Part L zoning issues

[dan_merkel@msn.]

Surely, if we install and certificate that we have fitted to part L are we not opening up ourselves to trouble?
Can see me fitting a system, ticking the bench mark saying it confirms to part L, notifying to Gas safe that it confirms to part L, Gas safe sending out a certificate stating that the install confirms to part L, only for the building inspector to say that it does not confirm because it SHOULD be zoned!
Very grey area!

 

[unguided1]

Surely, if we install and certificate that we have fitted to part L are we not opening up ourselves to trouble?
Can see me fitting a system, ticking the bench mark saying it confirms to part L, notifying to Gas safe that it confirms to part L, Gas safe sending out a certificate stating that the install confirms to part L, only for the building inspector to say that it does not confirm because it SHOULD be zoned!
Very grey area!

The point that I am trying to make is, who cares, who actualy checks that we have installed the systems correctly, it doesnt matter if your a cowboy or a dilligent professional the dung spouting muppets at building control have no real clue, Gas Safe dont care as long as long as it doesnt affect the gas appliance, Oftec doesnt care as long as it doesnt affect the oil appliance how many times have you been to an unvented cylinder to see the safety valves, tundish, D1 and D2 pipes incorrectly plumbed and signed off registered by someone who has done their unvented ticket, because I dont just see it occasionally I see it everyday

I have had this argument with Gas Safe and MCS when we inspect a job at this present time we are only looking at the appliances not the systems if we do not do our job properly on the appliances these regulatory bodies are there to police us (supposedly) Nobody is policing the sytems that these appliances are installed onto. This whole industry needs to be tightened up it also does not need to be even more splintered than it already is.

so if the supposed regulatory bodies dont care why should we??

I would also like to say that this is not how I work but merely a point that I am trying to make