Can i fit my own gas cooker or is it illegal?

casper_gutman

prowla said:

plumb1_2 said:

Ectophile said:

Not true, if it's your own appliance in your own home.  But you need to be competent to do the work.  Exactly what "competent" is isn't defined in the law.  Any work will have to be compliant with the https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/contents/made  Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (as amended).

You need to be Gas Safe registered if working on someone else's gas appliances, either as an employee or as a self-employed fitter.

True and proving your Competent  to your insurance company is another matter.
Thats why I won’t encourage people to carry out any form of gas work.

It's "proving you're competetent", BTW.

Well, it could also be "proving your competence"....

Ectophile

bris said:

prowla said:

plumb1_2 said:

Ectophile said:

Not true, if it's your own appliance in your own home.  But you need to be competent to do the work.  Exactly what "competent" is isn't defined in the law.  Any work will have to be compliant with the https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/contents/made  Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (as amended).

You need to be Gas Safe registered if working on someone else's gas appliances, either as an employee or as a self-employed fitter.

True and proving your Competent  to your insurance company is another matter.
Thats why I won’t encourage people to carry out any form of gas work.

It's "proving you're competetent", BTW.

Rubbish, your not competent unless the gas safe register tell you you are.

There's more to installing a gas cooker than just plugging it in.

You need to commission it to, are you competent enough to commission it? 

Do you have the equipment to commission it, did you even know it needed commissioning?

There's nothing in the law to say that.

Consider a retired gas fitter who has allowed their registration to lapse. Are they suddenly incompetent?

plumb1_2

Ectophile said:

bris said:

prowla said:

plumb1_2 said:

Ectophile said:

Not true, if it's your own appliance in your own home.  But you need to be competent to do the work.  Exactly what "competent" is isn't defined in the law.  Any work will have to be compliant with the https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/contents/made  Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (as amended).

You need to be Gas Safe registered if working on someone else's gas appliances, either as an employee or as a self-employed fitter.

True and proving your Competent  to your insurance company is another matter.
Thats why I won’t encourage people to carry out any form of gas work.

It's "proving you're competetent", BTW.

Rubbish, your not competent unless the gas safe register tell you you are.

There's more to installing a gas cooker than just plugging it in.

You need to commission it to, are you competent enough to commission it? 

Do you have the equipment to commission it, did you even know it needed commissioning?

There's nothing in the law to say that.

Consider a retired gas fitter who has allowed their registration to lapse. Are they suddenly incompetent?

I fall into that category, but I am also aware the gas regs change and get amended.
Also gas testers need calibration on a regular basis, does the general public know how to commission/test,  know the updated regs, because I don’t. So I wont offer advice .
Also if joe bloggs house explodes/ burns down he can kiss his insurance good bye. And most probably not the able to get affordable cover again for many years.