Selling House, No Corgi cert for boiler!

silvercar

When we bought our house the sellers supplied the building regs sign off certificate and a landlord gas safety check. That was all they had. I thought it a bit strange that they had the landlord cert as the place had never been let, but it did show that the boiler was safe.

When we moved in we found that the hot water wasn't reaching the en-suite. Not really knowing who to present this problem to, I phoned the boiler manufacturer who told me that they had no record of the boiler being installed. From the date of manufacture they accepted that the boiler had to be less than 2 years old and really shouldn't developed this fault. To cut a long story short they agreed to send their engineers to repair this fault if I took out boiler cover with them. So,

a) they accepted covering the boiler, knowing that its installation hadn't been registered.

b) when they came out, they said it had been installed correctly, even if the installation wasn't registered.

So these things happen, people still buy houses, life continues.

Davesnave

Likewise, when I was renovating a place in 2006, my BIL stuck a manometer on the gas supply just to check all was well....and it wasn't. There was a small leak somewhere under the property. This place had had a new Corgi fitted boiler in 2002, but of course the fault could've developed anytime, though I'm willing to bet it was there when Costains built the place in 1986!

Anyway, we just put in a new pipe, rather than faff around.

poppysarah

domcastro wrote: »

Yes I know - I knowingly broke the law to save me money. I was the only person living in the house so only risked my own life

Actually you only have to be competant. But you never just risk your own life unless you live in the middle of a field and never have any visitors.

Pssst

Yes this is yet another money making scam. Just get someone who is CORGI regd to certify it. I wouldnt bat an eyelid at buying a house with an unregistered boiler install as long as it had been done to the required standard.

tesuhoha

I wouldn't call Corgi a moneymaking scam. Their regulations are very strict and quite rightly so. Its all about safety.

scousethife

tesuhoha wrote: »

I wouldn't call Corgi a moneymaking scam. Their regulations are very strict and quite rightly so. Its all about safety.

Yeah course it is!

Just like FENSA is all about safety.

Anyone know anyone who died of a draughty window?

Any rules brought in by this government are all about tax! Hidden under the cover of safety.

Pssst

tesuhoha wrote: »

I wouldn't call Corgi a moneymaking scam. Their regulations are very strict and quite rightly so. Its all about safety.

True CORGI started out as a body which had good practice and safety as its core values. That was when it was set up and funded by the mighty British Gas Corporation (now defunct-tell sid). Since then it has had to stand on its own two feet and generate its own income,hence the reason why they have become just a rubber stamping /money making organisation hiding under the cloak of safety. If you really want to know of a professional body which up holds the highest standards in Gas engineering practice then may i refer you to

http://www.igem.org.uk/

To become a member of Igem,you have to have real qualifications and experience and not just a bit of paper and a few hundred quid. In saying that, IGE have lowered the barrier slightly too but they are still THE professional organisation for gas engineers.

Gather

domcastro wrote: »

I just took out a £35 indemnity insurance for the boiler.

I need one of these insurance policies. Where did you get one for £35?