Corgi Registered check over

bluep

Last year, my husband fitted a new boiler into our house (he is experienced at plumbing just not corgi-reg) and my uncle who is a proper plumber checked it over and said it was fine. Unfortunately however, he didn't sign the paperwork and very soon after got ill from cancer and has now died (it was obviously the last thing on our minds to bother him with certifying our boiler).

So now we have a boiler which is safe and usable but no corgi registration - I'm worried that it might invalidate our house insurance (or would this only be the case if there was a problem caused by the boiler?) How much do you think a local plumber will charge to do an inspection and certify it? We live in the Peak district so no high area prices here, I just don't want to get ripped off!

Thanks

silvercar

why not ask british Gas for service care cover? they will do an inspection first and leave you with documentation to show if the heating system meets their standards for care cover, they also tell you if any other changes are nneded to meet best practice.

greyteam1959

Bluep......you need a Corgi registered gas fitter to provide the correct paperwork not a plumber.
Ring you local guy and ask him how much he will charge to certify the boiler.
Would have thought 1 hours time £40 - £50 incl VAT max

bluep

Sorry Mervyn, I meant a corgi-registered plumber - as was my uncle. Thanks for the estimate - gives me something to go on. I didn't want to get quotes and find they were nearly as expensive as what it would cost to fit the whole thing!

andrewmoorcroft

bluep wrote:

Sorry Mervyn, I meant a corgi-registered plumber - as was my uncle. Thanks for the estimate - gives me something to go on. I didn't want to get quotes and find they were nearly as expensive as what it would cost to fit the whole thing!

Still not sure you've got it. There is a difference between a gas fitter and a plumber (probably about £10K per year - lol!)
You need a corgi GAS man not a corgi plumber!!!!!!!!
£50 sounds good.
In the nicest possible way, if the person you ring thinks your stupid and haven't got a clue they are more likely to put up the price, so its best if you use the correct terminolgy.

bluep

Sorry - all of the corgi-registered "tradesmen" I knew in London WERE plumbers and were ALSO trained to fit gas appliances.

Thanks for the helpful comments, and don't worry, despite being capable of sounding other than stupid on the phone, I'm going to get my husband to call round anyway as men usually get lower quotes for building work than women!

EliteHeat

Since April 1st 2005 all boilers installed in England must be high efficiency and all gas work must be notified to both Corgi and Building Controls.

It is not legal or appropriate for any Corgi registered person to notify someone elses work.

Your household insurance will almost certainly be invalidated if it is deemed that the person who fitted the boiler was not competent. Your husband cannot deem himself competent.

Your only valid course of action at this point is to try and get the local building controls officer to inspect the work. I am not sure how successful you might be with this, but theoretically it is possible.

The advice you have received so far is wrong, the suggested costs are ridiculous and if any RGI went along with the suggested plan, they would be committing a crime.

cargo

OMG Eliteheat I am sat here scared to death ater reading your post.
I have been working along side a corgi reg'd fitter this week and in passing conversation he happened to mention that in his trade magazine this month there were some stats quoting that there were x amount of combi boilers purchased last year and only about a third were ever notified.
So I guess there is a huge problem out there.
Like I said only quoting a conservation.You my have read the article.