Can i service my own boiler if am not gas safe registered

[RoryD]

I can't believe this thread is still active. Please read my contribution carefully. the information is in the regulations.

If you are employed to do gas work you must be registered with the approved body (GSR) and GSR will check that you are competent before you are registered (ACS prooves this)

If you do it for your self you must be competent not registered.

Thanks to all the common sense contibutions, especially Tamz, who bothered to list the requirements directly from the regulations.

Reg Man, I just think fuzzy may be winding everyone up mate, he has to be, no one could argue facts which have been illustrated without realising they are wrong.

 

[fuzzy]

Thought I'd made it clear, the first part of my post referred to competency, you showed that i n your response. The second part of the post referred to that relevent part you want to know about. You can't work on it mate full stop, I'm out of this post it's becoming frustrating. You can tell people but if they won't listen to facts (which cannot, by definition, be argued against), then time is being wasted

Sorry rory but your post does not make it clear and I am sorry to say is incorrect. Your original quote appears to be a mix of the two regs which is misleading for those who do not know.
I'll hopefully clear this up for you. (BTW when you say I cannot work on it I presume you are referring to those not qualified which I am, ACOPs and just done my ACS for the 3rd time). It may help your frustration if you read the regs carefully.
You have quoted were it says that employed or self employed must be of a class of persons approved by the HSE ie. gas safe.

3. - (3) no employer shall allow any of his employees to carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or service pipework and no self-employed person shall carry out any such work, unless the employer or self-employed person, as the case may be, is a member of a class of persons approved for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive for the purposes of this paragraph.(4) .

However that has nothing to do with somebody working on their own boiler for no financial gain. The only rule required for that is that they are competent, you dont have to be registered to be competent.

This is the reg that refers to the OP.

3.—(1) No person shall carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel unless he is competent to do so.

I'm not trying to put you down, but I am worried that people reading these threads may be misled by incorrect information. It is important to the board that incorrect information is cleared up for the readers so they can be informed.

 

[fuzzy]

Reg Man, I just think fuzzy may be winding everyone up mate, he has to be, no one could argue facts which have been illustrated without realising they are wrong.

sorry rory but i think he may have been agreeing with me, Reg Mans quote was referring to employed also, the OP is not and there in lies the difference

 

[RoryD]

Sorry rory but your post does not make it clear and I am sorry to say is incorrect. Your original quote appears to be a mix of the two regs which is misleading for those who do not know.
I'll hopefully clear this up for you. (BTW when you say I cannot work on it I presume you are referring to those not qualified which I am, ACOPs and just done my ACS for the 3rd time). It may help your frustration if you read the regs carefully.
You have quoted were it says that employed or self employed must be of a class of persons approved by the HSE ie. gas safe.

3. - (3) no employer shall allow any of his employees to carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or service pipework and no self-employed person shall carry out any such work, unless the employer or self-employed person, as the case may be, is a member of a class of persons approved for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive for the purposes of this paragraph.(4) .

However that has nothing to do with somebody working on their own boiler for no financial gain. The only rule required for that is that they are competent, you dont have to be registered to be competent.

This is the reg that refers to the OP.

3.—(1) No person shall carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel unless he is competent to do so.

I'm not trying to put you down, but I am worried that people reading these threads may be misled by incorrect information. It is important to the board that incorrect information is cleared up for the readers so they can be informed.

Lol! get outta here you wind up merchant, not biting any more

 

[fuzzy]

Lol! get outta here you wind up merchant, not biting any more

Not intended to make you or anyone else bite, just look at the facts again with a frsh view.

The regs show you can service your own boiler if you are competent and have the relevent competences/skills, no need to be registered for that.

 

[wazzer]

Im bored of this one now

 

[quality]

ok then can I service my own car without being registered .
Yes
Can I change the brakes on my own car
Yes
can I change the brakes on my neighbors 1981 jag without being registered
yes I did it last sunday

another bit of spice

 

[GQuigley67]

im a pervert but im not on the register:disguise:

 

[fuzzy]

Im bored of this one now

if i am bored of something i dont read it let alone post

 

[fuzzy]

Reg Man, I just think fuzzy may be winding everyone up mate, he has to be, no one could argue facts which have been illustrated without realising they are wrong.

I am sorry again Rory but your facts stated that competence meant being registered, I fail to see this quote anywhere, could you please show me where this quote came from or I will be led to believe you created it yourself.

On another point consider this,

A person passes their ACS and has a wealth of expereince, they register and work on gas for 2 years. In year 3 they decide they want to try something else and do not continue with their registration. Two days later their boiler is due for a service, can they do it?