illegal to open case unless gsr

[Dotty]

Think I might sticky this thread for the benefit of future users.

 

[snowhead]

and has anyone ever been prosecuted for doing what the OP wants to do with there own property,

Causing Death or serious injury is an offence, no matter what the method used.

 

[Dotty]

GSIUR 26/9 covers it. No grey area afaic.

26/9 Where a person performs work on a gas appliance he shall immediately thereafter examine—

(a)the effectiveness of any flue;

(b)the supply of combustion air;

(c)its operating pressure or heat input or, where necessary, both;

(d)its operation so as to ensure its safe functioning,

and forthwith take all reasonable practicable steps to notify any defect to the responsible person and, where different, the owner of the premises in which the appliance is situated or, where neither is reasonably practicable, in the case of an appliance supplied with liquefied petroleum gas, the supplier of gas to the appliance, or, in any other case, the transporter.

 

[Darren Jackson]

It is written in the Gas Safety (installation and use) Regulations 1998.
Part 1, section 3(1) - No person shall carry out work in relation to a gas fitting unless they are competent to do so. In England only a gas safe registered engineer is deemed as competent.

So to take off a boiler case you would be breaching these regulations as most boiler casings have a gas tight seal on them and upon replacement it has to checked to make sure it is back on correctly with no leakage. Hope this clears it up for you.

 

[Darren Jackson]

How true, I have only been asked once when It was CORGI and again only once since GSR for my I.D. it never fails to amaze me how trusting the public are with their lives and property. The money spent on gas safe week is totally to try and pacify the gsr members that they are actually doing something to promote the use of genuine gsr engineers !!!

 

[Last Plumber]

It's all very true and I fully and totally agree.

Just a point to raise though !

By having this conversation on a forum where anyone can read it, does that not confirm to the DIYers that they might be OK to take the case off and crack on.

Should this not be moved to gas safe reg only forum ? ?

Only thinking of us ?

 

[Dotty]

I might split the thread later....

Or do something else magic....

 

[Dotty]

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