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Summary: Gas Safety & DIY Gas Installation.
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On 7th May 2002 a plumber was jailed for installing a gas appliance because he was not CORGI registered and competent. You can read about this by following a link at the bottom of these instructions.
The gas regulations in this Country require the installer of any gas appliances or fittings to be competent and to do so with safety. The Health and Safety Executive, who control such things, have the power to enforce regulations against a diy installer if it can prove the installation was carried out in an unsafe way. This is not hard in the event of an accident !!
To fit appliances etc for others, even friends, you must be CORGI registered. To do this for yourself require that you do so in a competent and safe way.
Competent in this sense does not just mean you can join pipes together. You have to know how to disconnect from the meter, test the system before and after installation, how to make sure the pipes are free from debris, how to check proper earth bonding, how to install isolation valves and many more things besides.
Most manufacturers installation instructions will insist a registered installer carries out the work. If you do it, the guarantee may not be valid and in most cases, your home insurance may not be valid either.
We will not pretend that professional installation is cheap, but please consider ALL the consequences of a diy installation.
Please see the Health and Safety Executive guidelines at www.hse.gov.uk/gas/index.htm
HSE Gas Safety Advice Line 0800 300 363
Transco operates the national freephone 24-hour gas emergency service - 0800 111 999. Anyone who thinks they smell gas, or is worried about gas safety, can call this number free of charge, any time of the day or night.
A Transco engineer will be sent to make the situation safe. There is no charge for this emergency visit.
A link to a press release by the Health and Safety Executive is below.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2002/e02085.htm
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