warning above central heating posts and central heating section

[on31ll]

as above really seen it today being talked about but i just wanna say well in mods went into action quick and hopefully will deter people asking for gas advice/fixes

 

[Dotty]

Thank you.

 

[Guest123]

Why can't this be shortened, straight to the point and made in BIG bold letters in at least a size 24 pt font:

NO GAS OR BOILER QUESTIONS!!!

SIMPLES.

 

[petercj]

Why can't this be shortened, straight to the point and made in BIG bold letters in at least a size 24 pt font:

NO GAS OR BOILER QUESTIONS!!!

SIMPLES.

Surely this topic raises a question mark over the wisdom of having a Gas Safe Register forum that is open to the public?

The person asking the question may be GSR, but then the discussion is open to all and sundry, and with a search facility on the board, any inquisitive DIY'er looking for know-how can search for the information they are looking for.

 

[Guest123]

Surely this topic raises a question mark over the wisdom of having a Gas Safe Register forum that is open to the public?

The person asking the question may be GSR, but then the discussion is open to all and sundry, and with a search facility on the board, any inquisitive DIY'er looking for know-how can search for the information they are looking for.

I asked for both The Gas open forum and the Central Heating forum, to be closed for this reason. Reporting and then closing threads on these 2 forums will just go on forever and probably keep getting worse as people post questions to try to save money in these trying times.

 

[Dotty]

The central heating forum stays open as far as I'm concerned. There's more to central heating than the boiler.

We'd still be closing posts and threads, just in a different place.

 

[mountainman]

There's more to central heating than the boiler.

Very true..

 

[Guest123]

The central heating forum stays open as far as I'm concerned. There's more to central heating than the boiler.

We'd still be closing posts and threads, just in a different place.

Totally disagree. People see "Central Heating" and think "Boiler". Central Heating issues in general that are not gas related could quite easily be discussed/covered in the Plumbing Forum.

As for the Open Gas Forum, that just confuses people.

At least if we closed these 2 threads, there would only one thread, i.e the Plumbing Forum left for 7 mods to keep an eye on.

Or we just go on forever doing this.

 

[Dotty]

Your prerogative to disagree.

You're wrong though.

 

[SimonG]

I'm biased. I'm not GSR, don't touch gas but do a lot of work other than oil on central heating systems.

Is this section open to the general public?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

i agree with croppie on this, there is more to central heating than just boilers. i can see that it is confusing having two gas sections so they could be merged into one for gs only to use.

 

[petercj]

I asked for both The Gas open forum and the Central Heating forum, to be closed for this reason. Reporting and then closing threads on these 2 forums will just go on forever and probably keep getting worse as people post questions to try to save money in these trying times.

Would be a great loss to the forum, imo, if the Central Heating forum wasn't here - there are a lot of consumer related questions about which type of boiler, best buy, best controls, etc, and then there's all the stuff on the wet side of the system.

I do think that the Gas Register Board being open to the public gives a mixed message, but if that was like the Arms, or if all traffic went to the closed Gas Forum, then I reckon there would be less gas related questions appearing in the CH forum, i.e. gas related discussions would be a clear NO GO area on the visible areas of the forum.

If the open gas forum was closed or moved, I think a new board dealing with: Business Administration, Marketing, and Training would go well. At the moment a lot of those discussions get posted in the Plumbing or CH forums, there seems to be a lot of interest in those three fields, which do overlap.

Just a thought.

 

[Old Dog]

As a new Member and a GSE, i totally agree with this statement.