Combi boiler issue

200sols said:
I guess that means you cant show me the relevant text from the regs then.

Gas safe is a requirement if you work for gain, if you believe the regs state otherwise please do post up, until somebody does this is just going round in circles.
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Im just gonna sign off with this as its appropriate I feel

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"
 
The_One said:
Im just gonna sign off with this as its appropriate I feel

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"
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If I am the idiot why can you not provide the evidence to prove that is the case?
 
Lopéz said:
You've linked to an HSE page which is dedicated to protecting employers in the workplace. Houses are not places of work.
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True, yet it states that:

"Who is competent to work on gas fittings?
Domestic properties, schools etc
In domestic properties and workplaces such as shops, restaurants, schools and hospitals, this must be carried out by someone on the Gas Safe Register who is qualified to work on gas appliances.

It is illegal for an unregistered person to carry out work on any domestic gas appliance. You can check this by contacting the
Gas Safe Register online or by calling them on 0800 408 5500.

All those who are registered carry a Gas Safe ID card, which shows the type of work they are qualified to do and whether their qualifications are up to date."

If we look at the regs it states a competent person, and the regs also seem to indicate that the HSE has some sort of authority of this area as they are the only body who can give exemption certificates from following the regs.

It would be common sense that a professional department such as the HSE can determine competence (which appears to what is being argued in this thread), and they state that competence is someone who has sufficient training and experience/ knowledge. As well as what is quoted above. I mean, reading a manual and thinking you know what you're doing, in regards to something potentially life threatening to yourself and others within your household and vicinity, is arguably not competence and arrogantly dangerous.
 
He is talking nonsense, I have already posted the legal doc above, direct from the horses mouth, now that does not cover the grey area I am not going to get into but you can do all other work on your boiler.
 
b00merang69 said:
He is talking nonsense, I have already posted the legal doc above, direct from the horses mouth, now that does not cover the grey area I am not going to get into but you can do all other work on your boiler.
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To clarify, I was talking at the gas components, not the parts that the document you linked states you can work on.

If it's a grey area surely it would be wise to err on the side of caution. Not to mention, nobody has stated otherwise why they believe they are competent (what resources would you use? would you go on a course?).
 
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I would not bet the farm on the grey area because either way I do not know for sure but some posters in this thread seem to think you cannot remove a outer cover or change fibre washer/thermostat etc.
 
Yes I think it's been cleared up that if it's a non gas element you can change those components. I'm interest on the gas part, I like to do my own work on my house so my interest isn't to cause argument (saying this in case it comes off that way) but out of purposeful and safe knowledge.
So the planning portal website says that it will need to be commissioned to get building regs approval (whether newly installing or replacing a gas boiler), so this would indicate that if you decide to self install you would then have someone who is registered come out and check your work is safe and then issue a cert?
 
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