Gas engineers not interested?

[Dereekoo]

And the law.

No its not if you are competent and not being paid

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But he is not competent, by law.

 

[davecooper]

Not many adventures I'm afraid. It looks a lot more exciting on the telly. Thankfully we didn't have any murders on board although there were some you would have liked to murder.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Keeping your secrets then Dave???

Andy

 

[RandomGrinch]

No its not if you are competent and not being paid

I think competence when it comes to gas is a lot harder to prove than with electricity.
I have never done my own gas work, but have experience with lab gasses, including some nasty pyrophorics and methane/hydrogen mixes.
I employed a Gas Safe fitter to install a hob - he was using a blowtorch to solder new connections to one side of the isolation valve and didn't turn the supply off to the other. I was getting ready to run when the solder started dripping out of the existing connections!
In this case, I absolutely knew I could have done a better, safer and neater job, I could have borrowed a manometer and leak checked.
Could I prove competence though, maybe not!

 

[denso13]

No its not if you are competent

Correct, but how do you prove competence?

and not being paid

Being paid or not has nothing to do with it.

 

[mattylad]

This is an ideal opportunity for me to ask...

What law? Can you please quite the exact law and the part of it hat you suggest would be broken by a homeowner fitting their own flexi pipe on a cooker?

Not arguing against you, just want to know the exact law - cheers.

 

[denso13]

What law?

The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998

Qualification and supervision
3.—(1) No person shall carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel unless he is competent to do so.

 

[mattylad]

Cheers, that clarifies for me that you do not have to be gas registered etc. to fit the bayonet fitting pipe in the self sealing receptacle.

So if the op got the pipe fitted to the cooker by the supplier he could plug it in himself then?

 

[denso13]

So if the op got the pipe fitted to the cooker by the supplier he could plug it in himself then?

Yes, that doesn't constitute "gas work".

to fit the bayonet fitting pipe in the self sealing receptacle.

In my experience they don't self seal 100% of the time.