I know they need to be Corgi registered. Can anyone recommend someone cheap to me please?!
Thankyou
Ju

None of them are cheap. A good one I've used is Failsafe Heating at Mosboro - if you're on south eastern side of city. They are very well qualified and pleasant. Phone 248 9782.

Hiya
I'm central, well S3 which is citycentre. How much is the Mosboro one anyway?
cheers
Ju :)

You'll have to ring them and get a quote - they won't mind.

I did my own because the cooker came a week before Christmas and there was no way i was going to get a gas fitter at that time of year.
When the annual safety check came round, i explained that i had done it myself. He had a quick look, told me fit a chain and signed it as safe.

Originally posted by Hoople
I know they need to be Corgi registered. Can anyone recommend someone cheap to me please?!
Thankyou
Ju

my cousin does this type of work pm me if you want his number,he always says if a jobsworth doin a jobsworth doin properly:thumbsup:

Originally posted by vidster
I did my own

I wouldn't recommend that to someone who doesn't know what they're doing! And, isn't it against the law? :nono:

depends if its just a bayonet fitting, its pretty straight forward, if you need a bit of adaptor work then I'd get a corgi tradesman.

if in any doubt its worth a couple of quid to make sure its safe!

Originally posted by Andy
I wouldn't recommend that to someone who doesn't know what they're doing! And, isn't it against the law? :nono:

I only had to screw the pipe on with a bit of PTFE tape on the threads.
I could do with a gas fitter coming round to shorten my gas pipe by an inch or so because it's stopping the cooker going all the way back to the wall.
I'm not paying £50+ for an inch of pipe taking off though :suspect:

I needed to replace a thermocouple in my gas fire a couple of years ago which is a pretty simple job really but should have been done by Corgi tradesman. Anyhow I did it myself and then "thought I could smell gas" so called the leaks line. They came out and checked the system for leaks and surprisingly found it OK.

Originally posted by vidster
I only had to screw the pipe on with a bit of PTFE tape on the threads.
I could do with a gas fitter coming round to shorten my gas pipe by an inch or so because it's stopping the cooker going all the way back to the wall.
I'm not paying £50+ for an inch of pipe taking off though :suspect:

You are supposed to use proper gas tape not ordinary ptfe.

Who do I get?

I do it myself. Doesn't everyone else ?

Originally posted by waldershelf
You are supposed to use proper gas tape not ordinary ptfe.

It was proper gas PTFE tape :wink:

Hoople, Do you have house insurance ?????.
I would think that if you had an incident with the house
BLOWING UP due to a gas leak, the insurance company would
Investigate to find out if a qualified gas fitter had made the
gas pipe connection.
What's happened to the East Midlands Gas Board ????.
everyone used to phone for them to deal with gas appliance
connections.

Always, always, always get it fitted properly. I've just bought a new fire cos the old was ancient and came with the house and I just didn't like it. It also smelt dodgy even though the carbon monoxide disc cardy thingy I've got didn't respond to it. It seems that whoever fitted it had done it illegally as there is no flue for the fumes to escape and it should never have been fitted in the first place!!!! I could have been poisoned. Just get the right person to do it, for your own safety.

Originally posted by Andy
I wouldn't recommend that to someone who doesn't know what they're doing! And, isn't it against the law? :nono:

You're allowed to do DIY work on gas if you are 'competent' so you don't have to be CORGI registered. Obviously the only real way you can prove you are competent is by having the relevant qualifications.

Originally posted by fnkysknky
You're allowed to do DIY work on gas if you are 'competent' so you don't have to be CORGI registered. Obviously the only real way you can prove you are competent is by having the relevant qualifications.

You can also prove that you are 'compedent' by striking a match after you're done, if your eyebrows are still intact........ job well done !