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namsag
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THE PROOF= DIY gas work is almost always illegal
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I'm not saying you cant fit a boiler in your own house, but how do you obtain a B/Regs compliance certificate from local building control
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namsag
Totally agree with you DIA as the regs just says gas work it does not say except xyz.
Idont see why people are getting so heated with this topic different matter wether we agree with it but that is a whole different subject.
BC cerificate can be easily got by a householder costs them about 70 quid as opposed to the £2.50 it costs us to get it sent
Idont see why people are getting so heated with this topic different matter wether we agree with it but that is a whole different subject.
BC cerificate can be easily got by a householder costs them about 70 quid as opposed to the £2.50 it costs us to get it sent
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Of course YOU can. You're trained and were qualified so you're(still) competent. That doesn't apply to 99.99 percent of DIY!Do It All said:
Stop giving the hapless diy reader the impression that it's fine to "have a go"!!
Doctor Drivel, never with the knowledge or sense, would be dangerous.
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But chris that is where the who is compotent and who decides they are compotent comes into it some of the most incompotent people i have seen have a corgi badge for certain appliances and because they know how to repair a boiler they think they can fix fires or repair cookers
Who supplies this £70 certificate and certifies the work
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Local authority builing control officer who usually don`t know there ass from there elbow and would not know if appliance was safe or not. but thats how it works
I don't agree with DIY in any shape or form when it comes to gas, but the question is, is it legal.
Yes according to the HSE, allbeit until you make a whooopsie, then your in the dogs doodoo, and that applies to RGIs as well
What should be in the FAQ is
DIYnot do not recommend or support diy gas work
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Doctor Drivel
99.99% of DIYesr don't touch gas.
Namsag, just checked my local council building control at council website and this is wont they give out to the enquiring DIYer
On 7th May 2002 a plumber was jailed for installing a gas appliance because he was not CORGI registered and competent. You can read about this by following a link at the bottom of these instructions.
The gas regulations in this Country require the installer of any gas appliances or fittings to be competent and to do so with safety. The Health and Safety Executive, who control such things, have the power to enforce regulations against a diy installer if it can prove the installation was carried out in an unsafe way. This is not hard in the event of an accident !!
To fit appliances etc for others, even friends, you must be CORGI registered. To do this for yourself require that you do so in a competent and safe way.
Competent in this sense does not just mean you can join pipes together. You have to know how to disconnect from the meter, test the system before and after installation, how to make sure the pipes are free from debris, how to check proper earth bonding, how to install isolation valves and many more things besides.
Most manufacturers installation instructions will insist a registered installer carries out the work. If you do it, the guarantee may not be valid and in most cases, your home insurance may not be valid either.
We will not pretend that professional installation is cheap, but please consider ALL the consequences of a diy installation.
On 7th May 2002 a plumber was jailed for installing a gas appliance because he was not CORGI registered and competent. You can read about this by following a link at the bottom of these instructions.
The gas regulations in this Country require the installer of any gas appliances or fittings to be competent and to do so with safety. The Health and Safety Executive, who control such things, have the power to enforce regulations against a diy installer if it can prove the installation was carried out in an unsafe way. This is not hard in the event of an accident !!
To fit appliances etc for others, even friends, you must be CORGI registered. To do this for yourself require that you do so in a competent and safe way.
Competent in this sense does not just mean you can join pipes together. You have to know how to disconnect from the meter, test the system before and after installation, how to make sure the pipes are free from debris, how to check proper earth bonding, how to install isolation valves and many more things besides.
Most manufacturers installation instructions will insist a registered installer carries out the work. If you do it, the guarantee may not be valid and in most cases, your home insurance may not be valid either.
We will not pretend that professional installation is cheap, but please consider ALL the consequences of a diy installation.
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Doctor Drivel
It is not down to interpretation, the law is abundantly clear. Even the HSE recognizes that in the statements they make.
Driv, I thought I was seeing things, one moment there, then gone. If nothing else we have kept the mods busy today with our banter.
It isn't illegal but that doesn't mean that a diyer doing gas work IS legal.
Owning a gun isn't illegal. Selling booze isn't illegal.....
It has nothing whatsoever to do with payment. Builders have tried that one - and been prosecuted. Drivel likes to pretend otherwise.
If you don't know what 26.9 (part of the LAW) is about, you're incompetent. There may be 1 in 10,000 or so diy'ers who know what they're doing, but I've never met one. Plenty who thought they knew plenty of course, which is why it's dangerous to give the impression that it's OK.
Owning a gun isn't illegal. Selling booze isn't illegal.....
It has nothing whatsoever to do with payment. Builders have tried that one - and been prosecuted. Drivel likes to pretend otherwise.
If you don't know what 26.9 (part of the LAW) is about, you're incompetent. There may be 1 in 10,000 or so diy'ers who know what they're doing, but I've never met one. Plenty who thought they knew plenty of course, which is why it's dangerous to give the impression that it's OK.
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Do It All wrote:
I can do everything in my house that an RGI can.
Of course YOU can. You're trained and were qualified so you're(still) competent. That doesn't apply to 99.99 percent of DIY!
Oh yes they do, I see it every week. You don't know what you're talking about.
Do It All wrote:
I can do everything in my house that an RGI can.
Of course YOU can. You're trained and were qualified so you're(still) competent. That doesn't apply to 99.99 percent of DIY!
Drivel said:
Oh yes they do, I see it every week. You don't know what you're talking about.
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