DIY Combi boiler installation

[drm0347]

Up until approx 20 years ago I was CORGI registered for a number of year working mainly on central heating and spending many hours fault finding.

I would like to install my own boiler and necessary rads etc, I understand I must have the gas work installed and tested by a Gas Safe Fitter as I am no longer qualified, I can't see any problems with mounting the boiler myself and coupling it up to the wet system but can't seem to get the legalties regarding mounting the boiler. Feed back I have had says I am not allowed to mount the boiler, Is this just a ploy for an installer to make more money.
So my Qs are
(1) Can I mount the boiler and couple up to heating system providing I have the Gas work installed and commissioned by a Gas Safe Installer.

Can anyone help?

 

[Millsy 82]

you do know gas safe are watching this site ????

Are they I best go back through all my old posts and delete the incriminating ones

 

[diamondgas]

you do know gas safe are watching this site ????

Least I know my money's going somewhere useful then !!! 🙂 lol

 

[Masood]

May be a good idea, to stop saying unregistered "competent" people can do gas work in there own homes and friends/family? Even those who have been registered previously, if they are asking that question, the answer should be a clear no. "Competent" can be taken so many ways, by so many people.

What the regs say, and what should be said. This is just my opinion though.

I agree with you, Orry. I would love to say point blank - no, you cannot work on ANY gas appliance unless you're registered. But as long as Joe Public can walk into B&Q and buy boilers, we are fighting a losing battle. If, and only if, boilers and spares are ONLY available to GSR engineers, can we make that statement.

Much as you or I would like it to be otherwise, the regs require only "competence", and provide no definition of what that actually means. Lying about it isn't going to help - there are too many sources of info out there to be able to pretend that there is any law against people doing their own gas work.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

I agree with you, Orry. I would love to say point blank - no, you cannot work on ANY gas appliance unless you're registered. But as long as Joe Public can walk into B&Q and buy boilers, we are fighting a losing battle. If, and only if, boilers and spares are ONLY available to GSR engineers, can we make that statement.

Much as you or I would like it to be otherwise, the regs require only "competence", and provide no definition of what that actually means. Lying about it isn't going to help - there are too many sources of info out there to be able to pretend that there is any law against people doing their own gas work.

i can sleep safe , and I dont care how other people get on with there sleep 🙂

 

[home123456]

No no and no

 

[Killy Bing]

No no and no

And breaking the law?

idiots

 

[AWheating]

spam, ham thankyou mam.

 

[AWheating]

ive reseached that website and found its run by bin laden lovers??

 

[Barry98]

Not in a million years