On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:47:48 +0000, Lobster wrote:

Ed Sirett wrote:
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:21:50 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Lobster writes:
In addition, the fitter has to register the installation with CORGI,
who in turn notify Building Control, and you get a letter back
confirming that this has been done. This is the step to watch for,
as it costs the fitter cash to do the registration, so it's not
exactly in his interest to do it if the punter isn't bothered about
it.
A fitter I know charges £100 for the registration. If the work is part
of other building work, it's cheaper to have it included on that
instead. I haven't asked him, but I suspect some punters genuinely
couldn't care less about the BCO paperwork either.

That's a good mark up as it costs £2.50 online to register the work per
property. (i.e if you also do electric and controls and cylinder(s) at
the same time then it's still £2.50). I just register them anyway
whether the customer wants to or not. A steady stream of registrations
seems to keep the CORGI inspector at bay and chasing the others. 8-)

Not knowing what's involved, how long does it take you to do, out of
interest? My Corgi was whinging about all the extra paperwork he had to
do because of it; and presumably that's why AG's quotes 100 notes to do
it.

David

The actual notification online takes about 10 minutes, enter the post
code, house number, customer name, removed boiler, new stuff and press
the button.

However that fact that you have put the job 'above the parapet' means
that everything else is now up for checking, which means the job may have
to pass inspection and all the other paperwork (eg. commissioning log
book etc.) will have to be in order and that does take time to do the
required tests.

OTOH those test and paperwork are part of a 'good job'.


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