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Personally, I would refuse to connect to a fire that had already had some pipework connected to it by a third party. Even more so if this pipework was hidden/buried/not available for inspection. If a customer wants me to install a fire, then I will insist on carrying out all of the required...

Thanks for your replies Gents. I returned to the property today after the customer called me to say that he had smelled a whiff of gas. I smelt nothing when I got there and all let-by and tightness tests were fine, no variation at all. Gas sniffer picked nothing up but for peace of mind, I...

I was asked to inspect a system that had been 'put in by bulgarians' (customers own words) so that the customer could get the boiler registered (he wanted me to notify it). In effect, he was asking my to inspect, test and commission work that had ben done by a (very obviously unregistered and...

And therefore, if it was a gas-carrying part, you would be acting illegaly and suppose an error on your part killed your family through carbon monoxide poisoning?...You would feel pretty bad about that I guess; although it would give you something to occupy your mind during those lonely nights...

I went out to service a boiler recently and came across a fan cock type ECV. I advised the customer that this may be NCS, although checking through all of my books, I can not see anything relating o this. Do ECV's have to be the 'lever type' or are 'fan cock types' acceptable. I realise that...

:lol: I really must take more care to look at the date of the last post....sorry

When called out to undertake a service, I explain to my customers that a visual inspection, let by test and tightness test will be carried out before anything else and that it is included in the price of the service. I also explain to them that any faults that are picked up during this test...