Gas/Oil/Electrical

[namsag]

Firstly Corgi Must be allowed to check work because they DO and cant see them breaking other countries rules .
Secondly they are trained up on other countries rules and if they are less stringent than ours and the installation does not come up to ours the holiday accomodation doesn`t get certified so the likes of thomsons etc won`t use it.
The 4 types of gas is nothing special we have it in this country namely the isle of man which is covered by corgi.

 

[billy bob]

I do not see how Corgi would have any rights to advise holiday companies from the UK on gas regulations for other countries, their regulations and standards will be different to the UK, Corgi don't have any power in the UK, so they would have absolutely no say abroad, we would not except a gas regulator from another country coming to our country and telling their holiday companies that our hotels are not up to their gas standards, each country has their own regulations, and have their own way of policing them, Corgi can not even police the UK, so they should put their own house in order before worrying about others

 

[Sylvan Tieger]

Is gas anywhere near as dangerous as electric?

I never heard of a building blowing up from an electrical problem UNLESS it sparked near a gas leak /pocket.

As a certified welding instructor I can assure you oxyacetylene welding is more dangerous then electric as far as safety codes are concerned

 

[gas4you]

Oh dear, my dear softus, another chance of internet friendship I fear you have lost

 

[Softus]

Who loves ya, baby?

 

[gas4you]

Why should I have expected any less of a response

 

[Softus]

I suppose the post that remains contains no abuse.

 

[geoff@cetltd]

How about a forum for people that know nothing about nothing and don't know how a spanner works?

Sounds like the valuable minds in the forums will "wander off" to talk to other professionals somewhere else instead. Thus making a forum of just DIY people with little or no knowledge??
Your website is now becoming successful and profitable, people will drift away when nobody can answer their questions here
If there is a winning formular, you don't change it!

you mean gas fitters ?

 

[geoff@cetltd]

Great idea having a separate forum for gas fitters.

By the way I am a licensed master plumber thus having passed my tests for gas fitting including medical gases and fuel gas piping and appliances.

I am also a master plumber and held several masters licenses in plumbing. plus am a Licensed Master fire suppression piping contractor for fire suppression systems and a certified welder and drainer PLUS I am a 3rd generation roofer... I am also a certified low pressure boiler installer and inspector .

"plumbing" is a never ending learning profession

but you're not CORGI reg'd

 

[geoff@cetltd]

As RGI's are charged to be kept on the register, CORGI should stay out of paid inspection work, and suggest to BA and the like that they use a normal registered gas installer to carry out inspections in other countries. I am sure there would be several installers who would be interested.

To take the work themselves is an abuse of their position.

France has it's own gas regulations, most are the same, but there are some that are completely diffent to the british ones. An installation that complies with british norms could therefore be illegal here.

Chris - comment a tu ?
vielle faux frog

 

[Sylvan Tieger]

but you're not CORGI reg'd[/quote]


Sir, I follow the National Fire Protection Association 54 ( National gas code)

I am also a member of the NFPA and Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors

I passed all my United Association exams in 1974 to work any state in the USA and Canada in plumbing and Canadian standards PLUS I am a certified low pressure boiler and unfired pressure vessel inspector having passed my Federal certifications and the NYC which is even more stringent.

I do not think if someone succumbs from CO poisoning or dies in a gas explosion they really give a hoot as to if the gas fitter is trained and knows NFPA , AGA (American Gas Association) or CORGI.

The key issue facing LICENSED gas fitters / Master plumbers around the globe is to promote safety not one organization over another.

Free air for combustion does not reside only in England .

The heating value of "natural gas" still varies depending which standard one uses.

 

[Softus]

Sir, I follow the National Fire Protection Association 54 ( National gas code)

I am also a member of the NFPA and Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors

I passed all my United Association exams in 1974 to work any state in the USA and Canada in plumbing and Canadian standards PLUS I am a certified low pressure boiler and unfired pressure vessel inspector having passed my Federal certifications and the NYC which is even more stringent.

None of that has any relevance in the UK. If you work on someone else's gas appliance then you are legally obliged to be registered with CORGI.

 

[Agile]

Shouldn't we put Sylvan in touch with Water Systems ( Dr Drivell )?

They would get on like a house on fire!

 

[Sylvan Tieger]

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but you're not CORGI reg'd

Thankfully I am not after seeing some of your postings on here I think CORGI needs to think about re certifying people at least every two years.

Then again I am a licensed Master to installed medical gases, various fuel "gases" Why not check out some of the pictures under Tieger plumbing profile on here and then think about the fuel needed to supply a boiler that has a firing rate of 9,100,000 BTU per hr.

I guess you being CORGI reg you can tell me if the supply pressure is 1/2 PSI natual gas heating value of 1,200 BTU per cu ft then your being so overly qualified can tell me the piping diameter required on a 460 ft run for the above boiler specific gravity of the fuel is .06 with a pressure drop of .03 inch of water column

Then consider this boiler will be used for duel fuel # 2 oil you will have no problem explaing what type of chiminey would be required and what the heating values of Natural are a low of ??? and a high of ??? and the heating value of ONE Gallon of #2 oil low is and high is ???

 

[Sylvan Tieger]

I hope you realise that all your posting in old Imperial units is almost a foreign language over here.

We use kW and mm etc.

We still use yards and miles outdoors but everything else is in metric.

Sooner we get rid of those old units the better! A MEN to that

Tony


PS Raden is NOT registered with CORGI because he does not work with gas.

THANK GOD as he should NOT even be allowed to light a pilot light.

Gas fitting is complex and thus it would be fitting not to allow some to even get a wiff of education RE gasfitting /medical gases etc

Be back in an hour or so I just bought a S&W 38 and cant wait to go target shooting down the road a piece (hollow point ammo of course (Federal hydrashock