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"Cod Roe" wrote in message ...
On 26/03/11 17:43, YAPH wrote:
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:52:16 +0000, GEDCOM wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
You can work on gas fittings in your own home if you're competent to do
so.
The regulations only apply to those charging for their work.

Does this include disconnecting a gas cooker which hasn't got a bayonet
fitting and capping off the gas supply pipe?

Here's my take on it:

http://yaph.co.uk/DIY_gas/#legal_DIY

and here is the Health and Safety Executive's take on it:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/change.pdf

Should DIY work be legally prohibited, e.g. by restricting the sale
of gas equipment to registered gas installers? Should retailers be
legally required to record sales of gas equipment and pass these to a
central body, perhaps CORGI? Should any central body selected for
this purpose be required to arrange the inspection of gas
installation work in any case where the record of sale suggests work
will be carried out by an unregistered installer? Should increased
publicity on the dangers of DIY gas work be given by (i) HSE
campaigns, (ii) manufacturer?Ts warnings, (iii) other means? (DD Page 50)

We understand concern about the possible risks posed by incompetent
DIY gas work, but believe at present there is insufficient hard
evidence of incidents to support the introduction of a legal ban.
However, we recognise that current statistics might not tell the full
story and recommend that further work be done more accurately to
identify the scale of the problem, i.e. by refining arrangements for
reporting incidents specifically to identify those related to DIY
(see Recommendation 9), with a view to reviewing the legal position
again (say in five years time).

In the meantime, we recommend that increased publicity should be
given to the dangers of DIY gas work (possibly funded through
industry and the Gas Safety Levy - see Recommendations 7 and 11).
This should focus more on legal requirements for competence if DIY is
undertaken, and penalties if these are not met. More encouragement
should also be given to retailers for providing ?~point of sale?T
information, and equipment manufacturers to include warnings with products.

The HSE are more concerned with unregistered installers doing dangerous
work, who charge for it.

Like you, eh ?


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geoff