Household Plumbing

Steve123456789

daivid said:

452 used "shouldn't" which I think is a perfectly reasonable statement. Legally, in a private home, a competent but not necessarily accredited person can do so provided it is not for any gain, is it wise? In almost all circumstances I don't think so - perhaps if someone held a comparable but non-transferable accreditation/qualification or is relatively recently retired and working in their own home.

I want to remove an old gas fire, I know I am capable of disconnecting it and sealing up the pipe. Am I going to? No way, paying someone who is qualified, registered and for which it is their 'bread and butter' is worth whatever ridiculous seeming price they charge (for the simplicity of the job) when a simple mistake could literally blow up my house. I'm happy to take a risk of flooding (water/waste pipes) to save money, but am not going to risk my life (gas/mains electric) and even worse the lives of others.

stragglebod said:

daivid said:

452 used "shouldn't" which I think is a perfectly reasonable statement. Legally, in a private home, a competent but not necessarily accredited person can do so provided it is not for any gain, is it wise? In almost all circumstances I don't think so - perhaps if someone held a comparable but non-transferable accreditation/qualification or is relatively recently retired and working in their own home.

I want to remove an old gas fire, I know I am capable of disconnecting it and sealing up the pipe. Am I going to? No way, paying someone who is qualified, registered and for which it is their 'bread and butter' is worth whatever ridiculous seeming price they charge (for the simplicity of the job) when a simple mistake could literally blow up my house. I'm happy to take a risk of flooding (water/waste pipes) to save money, but am not going to risk my life (gas/mains electric) and even worse the lives of others.

Look at the OP's first comment. He is clearly not competent to do any gas work. Therefore he would be committing an offence. And removing a gas fire involves more than just disconnecting it and sealing up the pipe.

I’m not disconnecting the gas to the fire myself and I never said that I was. I haven’t even considered this. I’m just removing the unit, blocking the flue off and plastering over the hole in the wall - all after the gas man has disconnected it and blocked it off 

markin

Yes its legal to diy right up until the point you kill someone and then the court will use it as evidence that you were not "competent to do so"

stragglebod

Steve123456789 said:

daivid said:

452 used "shouldn't" which I think is a perfectly reasonable statement. Legally, in a private home, a competent but not necessarily accredited person can do so provided it is not for any gain, is it wise? In almost all circumstances I don't think so - perhaps if someone held a comparable but non-transferable accreditation/qualification or is relatively recently retired and working in their own home.

I want to remove an old gas fire, I know I am capable of disconnecting it and sealing up the pipe. Am I going to? No way, paying someone who is qualified, registered and for which it is their 'bread and butter' is worth whatever ridiculous seeming price they charge (for the simplicity of the job) when a simple mistake could literally blow up my house. I'm happy to take a risk of flooding (water/waste pipes) to save money, but am not going to risk my life (gas/mains electric) and even worse the lives of others.

stragglebod said:

daivid said:

452 used "shouldn't" which I think is a perfectly reasonable statement. Legally, in a private home, a competent but not necessarily accredited person can do so provided it is not for any gain, is it wise? In almost all circumstances I don't think so - perhaps if someone held a comparable but non-transferable accreditation/qualification or is relatively recently retired and working in their own home.

I want to remove an old gas fire, I know I am capable of disconnecting it and sealing up the pipe. Am I going to? No way, paying someone who is qualified, registered and for which it is their 'bread and butter' is worth whatever ridiculous seeming price they charge (for the simplicity of the job) when a simple mistake could literally blow up my house. I'm happy to take a risk of flooding (water/waste pipes) to save money, but am not going to risk my life (gas/mains electric) and even worse the lives of others.

Look at the OP's first comment. He is clearly not competent to do any gas work. Therefore he would be committing an offence. And removing a gas fire involves more than just disconnecting it and sealing up the pipe.

I’m not disconnecting the gas to the fire myself and I never said that I was. I haven’t even considered this. I’m just removing the unit, blocking the flue off and plastering over the hole in the wall - all after the gas man has disconnected it and blocked it off 

You first of all said you'd be doing everything except installing the boiler. Then you said you'd do do everything except the gas connection on the boiler. Then you said you wouldn't dream of doing any gas stuff. All the while trying to argue that it is perfectly legal for you to do gas DIY work.

So you're now saying you'll just do the water? I expect your plumber will charge you the same as if they'd done the work themselves, or possibly even more if they need to do remedial work. And if there are any problems with leaks/flow you can guarantee that 'it must be down to the bodge job the customer did with the water' regardless of the actual cause.