[gary71]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rs-prison.html
The link above is the outcome of a boiler related death in the UK.

As a apprentice I was taught to close my eyes and imagine I was in the dock of a coroners court explaining the gas work I had just carried out, it's something I still do today and the paronia keeps me safe.

I have worked in a highly regulated environment which couldn't prevent the deaths i have sadly witnessed, deaths like the one reported above caused by silly avoidable mistakes, the pressure put upon gas installers in to the UK by Gassafe is heavy and causes some new entrants to leave the industry due to the fear of leaving a hazard.

I find there is less fear of gas here sadly, so I would ask anybody who wishes to give it a lash to read the above story, imagine its you in the dock about to lose everything then use that thought the next time you're in to much of hurry to put the gauge on or bridge out a safety device to get you out the door, Gary.

[Billy Bunting]

I was called to a job today on a caravan, it was repaired before easter but no cert on site, woman complaining of stinging eyes, straight away spotted a bucking paint tin had been placed over the flue terminal, obviously not spotted by the smart arsed "engineer" as he simply linked out the spillage stat.

[gary71]

Good stuff, another life saved, imagine if you had been there just to look at the hob and you missed the boiler, that's the scary bit.

[Billy Bunting]

Exactly why you need to go by the book.

[JohnnieK]

Had to put this in.
Came across a company today called "Carbon Monoxide Services". I wonder what kind of levels the are offering

[wing52]

'bout 400 ppm !!!!!!!

[JohnnieK]

Originally Posted by wing52

'bout 400 ppm !!!!!!!

[gary71]

I'm sure their fantastic, highly thought of members of the gas and carbon monoxide community and wouldn't be using a €39 service to generate more expensive call backs, I'm sure every time they use their anylizer the boilers are firing how else could they tick the box for boiler analysed and I'm also very sure if they did diagnose a defective thermostat on a ideal mini another RGI wouldn't have to call to find its actual a burnt out pump nope never happened

[spireland32]

Originally Posted by gary71

I'm sure their fantastic, highly thought of members of the gas and carbon monoxide community and wouldn't be using a €39 service to generate more expensive call backs, I'm sure every time they use their anylizer the boilers are firing how else could they tick the box for boiler analysed and I'm also very sure if they did diagnose a defective thermostat on a ideal mini another RGI wouldn't have to call to find its actual a burnt out pump nope never happened

Jaysus gary you have some stories, always give me a laugh. you could write a book on it! I had on last week one guy change the PCB then another guy changed the pressure switch. Still wouldn't work, I went to it, turned on the boiler didn't even take the cover off, just listened. Fan stuck. Off with the cover yup stuck soild. New fan. It's getting worse out there

[sbkenn]

A friend of mine had his parents killed the very first time they used their RGI installed fire. The guy had left the flue partially blocked.

[sbkenn]

Sorry for the repeat !

[JohnnieK]

Originally Posted by sbkenn

A friend of mine had his parents killed the very first time they used their RGI installed fire. The guy had left the flue partially blocked.

When did this happen?? Don't remember it in the news!

[Billy Bunting]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ie-Heaton.html

[Saoirsef]

Not always a guarantee even with the rgii website list unfortunately. I searched the website for someone in my area, all I needed was a safety check. Costs around 79euro and a cert 3, which is about 30euro. Found a guy and he called over. After all his bellyaching about how old my property was- not that old by the way, just was not lived in for a few years- his quote was around the 3000 mark, for moving the system, new boiler, the works. He was trying to talk me into getting some grant and basically handing it over to him to do all this work.

For all this talk, did he bring a tool into my home or a safety check booklet or a cert booklet-nope! He did not even inspect anything he looked from a distance, he mostly talked. He saw a girl who didn't have a clue and was taking the piss. He wouldn't even listen to me, I could not wait to see the back of him. Nearly cried that day, I thought I would never get the gas heating turned on!

I went through my energy company in the end and they are sorting it for me through a company of rgii resgistered gas installers in the city.

[JohnnieK]

Originally Posted by Saoirsef

Not always a guarantee even with the rgii website list unfortunately. I searched the website for someone in my area, all I needed was a safety check. Costs around 79euro and a cert 3, which is about 30euro. Found a guy and he called over. After all his bellyaching about how old my property was- not that old by the way, just was not lived in for a few years- his quote was around the 3000 mark, for moving the system, new boiler, the works. He was trying to talk me into getting some grant and basically handing it over to him to do all this work.

For all this talk, did he bring a tool into my home or a safety check booklet or a cert booklet-nope! He did not even inspect anything he looked from a distance, he mostly talked. He saw a girl who didn't have a clue and was taking the piss. He wouldn't even listen to me, I could not wait to see the back of him. Nearly cried that day, I thought I would never get the gas heating turned on!

I went through my energy company in the end and they are sorting it for me through a company of rgii resgistered gas installers in the city.

You would be doing all of us here a favour if you reported this installer to rgii. Nothing would probably happen but at least it would me logged.

A safety check is a procedure that doesn't involve an opinion on your well earned property.