On 21/10/2013 10:21, chris French wrote:
In message , Roger Mills
writes
On 20/10/2013 21:58, Rick Hughes wrote:
On 20/10/2013 19:42, Jon Parker wrote:
Hello folks,

How much (if any) buggering about is one allowed to do to one's own
gas boiler?

None unless rated as competent ... which currently means GasSafe
registered


That might apply if you're doing it for someone else for reward - but
not if you're doing it for yourself. In my book, "competent" means
that you know what you're doing - *not* that you've got some
meaningless piece of paper.


Yes, thing is of course that competent in this context has never been
really legally defined.

If you do it right, no one will ever know. If you do it really wrong and
there is big bang they will, but they aren't going to be bothered about
ascertain your competence at that point.



The problem is, if a house caught fire / exploded .... and you had
worked on the gas, and you hold no formal gas qualifications ... be
pretty difficult to prove competency.