gas fire, london

[ambrosia]

has anybody in or near london got a radiant or DFE fire

i'am 1 flue flow and spillage test from completing my portfolio after which i can take my gas safe exams. Unfortunately i'm finding them frustratingly hard to find, so i'm willing to pay anyone who will let me service there fire £20

let me know if you can help, i'm hoping to get it done this week so i can take the exams in Jan

many thanks
Seth

 

[mikegas]

should also mention you will be supervised by a gas safe reg engineer so they know its safe

 

[villa_tom]

Have you tried just knocking on doors round your way? and wouldn't pay someone for doing this for them - they are getting a free safety check off you and I think people will be ok with that.
When my mate needed a few more photos he knocked on doors on his road and got the last few that way.

 

[ambrosia]

i live in london, people arent as friendly down south, they would probably be really suspicious if i knocked on a strangers door unannounced

i've sent emails to everyone i know, if nothing comes up on this website maybe someone will know someone and i'll get one

if not i'll just have to wait till one comes up at work, just might be a long time nobody seems to have them anymore, landlords dont want them because its an extra appliance to test in a safety check and home owners dont want them because theyre inefficient

 

[stevetheplumber]

i had the same problem 20 years ago with corgi they wouldnt allow me to join untill i could show them an instal i had done involving an o/f appliance thats how i wound up with an open flue boiler in my loft as i wasnt prepared to fit old technology for a customer

 

[ambrosia]

i had the same problem 20 years ago with corgi they wouldnt allow me to join untill i could show them an instal i had done involving an o/f appliance thats how i wound up with an open flue boiler in my loft as i wasnt prepared to fit old technology for a customer

is it still there

i'm sorted now, portfoilio is approved and i'm booked to take my exams 17th jan

i must say the harder they make it to become Gas Safe registered the more cowboys and people out of the system there will be.
have you seen theyre scrapping part p electrical qualifications. its not going to make people take a full electrical qualification theyre just going to carry on without any formal training

 

[stevetheplumber]

yes my boiler is still there and working well ty glad to here they are dropping part p ridiculous over kill for wiring a boiler most of which only need wiring to the existing spur

 

[Reg Man]

Part P absolute pain in the backside for electrical work. Word of caution! when wiring a boiler, we are working under the electricity at work regulations. So if you can not carry out the minimum elctrical safety checks and things go wrong, you are in the poo. Test requirements are: Continuity, Polarity, Insulation resistance, Earth fault loop impedence (ZE & ZS) Trip time on protective device, Prospective fault current. In addition to this is, visual inspection of current arrangements and fill in a test certificate for the work undertaken. Then comes the part P certification if required.

So as a boiler installer can you do these checks and certificates when wiring the appliance?

 

[SafeGasInstall]

i haent ever seen spark doing it,has any one ??????????????

 

[Reg Man]

The good ones do. Question? would you install gas pipes with out doing a tightness test? never ever. So the equivalent test in the electrical world is an insulation resitance test.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

yes i know ,but they dont do they ?!!!!!

the ones i see doing it was in big jobs for the cancel ,then they had to do it then !!!

and what i did not get is why always run there cables on,next,over the gas pipes ,cold main,central heating !!!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

The good ones do. Question? would you install gas pipes with out doing a tightness test? never ever. So the equivalent test in the electrical world is an insulation resitance test.

we do we bought a expensive socket and see tester does continuity,insulation resistance,earth impedance,rcd trigger and polarity and its another instrument that needs calibrating annually but all these tests are essential guys they may save your life one day how many of you go to fault a boiler diagnose the pcb,fit a new one and find its still going to flame failure all because you did not do a polarity check first sounds simple? catches more out than they would admit to,or earth impedance loop you are happily chopping trough the plumbing on a boiler change bang your dead theres a fault in the house and the main 13mm earth has been chopped off from the earth rod to be weighed in for scrap but dont worry the electric has found a new earth path........you

 

[SafeGasInstall]

you are very right gas man,when i did induction to join BG they did point this out ! but i did not joint them and did not buy ,now you really got me thinking about it again !!

thank you gas man ,will buy one my self now!

where did you get yours from?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

corgi if i remember right but they were a good price in city electrical