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MUZ50
Why did you edit my post then closed?
The electrical check list can be freely downloaded from vokera. Actually the whole installation process including gas installation can be done through downloaded manuals. So if anybody wants to do it, there is no point in stopping/censoring them or telling them not to do so, or I told you so. They can decide if they want to kill themselves or not. NOT YOU!
You're following the nanny state and depriving people from knowledge. Are you afraid you're gonna be out of a job? well think twice. Most people including myself would seek a professional gas fitter before they kill themselves.
Unfortunately, there are many cowboys out there doing shoddy jobs that many people now have had enough. Your profession needs an over hall and credibility to make one believe in your work.
Some people choose to fix their own homes and it is their prerogative. The consequences are their own. Nobody should tell them what to do. But we should educate everybody about safety and let them choose, NOT censor them.
When I bough my house the work on my boiler was appalling and still is. Bent shut pipes, redundant pipes, lead to copper pipes, holes here and there, leaking pipes sealed with silicon etc. I am sorry but people should be proud of their work and should do a good job instead of chasing money and ripping off people.
Telling people not to open the boiler cover etc. and scare mongering will alienate this forum. It would be best to try to make people understand their limits by educating them rather than bullying them in accepting your agendas. Yes gas kills, so do cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, fire ....
Some diyers risk their lives to save some bucks but not all diyers should be classed as stupid or amateurs. Educated/knowledgeable diyers know their limits and the safety they should follow and if some stupid diyer kills him/herself that would be their fault not this forum.
This forum should promote education to all not censorship. We have loads of that already. We shouldn't be afraid that some silly diyer is not gonna use our services or may kill themselves. If they do it is their fault. Safety and knowledge to all is the key.
This forum should promote good workmanship and provide genuine references to excellent tradesman that we can all use knowing that the work they provide will follow excellent standards and that we will be proud of and safe.
End of rant.
Muz
The electrical check list can be freely downloaded from vokera. Actually the whole installation process including gas installation can be done through downloaded manuals. So if anybody wants to do it, there is no point in stopping/censoring them or telling them not to do so, or I told you so. They can decide if they want to kill themselves or not. NOT YOU!
You're following the nanny state and depriving people from knowledge. Are you afraid you're gonna be out of a job? well think twice. Most people including myself would seek a professional gas fitter before they kill themselves.
Unfortunately, there are many cowboys out there doing shoddy jobs that many people now have had enough. Your profession needs an over hall and credibility to make one believe in your work.
Some people choose to fix their own homes and it is their prerogative. The consequences are their own. Nobody should tell them what to do. But we should educate everybody about safety and let them choose, NOT censor them.
When I bough my house the work on my boiler was appalling and still is. Bent shut pipes, redundant pipes, lead to copper pipes, holes here and there, leaking pipes sealed with silicon etc. I am sorry but people should be proud of their work and should do a good job instead of chasing money and ripping off people.
Telling people not to open the boiler cover etc. and scare mongering will alienate this forum. It would be best to try to make people understand their limits by educating them rather than bullying them in accepting your agendas. Yes gas kills, so do cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, fire ....
Some diyers risk their lives to save some bucks but not all diyers should be classed as stupid or amateurs. Educated/knowledgeable diyers know their limits and the safety they should follow and if some stupid diyer kills him/herself that would be their fault not this forum.
This forum should promote education to all not censorship. We have loads of that already. We shouldn't be afraid that some silly diyer is not gonna use our services or may kill themselves. If they do it is their fault. Safety and knowledge to all is the key.
This forum should promote good workmanship and provide genuine references to excellent tradesman that we can all use knowing that the work they provide will follow excellent standards and that we will be proud of and safe.
End of rant.
Muz
