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We need more info really. When you are getting 0v at the ceiling rose, where exactly do you have the two probes?

look up Potential Difference. If you have two wires into the same terminal, you won’t get a voltage. Try putting your other probe on the neutral or Earth terminal and you should see 230v. Hope that helps

As already stated, there are no tools for doing all crimps. For doing pcb’s you should be fine with a bootlace ferrule crimper, and a yellow/blue/red crimper (sorry, not sure of the proper name) The main thing is to make sure the correct size crimp is used, and the conductor is all the way...

That is the point really, the homeowner doesn’t have to prove anything. They (the insurers/courts) have to prove that it wasn’t done competently

You are correct when it comes to you as a gas engineer doing work for the general public, but a private individual doing work for themselves knows what they are capable of. What percentage of the general public would honestly attempt fitting a boiler, or re-wiring a house? I am not registered...

No offence taken, much appreciated

I appreciate all the replies here, and it is clearly and quite rightly an emotive subject! I’ve done a bit of research and believe I’ve found an answer on the subject, or at least as far as the HSE is concerned. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pUbns/priced/l56.pdf Refer to page 14 paragraph 52, then...

https://bpec.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Gas-PowerPoints-Shop.pdf This looks like a good bit of bedtime reading

Fair comment. Where do Gas Engineers stand with connecting the boiler to the power? The gas safe registered engineer that fitted mine ran a spur off a socket in my garage using cable that was lying around in my garage. Did he do an IR test on the circuit to make sure he didn’t adversely affect...

Didn’t mean to open up a can of worms here fella’s. The problem with forums is that nobody has any background info. I’m a time served mech/elec technician and have 10 years experience working on all kinds of machinery in a car factory. My Dad is a time served pipe fitter and welder and also has...

It’s virtually impossible to tell what’s going on from that picture alone. Where do the blue, red and yellow (sleeved red) wires come from? That doesn’t look like a fan isolator either. More information needed, and most definitely should be getting the electrician back, if he is one!

I work in maintenance, so we’re all penned in a factory on shifts and don’t get out much haha! I’d swap it in a heartbeat to be a domestic spark out on my own, but as you’ve guessed, I don’t have many contacts, so I’d be starting with a massive handicap :(

What a refreshing post! This was my feeling to begin with, but the whole ‘law’ thing scared me tbh. I’ve RTFM and it’s exactly how I thought. By no means am I down playing it, but like you say, competence is the key. I know what makes a good job, and I’ll probably get myself a gas water gauge...

Thanks mate, much appreciated! I didn’t think that was possible!

Oh, I’m in Manchester by the way

That’s great, thanks for the replies. I’m an electrician by trade, so I appreciate the importance of certificates etc. There is minimal pipework to do, and access is very good. I’d also be willing to drill all the holes etc, so yeah a days labour, plus a flue kit.

Hi all! I had a condensing boiler fitted a few years ago and now need it re-locating. A friend of a friend is a British Gas engineer and ‘does foreigners’. Will this be covered by gas safe? If not, I’d rather go elsewhere to get all the certs. I’m having it moved from the garage to inside the...

I'm at the 'no going back stage' of a bathroom strip out at home, and we have decided on a showerbath, probably L-shaped. Having had a cheap one from the big orange shed in the past that cracked within months, I want a decent one!! I am looking at the reinforced one's, but apart from Carronite...

Thanks for the recommendation, I'm drawing up a short list of Worcester, Vaillant, Baxi and Ideal (had one in a previous house with no problems in 5 years). Size wise, I'm thinking between 24-28kW. I'll come back on when I've decided and report back :)

Thanks for the advice mate! I've never heard of Intergas, I'll have to have some bedtime reading on that one...the Mrs will be over the moon haha