Hello, can you recommend any gas for dummies literature?

[the tamberine]

Hi everyone, this is a great site!!
can anybody recommend any literature can read up on in advance of starting my gas training please? although I have worked with gas with qualified persons, I m worried I will find the course tough going and want to try and prepare myself, is there like a gas for dummies book/bible?? LOL I have incidentally read the section in RDtror, level 3 so have a basic understanding.
Thank you

 

[snowhead]

Gas Regs would be a start,
Free to download;
The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998

OR HERE;
[url]http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l56.pdf

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[kris]

Learning gas is only easy when its done properly when your working along side journeymen whom you can bounce questions off and see things first hand on jobs that match what your reading in your books at home and at college,, It can be done just be reading but alot more brain numbing and without experience hard, good luck but please for your safety dont tamper until fully qualified ,

 

[the tamberine]

Thank you very much for your responses. I work for a reputible company and plan on asking them if i can spend time with our service engineers to try and gain experience. I enjoy what i do and am looking forward to the training but as i said im a bit worried i will struggle to take it in.

 

[Neds]

I found Gas Installation Technology 2nd Edition by R D Treloar gave a good overview of things before starting my gas training.

 

[townfanjon]

Gas Regs would be a start,
Free to download;
The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998

OR HERE;
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l56.pdf

A rivetting in great is that one !

the old viper book is a good one as a rough overview but sometimes lacks a little detail, I am not sure if they are still available though.

 

[townfanjon]

Should say riveting read , LOL .... Bloody I phones

 

[Simon F]

treloar is good reading, the different points are covered in a two page spread with a clear explanation and illustrations.
I like the corgi essential gas safety for a bit of bedtime reading.

CORGIdirect Essential Gas Safety Manual - Domestic - GID1 | CORGIdirect 1



PS - :welcome:to the forum.