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Plume Kit Install
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Speak to the RGI that’s fitting it
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Here's what will happen
Gas Safe guy will install the plume kit
Then a year later when I want a gas certificate, the new gas safe guy will say the following
'which cowboy fitted this? Well I can't give you a gas certificate on this'.
and the cycle continues
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Last year I got a gas certificate with no issues
This year, another gas safe guy said that he couldn't issue a pass certificate because the flue is too close
A certificate is not pass or fail, it’s a report on the safety of the installation.
If dangerous then the engineer applies the unsafe situations procedure. It’s as simple as that.
If dangerous then the engineer applies the unsafe situations procedure. It’s as simple as that.
You should ask for your failure certificate and any notices which should be issued!
Hope you haven’t paid him.
Hope you haven’t paid him.
The only cowboy would be you diy-ing it.
An RGI would provide you with an invoice documenting what works he has carried out, would also note in the benchmark (if you still have it) and would provide his registration number so that future RGIs would see that it was done legit.
The original manufacturers approach to plume kits were that they couldn't be used to get round the fact that the main flue wasn't installed at the correct distances from openings, corners etc.
That changed a while back and now a lot of manufacturers allow a plume kit to be used to effectively move the exhaust side of their flues to outside the restricted zones. That now can cause confusion with some engineers as they stick to the original standards, even though it shouldn't, as they should keep up to date with changes in the industry.
As suggested by others, as long as the manufacturer allows it to be used to comply with distances then a GSR cannot use that as a reason to fail an installation and not issue a safety certificate.
That changed a while back and now a lot of manufacturers allow a plume kit to be used to effectively move the exhaust side of their flues to outside the restricted zones. That now can cause confusion with some engineers as they stick to the original standards, even though it shouldn't, as they should keep up to date with changes in the industry.
As suggested by others, as long as the manufacturer allows it to be used to comply with distances then a GSR cannot use that as a reason to fail an installation and not issue a safety certificate.
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Thanks for the help guys
I will get an invoice detailing the work done and his registration number
I will get an invoice detailing the work done and his registration number
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