Corgi registered - what a joke!

plumb1_2

Alan_M wrote:

There is an inherent problem in many of the regulating bodies we have in all areas of the construction industry. Corgi is a prime example.

I personally feel there is a huge conflict of interest in a company that is a regulating body, but is also responsible for the certification of it's members.
If it choses not to certify, it has no income, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out they don't have much insentive to fail their own members.

Thats why last year the management wanted to buy out Corgi
VAST PROFITS TO BE MADE, AND ARE MADE BY CORGI

andrewmoorcroft

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Anyone carrying out work on gas appliances or fittings as part of their business must be competent and registered with CORGI.

I read this also and i'm not sure why it says they have to be competent. I assumed that you had to be competent to get CORGI registered and never realised that CORGI register incompetent engineers also!

I've found various scare tactics on the CORGI site but I can't find anything that states that you are not legally allowed to do your own installation for your own use! Can anyone find the paragraph that legally prohibits safe DIYers?

bestyman

I packed in CORGI many years ago after many years of putting up with its nonsense. Some plumbers ( sorry they like to be called engineers) buy corgi t shirts and signs for the van , happily advertising the fact that they dont mind paying corgi to be told what to do . I expect it makes them feel important .

There are many reasons why corgi does not work ;
Before corgi there were the good guys and the bodgers. After corgi there are the good guys who joined corgi and the bodgers who didnt. Then of course there are the good guys who didnt join. My point is that the cowboys simply choose to ignore corgi.

Corgi relates to gas safety only . A corgi engineer could turn up 2 weeks late, charge £10,000 , run the pipes across the living room wall ans nick your dvd on the way out and corgi couldnt do a thing as long as the job was safe.

Large DIY sheds that sell to DIYers, as far as Im aware ( last in corgi 5 years ago ) a DIYer can fit a gas fire in his home if he is competent ( competent??) then move out and sell the house a week later .

Its a fact that most gas related poisionings/ fires are from appliances that have been neglected and not inspected by anybody for years. Any new appliance is very unlikely to be a problem due to the number of failsafes built in . My point is that new instalations are not the main problem.

When I was in corgi I used to choose which jobs to show the inspector - what a joke.

Lastly, Many customers dont care about corgi. When Im doing plumbing work many ask for cookers connecting etc and I say sorry no Corgi. Most say well just do it and I ll pay you cash. Point is customers ( well some) just want to save a few quid.

Back to the OP. A gas pipe does not become a gas pipe untill it has gas in it so it is often argued that the final conection could be left to the corgi guy to connect and then check the job.( although i dare say corgi would disagree). No different from a mechanic doing work on your car and then having an MOT tester certify it in my book.

Bestyman

kaya

When i was registered the rules were that i cannot work on any gas appliance for reward unless i was corgi registered, i was deemed competent and had taken the exams . I would be straight on the phone to corgi and report the offending company, not because i doubted the fitters competance, but for all you know he could be a complete idiot, but due to the fact the installation has not been checked by a competant person yet you have been charged for a corgi registered fitter, gas can be seriously dangerous stuff and im quite fond of my house and family..........

davsidipp

you have to pay every year to belong to corgi.whats stopping a plumber getting two jobs sub them out to a corgi registered plumber get them inspected by corgi.and away you go registered for a year

BobProperty

andrewmoorcroft wrote:

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Anyone carrying out work on gas appliances or fittings as part of their business must be competent and registered with CORGI.

I read this also and i'm not sure why it says they have to be competent. I assumed that you had to be competent to get CORGI registered and never realised that CORGI register incompetent engineers also!

I've found various scare tactics on the CORGI site but I can't find anything that states that you are not legally allowed to do your own installation for your own use! Can anyone find the paragraph that legally prohibits safe DIYers?

You can DIY gas on your own house. You have to be competent. The problem is that your competence will never be tested unless something goes wrong, at which point, because it went wrong, you are obviously not competent. (and if you do some damage don't expect your insurer to cover you)

Skiduck

I don't think scrimping on electrical or gas installations is worth anyone's life.
The experts are fully trained - fully insured and fully competent (well, most of them).
So, think carefully before saving money and doing anything that needs a level of competence and could be dangerous, unless you are saving for a funeral.