DIYbanter - View Single Post - HSE review of the Domestic Gas Safety Regulatory Framework

wrote:
One question is; "Does 'DIY' gas installation represent a threat
to domestic gas safety?"

Who sparked off this particular HSE review ?

It's a loaded question.
Loaded questions are how surveyors get the results they want.

Of course it does.

Just like drivers cause road accidents.

Th real question (along with Part P) should be, "Is there an
unacceptable number of accidents caused by DIY work?"

How would a CORGI installer know the answer to (either) question
anyway?

The CORGI man may have seen (or claim to have seen) several DIY jobs
gone wrong that he has had to fix, and he will say so. But of course he
will only have seen the bad ones, the good ones he will not know is
DIY.

Only accident investigation statistics can tell if the problem is
significant.

Significant problem: Determine the best remedy -
education/regulation/inspection etc.

Insignificant problem: Do nothing.

Will the review be open enough to accept that there should be
competition for CORGI ?
I doubt it. And if there was a large DIY community contribution to the
survey, someone will say "oh no look at all the DIYers there's so many
the risk is too great blah blah".

Simon.