I read recently that certain engineers are getting upset about others entering boilers...Do you change your look at your tyres, lift the bonnet /open /view the various caps to check levels or change your brake pads? Some of us have far more common sense than the average plumber/gas engineer..The guy Chris who's blog i read was well competent in what he was doing...The problem is there are a lack of good honest gas fitters who are available and the others with no common sense and only a certificate seem to come out of the woodwork in times of need. I have a good engineer who does my properties when I cannot find the obvious. But there is no reason why an electrician, an electrical engineer or even a car mechanic cannot investigate......
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Obviously you are more competent that most plumbers! But thats not very difficult. But do you have the test equipment which they have?
It is not a matter of anyone getting upset!
Its simply a matter of certain work needing by law to be done by people who are both qualified and accredited by Gas Safe.
If this was not the case then anyone could write out n MOT certificate for their cars or a CP12 for their rental property.
Then on this forum there are the Forum rules which anyone posting is deemed to have read and agreed to accept.
Tony
It is not a matter of anyone getting upset!
Its simply a matter of certain work needing by law to be done by people who are both qualified and accredited by Gas Safe.
If this was not the case then anyone could write out n MOT certificate for their cars or a CP12 for their rental property.
Then on this forum there are the Forum rules which anyone posting is deemed to have read and agreed to accept.
Tony
UK = safety paranoia.
It is a general effort to try and dump down the population
so they are so scared to even change a fuse in a plug in
case they might hurt themselves.
good grief.
It is a general effort to try and dump down the population
so they are so scared to even change a fuse in a plug in
case they might hurt themselves.
good grief.
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Yes I suppose it would put off those who want to tamper but should not...My problem is that i assume common sense is the norm...If someone thinks they can fix something they should have a plan whilst some just jump in feet first..My point is that some of us are able and should be given that respect...How difficult can it be to change a pressure switch or a fuse following advice given via links like this.? I changed my PCB recently, mains off, fuse out, switch off, tested live with a meter...went too far but so what! it cost me nothing...Thanks
congratulations on changing the PCB take it you set up all the necessary parameters after changing it all PCBs are different some need burner pressures set from the pcb some need fan speeds some need CH input set etc etc etc and NO they dont come pre set they have to be checked thats why it has to be left to someone who knows what they are doing
Well I have to hold my hand up in this case and perhaps others. In fact it did not solve my problem..
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You seem very proud that you succeeded to replace a PCB!
However, are you equally proud not to have been able to diagnose the problem correctly?
The skill in boiler repairs is correctly diagnosing the fault. A trained monkey can change parts! The problem is that they dont know which parts to change!
Tony
You seem very proud that you succeeded to replace a PCB!
However, are you equally proud not to have been able to diagnose the problem correctly?
The skill in boiler repairs is correctly diagnosing the fault. A trained monkey can change parts! The problem is that they dont know which parts to change!
Tony
Flaming mods always delete the funniest bits.... I wanted to read this tome of epic failure
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