Obviously I'm not grid but we have Wales & West round here and they still use that. Had one the other day.
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Obviously I'm not grid but we have Wales & West round here and they still use that. Had one the other day.
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Indeed, not a boiler for the inexperienced. But a good one if treated properly.
5 digit GS numbers are your best bet although won't cover those that left and rentered the industry etc.
As was said ... Don't try to pull the wool over the engineer's eyes when you find him.... He will have heard it Al before, and giving a load of BS will only ending up on costing more in the end.
5 digit GS numbers are your best bet although won't cover those that left and rentered the industry etc.
As was said ... Don't try to pull the wool over the engineer's eyes when you find him.... He will have heard it Al before, and giving a load of BS will only ending up on costing more in the end.
I'd rather be honest, just need someone who actually seen one before.
The just suspected and capped the gas and said to get it checked by a rgi as that's the only gas appliance. No cigarette smoke in the house and no staining either
I'll give a call to 5 digit rgi's
The just suspected and capped the gas and said to get it checked by a rgi as that's the only gas appliance. No cigarette smoke in the house and no staining either
I'll give a call to 5 digit rgi's
May the force be with you.
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More than likely lint arrester choked...
My registration number exceeds 5 digits so unfortunately I can't help.
My registration number exceeds 5 digits so unfortunately I can't help.
That's 'cos you're a young pup.
Why didn't you keep your old number?
Bugger just realised too I have a 6 digit number.
Hey ho..... Don't cover Brum anyway
Hey ho..... Don't cover Brum anyway
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I've heard it it now FFS..
Didn't Agile get a hard time the other week when he mentioned "digits"....
Didn't Agile get a hard time the other week when he mentioned "digits"....
I've heard it it now FFS..
Didn't Agile get a hard time the other week when he mentioned "digits"....
Yep... But he didn't caveat anything.... Just made his usual wild generalisation as if it was Gospel.
My first gas number was five digits, 86,xxx.
But after a year's break they gave me a new six digit one 184,xxx.
But I am not phased by BBUs and even went on the BAXI course for them as so many RGIs seemed to be avoiding them.
I have done some in Cov but Brum is a little too far. And Stoney Lane is not what it used to be. Even Cheddar's Lane has been closed down. I was taken to see that by a large WPC.
When a boiler has been capped off, I charge as for a repair if off at meter. If the pipe is cut then extra £15 to reconnect that.
Tony
But after a year's break they gave me a new six digit one 184,xxx.
But I am not phased by BBUs and even went on the BAXI course for them as so many RGIs seemed to be avoiding them.
I have done some in Cov but Brum is a little too far. And Stoney Lane is not what it used to be. Even Cheddar's Lane has been closed down. I was taken to see that by a large WPC.
When a boiler has been capped off, I charge as for a repair if off at meter. If the pipe is cut then extra £15 to reconnect that.
Tony
What made them "suspect". Did you report a smell of fumes,or gas?
NB: As Steel & Dan has suggested, having a 6 or 7 digit number does not make you a "bad" RGI. They prove that point, IMO. But a lot of new entrants are sh}t scared of open flues, and I was merely suggesting a quick way of narrowing the fired (I assume Brum is awash with RGI's). In fact, it has been suggested on this site that some if the old vacated numbers are being reissued, so can work the other way.
My apologies to Steel, I know he is a sensitive soul at heart.
I have to say that I would recommend someone who knows them reasonably well.
I used to train new people on them when there was one to do. They are, or used to be, included on the gas training we have to do.
Sent a trainee to one to do a service and ****** left the thermostat out of it's pocket.
Tony
What "new people" are these, then, Tony? Obviously not the Beeb, and I thought you have always been SE, as it only takes an electronics engineer a couple of weeks to become proficient in RGI'ing.
And what level was the "trainee" on, before unleashing on the pulic.?
It is easy, though, to leave out a t'stat phial. Some here have even admitted to leaving off a FGA cap.
And what level was the "trainee" on, before unleashing on the pulic.?
It is easy, though, to leave out a t'stat phial. Some here have even admitted to leaving off a FGA cap.
They used to come to me for practical training associated with their ACS or sometimes later to get a portfolio when it was required to get their own first registration.
There is so much work associated with getting back into a BBU to replace a stat phial that is was good training for him to have to go back to put it in place. I doubt he ever did that again in his short time on the tools.
He now teaches gas courses at the College of NW London ( Or Willesden Tech as it was known ).
There is so much work associated with getting back into a BBU to replace a stat phial that is was good training for him to have to go back to put it in place. I doubt he ever did that again in his short time on the tools.
He now teaches gas courses at the College of NW London ( Or Willesden Tech as it was known ).
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