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So is still legal to do the work as long as a sparky gives it the okay?
That's what I did on my last house, cost me 120 quid to get the certificate and a job offer from the electrician that did it!
So is still legal to do the work as long as a sparky gives it the okay?
“Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.”
I'm not sure technically how legal it is to do it that way i.e. do all the electric work as a DIYer and then get someone to certifiy it afterwards, but once you've had it tested and got that certificate then you are all above board. It's that period when you are doing the work and yet to have it tested which is probably a bit dodgy.
Don't quote me on that.
I'm pretty sure you can do what you like apart from the final connection. A ring main on a house is just a bunch of random wires you've spread about, and anyone can buy mains cable. It's not a ring main until it's got electrons in it. Get it tested and connected by a sparky or a plumber in case of a boiler and you're laughing. Rest assured if my boiler ever dies proper, it will be me fitting a new one. I used to be fully qualified, too. I did the 16th edition inspection and test about 2 years before the part p nonsense (and then I only need to register with the council). Then 17th came out, not sure where I stand now.
They're there, in their room.
for gods sake.....if you are worried about doing anything electrical or water/gas....DON'T DO IT.
if you have a bit of a IQ and can work out what to do then go for it, rules are set to give others jobs.
most of us know joe bloggs in the pub that is a plumber that will have a quick look for a few quid on the work done.
its your own house, do what you want in it, insurance never pay out if you make a botch only if a trade make a botch.
what did your mum and dad do years ago when gas safe or anything was not around...if you feel it is not safe...don't touch.
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Originally Posted by jamied
It would have been corgi registered engineers mate, baring in mind that gas pipes were converted from town gas many years ago!
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crist i have fitted about 6 boilers over the past 8 months with no problems and all were tested by my plumber mate after fitting with no remedial work. Dan when was you thinking of tiling..might have something of interest for you.
No point asking your gas safe reg number then eh?..lol.. or the late corgi!.. dnt worry mate av made sure am keeping up the required payments in order to be fitting gas legally and like all the buggers cheating the benefits will be working my arse off to cover the likes of yourself!..lol...
Dnt take that to heart!..just a gripe!
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F**k me..£120 and am charging them out at £60 a pop.. looks like mig will be the new quote maker for me!..lol
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Im not a benefits cheat mate, hate them myself. im just saying i know loads of people that have fitted and plumbed up boilers with no troubles and yes i tell them to get a plumber to check them over
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Yeah that's a good way to think about it actually-very true. Although I even put the tails from the meter into my new consumer unit while they were still live. Don't worry though, I had rubber gloves and thick soled rubber shoes on....oh and I made sure I had one arm held tightly against my side lol. It did concentrate the mind though.
In a moment of madness, I had a plumber come and give a quote for fitting a boiler. He quoted me, and told me where to buy the boiler from, and that when I'd got it, to give him a ring and he fit me in his diary. So I got the boiler, I then had a good look at it, and the fitting instructions and thought "I can do this"! So the next day, I fitted it myself, including drilling for the flue (place had no boiler before, just an immersion heater). Rang the plumber up, who expected me to be asking him to come and fit it, but instead I told him I'd done it and just needed his gas safe man to connect the gas lol. That saved me about £400!
Exactly Ed. I'm lucky in that, as you can see in the pic of my boiler, it's in it's own room, with space all around it. All the pipes to it run from ground level straight up, so even crossing them over if needed would be easy. I did have to modify it when I moved in as it kept cutting out. I discovered the mains cable had a break in it. Someone had used ring main cable, 2.5 squared stuff, and had jammed it in the junction box of the boiler and somehow wired it into a mains plug. Looking in the manual it needs a 3A fuse. One cut up IEC mains lead with a moulded plug later and it all looks nice and neat. I worry the plumber did that, not having a clue about electrics.
They're there, in their room.
Nicely finished job there. Gotta ask why you didn't use some push fit fittings?
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive, anyway.
Well to be honest it didn't enter into my mind. When we first moved in I moved the kitchen sink back to where I think it was when the extension was built. To extend the plumbing to put the sink on the back wall (to overlook the garden) the previous owners had used copper pipe into push fittings. To be fair none of it leaked but I didn't like the look of it, it just looked flimsy. Probably didn't help that it was just draped on the floor under the units I guess. When I re-did it and added two rads I soldered it all and clipped the pipes to the wall. I suppose because it's under the floor in the bathroom and might not be seen for the next 10 years I'd be worried. If it was reachable, like in a cupboard or something, or above the floor, that's different.
They're there, in their room.
I gotta admit i did the whole C/H system in it about 8yrs ago (and fitted my own boiler lmao 'cue the gas safe' (it was copper pipe as per the boiler distance away)) but i used the non-plastic type (copper/brass?) with plastic pipe, was absolutely a cinch. Dont like it above skirting level though so all the rad tails are copper. Bit more expensive in the long run by DIY standards but saved time and effort tbh. When i did the tails from the taps used flexy push fit which got rid of all the bulky fittings you normally see.
Any tip i could probably pass on is dont use the coiled plastic pipe it's a right b*st*rd to work with!
Is the bath panel your own make up or purchased? Need to panel a corner bath in and not quite sure yet how to approach it
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive, anyway.
We bought the bath panel from Wickes. About the same price as anywhere else but vastly better quality.
They're there, in their room.
I have started using the plastic fitting more just for shear ease of use and quickness, ideal for fitting showers that are hidden in the walls as you get a bit of flexible movement with the pipes.
The bathroom i have just finished the customer spent £100 on a bath panel (ekkk) which looks flimsy and basic but because its curved it was more.
Anyway dan...need some more pictures chap..lol
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couped - was 120 quid cos he had to make a second visit, I had not fitted the bonding between the bathroom rad and sink taps.... Sorry....
The trade use push fittings now don't they?
“Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.”
Av certainly used more of the push fittings, although i only use the hep2 which havebeen replaced and now a bulkier fitting available in white, easy to use as long as you push it in fully- which shouldnt be a problem, and if its hep pipe to hep pipe remember a use a sleeve!..
However i wouldnt use this type of stuff on a heating system as the pipe can and sometimes clog up-which results in a repipe of a system or a good powerflush.
"Cnt stop cleaning it!"
If anyone feels he is a smart and highly competent plumber, you can help fix this Mr Plumber guy ( an honest down to earth guy) his cutomer's leaky bath tub:
Leaking Bath Waste : Screwfix Community Forum
these screwfix froums are highly reccomended for those who wants to head that way, i.e mess about about with Gas boilers in the process of learning or training to be a gas safe engineer, we can learn a lot from these from these people's experiences and mistakes and become a proficient safe engineers! ha ha! easy peesy!
my own feeling is that may be he hasn't looked at the tub's inlet overflow fitted at the top of the tub, water can leak from this and run along the sides and down by the trap, and it may seem like the trap is leaking. i wonder if he did eventually sort it out.
Last edited by MSG; 20-02-2011 at 15:54.
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