Can you sign off an installation done by a non-GSR plumber?

[Masood]

Hopefully this will put that old chestnut to bed once and for all:

Gas engineer fined after commissioning illegal gas work - Installer OnlineInstaller Online

NO!!!!!

 

[thompsonbrown]

I know a hell of a lot of guys who do do it. Might be worth showing them this. Good post.

 

[bassmonster]

I've been asked many times to commission Boilers, I always decline.

 

[Riley]

I have to say I get probably two or three a week on at least three occasions the same guy has phoned me not realising he had contacted me already. Problem is some idiot will do it I just can't see why it's worth taking the risk If I make a mistake I've only got myself to blame

 

[newcastle phill]

I think the pertinent point is knowingly.
There is a very carefully crafted technical bullitin on this where in certain circumstances (no previous collusion with unregistered installer) it is acceptable and even encouraged to do so.


Their reasoning is they would rather know it was safe than left so....

 

[stevetheplumber]

if there hadnt been a defect on the work i wonder if it would have gone to court im still of the opinion that we all sign of someone elses work every time we do a landlords cert anyone here remove the boiler to check the fixings during a landlords cert? no unless it s your own work then you are declaring it safe when infact you dont know
new build site work is never started and completed by the same people sometimes not even by the same company

 

[stevetheplumber]

thinking about this there should be a category for commisioning systems with a fitted by persons unknown box to tick then gas safe should become involved in the task of tracing them its in the interests of gas safety that rouge installs are inspected

 

[bassmonster]

thinking about this there should be a category for commisioning systems with a fitted by persons unknown box to tick then gas safe should become involved in the task of tracing them its in the interests of gas safety that rouge installs are inspected

A good idea, yet, at the same time I can it will encourage more illegal installs

 

[newcastle phill]

Disagree. Simply a box to inform gas safe to possibly follow up and investigate with customer

 

[Masood]

im still of the opinion that we all sign of someone elses work every time we do a landlords cert

I see where you're coming from but the requirements for commissioning and compliance certificate are much more in-depth than a landlord cert. Obviously it wouldn't be practical to do a full recommission every year, but we take on trust that the commisioning engineer did it right, so we are doing mare "maintenance" checks.