ENGINEER SAY,S I HAVE TO BE CUT OFF?????

[doitall]

Where the purpose provided ventilation is undersized or incorrectly configured (including compartment ventilation) appliances that are working satisfactorily should normally be treated as sub-standerd.

Corgi comments;

if the lack of purpose built ventilation, causes the flue to spill products of combustion, then the situation may need to be upgraded to ID.

for information only, and only the engineer can call the tune as he see it.

at risk appliances can only be disconnected with the custermers permission.

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

If people did their work properly from the beggining this craapp would never arise, bleedin sick of this industry.

 

[fitz1]

Better safe than sorry! Thats what my nan used to say.

 

[doitall]

Better safe than sorry! Thats what my nan used to say.

Very true, even if its over the top and not necessarily correct, only a fool would disregard the enginners recommendation.

 

[oilman]

this sounds like the engineer is being over zealous ........... 2 ncs equals id so the man was doing his job competently.........

Like he is on a power trip. I bet he exceeds speed limits between appointments, wonder how competent he really is.

This is where the regulations (if they are really relevant) are stupid. It doesn't matter that it's gas, these two conditions are possible with oil, and it would be a matter of informing the owner, and suggesting remedial work is done. It's not for me to say the appliance has to be turned off, so I don't see why it should be for gas. If this guy can't leave you with a working and compliant heater, he's NOT competent.

 

[fitz1]

The engineer is doing his job ,by abiding by the law.there is no mention of whether or not he could make the installation safe to use,of which i dont dought that he could,at a reasonable fee, and at a time of convenience to both the customer and himself.

 

[oilman]

Don't confuse safety with non-compliance. It has been working for several years in that condition according to the owner so why it dangerous now? And as for "better safe than sorry", tell me you always drive within the speed limit. Do you ALWAYS have someone hold the ladder when you're up it, or do you ALWAYS use ladder stays? Do you ALWAYS wear goggles when drilling a hole? Sounds like this guy is doing half a job. If you turn off the gas and electricity and water the house is safe. Sh**iiiiiiitttttttt!!!! I've fallen down the stairs in the dark, and I can't see to wash the wounds, b**gggeerrr the water's off anyway. At least I won't have to worry about the gas.........

 

[DP]

briple, whould you do this extra work (to comply with the regs) without the clients say so, and then be happy not to be paid? A lot of appliances I go to 'have been serviced regularly by CORGI/BG/SG/gas board' so say the clients. Often times no one has been near these for many moons. Only reason the engineer has been called is because it is malfunctioning.

A few months ago I was asked by an insurance company to rectify a fault on a combi boiler. The proviso was that the boiler had to have been serviced previously. This particular boiler was in a sorry state and the failure was as a result of lask of service. The homeowner proclaimed the boiler had been serviced by a top Scottish Gas engineer followed by top Vokera engineer. Then suddenly it was a sting operation as my presence was being recorded followed by he will be talking to his top journalist friend and put my name in the paper so that I will not be able to operate in the area again as he will 'flush me out'. Police were called when the ar*ehole started to make a nuisance of himself on the phone.

 

[DP]

Lack of compartment ventillation has been known to strip pain off the walls. Mind you the boiler in this case was quite big. The whole reason why this type of ventillation is needed is to keep the compartment cool. How many times have you looked at an appliance in a cupboard to find the cupboard overflowing with nick knacks.

 

[bripl]

no dp i would not do the work without the owners consent and no i would not issue a warning notice,but verbally inform the owner of any defects and give them a price to bring it in line with current legislation and let them tell me to go ahead.dp my registration is my livelihood so i do my best to comply with all relevant legislation that i am aware of and yes it does cost me work.

 

[namsag]

Brenda simple thing is take the cupboard door off if anyone comes to work on it. But you have a room sealed multipoint with two basic substandard faults on it which even going by the letter of the law is not a turn off and really really pushing it without a real understanding of the regs could it be classed as an at risk. guy is being a bit of a tw+t