But you, like me and everyone else here are just voluntary contributors to someone else's work.....our views are irrelevant.
From Bernard Green DIY gas work
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But you, like me and everyone else here are just voluntary contributors to someone else's work.....our views are irrelevant.
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It is perfectly OK to leave a bayonet connector without a hose in it. It is designed to be a householder-used fitting, like a light bulb bayonet cap.
Sometimes I think some of the RGIs on here come across a bit too protective of their specialisation.
Bernard is right, soapy water is sometimes used, I've seen plenty of RGIs use watered down washing up liquid as a stop gap when they find they are out of the real stuff on the van, or the aerosol has died.
Would never stoop so low myself, of course.....
Sometimes I think some of the RGIs on here come across a bit too protective of their specialisation.
Bernard is right, soapy water is sometimes used, I've seen plenty of RGIs use watered down washing up liquid as a stop gap when they find they are out of the real stuff on the van, or the aerosol has died.
Would never stoop so low myself, of course.....
C'mon!!!! You seriously think any RGI worth a bean is going to leave an unplugged cooker bayonet, regardless of the regs - which change weekly, engineering judgement is going to prevail. It's a valve with an open end FFS!!
You two should be banned for condoning DIY gas work!! Some rsole thinks he's God's gift to engineering, comes on here & starts banging on about how any DaftyDiIYet can tackle their own gas work in their own home??!! Get real, you can't possibly know the circumstances or the individuals level of competency.
You two should be banned for condoning DIY gas work!! Some rsole thinks he's God's gift to engineering, comes on here & starts banging on about how any DaftyDiIYet can tackle their own gas work in their own home??!! Get real, you can't possibly know the circumstances or the individuals level of competency.
I do NOT condone DIY gas work since I cannot tell the level of competence the DIYer has.
And some rsoles believe registration makes them infallable. For some of these registration is God's gift to their egos.
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And some just think they're God's gift.
I'm happy to condone a householder unplugging their gas bayonet, Puller.
You may not be.
But the rules you place so much credence by, say it's OK, so that is where the buck stops. It is not gas work, because it is intended for household use. Why else would a product have a detachable bayonet connector? To make it easier for an RGI?
By making such a fuss over these inappropriate things, you risk making the DIYers think we are simply protecting our own interests.
Some of the regular RGIs on this forum seem to think they can interpret the gas regulations - they can't, particularly in domestic applications, it is stated in black and white because we are all assumed to be numpties. Commercial less so.
You may not be.
But the rules you place so much credence by, say it's OK, so that is where the buck stops. It is not gas work, because it is intended for household use. Why else would a product have a detachable bayonet connector? To make it easier for an RGI?
By making such a fuss over these inappropriate things, you risk making the DIYers think we are simply protecting our own interests.
Some of the regular RGIs on this forum seem to think they can interpret the gas regulations - they can't, particularly in domestic applications, it is stated in black and white because we are all assumed to be numpties. Commercial less so.
Please don't call me by my surname. This is from English Public Skools & we all know what you English Public Skoolboys got up to after lights out!!
If anyone helps a DaftyDIYer in any way they're condoning DIY gas work & should be banned!!
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What brand of washing up liquid would you guys recommend for gas leak detection????...Fairy , tescos value , CO-OP, Asda , Easy , Fresh????so many to choose from....
Lidl X3 is the best. All public schoolboys shop there.
With a name like Puller are you sure you are not an alma mater of my skool?
With a name like Puller are you sure you are not an alma mater of my skool?
'For hands that do dishes.......'
Oooooh how exciting, what are we going to ban them from?
And this (And certain other posters like it) is exactly where the problem is.
Posting borderline abuse to posters is not the solution.
I mostly agree with the no DIY gas rule, *but* most of the time, it could be put across a whole lot better.
It's fine to refuse to advise, but many of the professionals seem to think that taking the mick out of a poster is the best way to get this important point across- It isn't.
What it IMHO requires is a polite, 'Sorry, ask the RGI' , and leaving at that.
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