Gas safe inspection in 40 mins!

[southcoastboile]

realy, I thought it was compulsary to show fga on inspection? I was going to ask my mate if i could service his glowworm ultimate which I know has a small drop, 1mbar i think, no smell of gas. mabee my boiler at home, think I should probably take it apart and have a look at it before he comes round though, I moved 6 mnths ago and have never taken the case off. To be fair, I have never worked on the boiler I have at home, period.

 

[Mike Jackson]

Don't go near an installation that you know has a drop. Early Ultimates have a nasty habit of the gas valve letting by to pilot which is a failure of the FFD. I used to service an estate with 62 of them and I could guarantee changing gas valves every year on 3 or 4.

 

[southcoastboile]

I read another thread were someone had a gs inspection with a higher drop than that and as it was within permissable drop the inspector apparantly said it was ok, i can always do a drop test, iscolate appliances and then test gas valve for letby i spose, if it is gv my mate is insured with bg so they could change it for nothing, they actuly serviced it about a month ago. If i remember 1mbar drop is on pipework.

 

[CMairiD]

And if the 1mbar drop is on the pipework, what are you going to do? Better yet, if it was on the pipework and BG knew this then what should they have done?

 

[southcoastboile]

You are allowed a 2mbar drop on pipework with applainces disconnected, 4mbar with appliances connected, as long as no smell of gas. no drop on new installations. I will always investigate no matter what the drop. I think you are about to disagree with me though as I read one of your earlier posts that said you are not allowed any drop?

 

[armourer]

And if the 1mbar drop is on the pipework, what are you going to do? Better yet, if it was on the pipework and BG knew this then what should they have done?

Tell you it will be 400 quid for a power flush and that's not covered. :reddevil:

 

[CMairiD]

Yeah, 'fraid I am gonna disagree.

You are allowed a 2mbar drop on pipework with applainces disconnected,

With appliances isolated, you are testing just pipework. With pipework, new or existing, there is no permissible drop allowed.

4mbar with appliances connected, as long as no smell of gas.

4mbar, yes, on a U6 or G4 with pipework <=28mm. What's the permissible on E6 or U16 on 28mm? I got asked that question on my inspection.

no drop on new installations.

Spot on!

If you are going to a place with a known drop, would be worth knowing where that drop is in advance and what the regulations require you to do in that situation.

 

[Mike Jackson]

And I'm going to agree with that disagreement.

1mb on pipework with no appliances connected is ID. You'd best have a read up of IGE UP1B.

 

[southcoastboile]

ok i stand to be corrected, cheers guys

 

[GQuigley67]

i will also disagree with your statement, i would suggest you read up on your books before your inspection as these are the types of questions you will be asked

 

[southcoastboile]

Got through my 1st inspection today, said he was happy, bloke was well sound

 

[Barry98]

Got through my 1st inspection today, said he was happy, bloke was well sound

well done dude .

 

[kirkgas]

ive got my inspection on the 29th, not looking forward to it 1 bit, thought id be clever and pay for it via internet on xmass eve, that way there system might not clock that i needed an inspection due to a backlog when they all went back in Jan but no such luck lol

you are making too much out of an inspection, nice and simple and a couple of questions to answer yourself "do you do a good job on a daily basis and do you know what you are doing" if yes and yes then your inspection will be a breeze, dont even attempt to pull the wool over the guys eyes he will be able to tell in the first 15min chat whether you are a can or a cant, just be totally honest and straight and he will soon see you know what you are talking about, and he wont be impressed with your attempt to hoodwink them into missing the inspection as his first thought will be you know you are weak and may get yourself into bother, get the kitkats in, and the kettle on, every inspection i have ever been involved in was a doddle, and with bigger companies they come into head office and spend 2-2.5 days with you going through 1.5 days paperwork on method statements, RIDDORS, procedures, inhouse training etc etc, chill out and you will be fine

 

[Barry98]

i think its more of a case of the unknown on your first visit

 

[kirkgas]

You are allowed a 2mbar drop on pipework with applainces disconnected, 4mbar with appliances connected, as long as no smell of gas. no drop on new installations. I will always investigate no matter what the drop. I think you are about to disagree with me though as I read one of your earlier posts that said you are not allowed any drop?

you are going to need more than kitkats to get through an inspection

 

[CMairiD]

Got through my 1st inspection today, said he was happy, bloke was well sound

Well done you. Did he ask you about permissible drops?

 

[southcoastboile]

No lol, but I know the answers now, since you said about no drop on existing pipework I made sure I read up. :tounge_smile:

 

[CMairiD]

Then ditto well done you.