biffvernon
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Well my gas cooker works just fine without the involvement of any Corgi registered fitters.
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thiambal
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I am sure it is Biff, but that does not preclude the fact that to work on gas appliances it is a legal requirement for the person both to be competent and CORGI registered.
http://www.corgi-gas-safety.com/section_gas_law/about_installer.asp
If you choose to do the work yourself, you take that risk, fair enough.
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thiambal said:
Costly misapprehension/misinformation put about by Corgi, I fear. You need to be CORGI registered to work for payment on any gas installation. To work on your own gas installation, you need to be 'competent', but the legislation does not define competence. If you manage to destroy your house, you probably weren't competent.
The legislation is very sensible with regard to prohibiting cowboy gas installers or fault-finding on gas boilers. However, I think that installing gas pipes, or connecting cookers, needs only a modicum of skill and CORGI have barred anyone outside the gas trade, who might want to take the assessments on these fundamental skills to prove ( or disprove) their competence, from doing so.
Unscrewing a blanking plug and refitting with some jointing compound is not a skilled job. The unwary might shear off the pipe and be unable to reseal it. Anyone telling you that you're not allowed to do it and you must pay them £75+ is either having you on and/or is Corgi registered.
thiambal
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My mistake, and mis-reading of the CORGI site, you only need to be competent.
Which makes the water murky to a ridiculous degree. Althought there are scheme to established your competance, and these are clearly regulated, you apparently do not need to be part of one of these schemes to be 'competent' as it were - unless you are offering your services for money - in which case you do.
To put it another way - there is no definition of competence except the ability to gain a competence certificate. The lack of such a certificate does not render you 'incompetent'
So this means, in the examples given, you can DIY fit your cooker or open up your old gas lighting to see if it is live, as long as you are 'competent'. As you point out Aidan, easy enough jobs as long as they go smoothly.
I guess though, to comply with the law you would need to be competent to deal safely with any mishap or cock-up - such as a connection shearing - not just competent to do the basic job.
In the event of a problem you cannot deal with, I suppose you just turn off the gas and call someone more competent.
The problem I suppose comes if you inadvertently blow up you own and even neighbours houses in process. Unless you could prove your compentence (and as you say, blowing your house up probably proves you were not) you would potentially invalidate your own house insurance and then be sued by neighbours for the damage to their properties.
Right, I am off for a lie down in a darkened room 8)
Which makes the water murky to a ridiculous degree. Althought there are scheme to established your competance, and these are clearly regulated, you apparently do not need to be part of one of these schemes to be 'competent' as it were - unless you are offering your services for money - in which case you do.
To put it another way - there is no definition of competence except the ability to gain a competence certificate. The lack of such a certificate does not render you 'incompetent'
So this means, in the examples given, you can DIY fit your cooker or open up your old gas lighting to see if it is live, as long as you are 'competent'. As you point out Aidan, easy enough jobs as long as they go smoothly.
I guess though, to comply with the law you would need to be competent to deal safely with any mishap or cock-up - such as a connection shearing - not just competent to do the basic job.
In the event of a problem you cannot deal with, I suppose you just turn off the gas and call someone more competent.
The problem I suppose comes if you inadvertently blow up you own and even neighbours houses in process. Unless you could prove your compentence (and as you say, blowing your house up probably proves you were not) you would potentially invalidate your own house insurance and then be sued by neighbours for the damage to their properties.
Right, I am off for a lie down in a darkened room 8)
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Wonderful! A zillion tonnes a year of gas passing underneath you, but no gas available in your village!GK said:
Is it me...?
biffvernon
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No gas in our village either but half of North Sea gas arrives at the terminal just down the road. 