important it is that a landlord cannot carry out gas work when the property is being let, nor where that part of the law is defined. Personally, I don't feel any curiosity about it - even if there is no statute, a precedent seems to have been set, as per BobProperty's hyperlink.

joe-90 · 21 Dec 2005

It's all a load of cobblers. I'm a competent person and I'll do whatever I like.

joe

petewood · 21 Dec 2005

If you carried out some work in your own home and at a later date decided to take a lodger, would that work then become illegal?

Thermo · 21 Dec 2005

Sharon Cutler [[email protected]]

there you go, stop being spoon fed, get off your backsides and find out for yourselves. Im sure she'll be delighted to answer all your inane what if questions.

petewood · 21 Dec 2005

Thermo said:
Im sure she'll be delighted to answer all your inane what if questions.

But what if she's not?

Softus · 21 Dec 2005

Thermo said:
there you go, stop being spoon fed, get off your backsides and find out for yourselves. Im sure she'll be delighted to answer all your inane what if questions.

Thermo, when someone has put the toys back in your pram, perhaps you could define to whom that last outburst was addressed.

Apart from anything else, CORGI is not the authority on who is allowed to do what with gas, and when, and in whose house. What they say would carry more weight if CORGI had the job of policing the law in this area, but they don't. Their job is to collect money from people who are required, by law, to pay them.

Ask yourself what CORGI can do except offer their interpretation of the law. It might be a good and correct interpretation, but it's only their opinion.

Corgi

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