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ChrisF
22-03-2009, 08:02 PM
Bit of a boring thread really, but did anyone else know that CORGI is becoming defunct as of end of March (this year!) and you shouldn't let anyone with CORGI credentials work on your gas bits afterwards. The new scheme is called Gas Safe. I'm quite shocked it's not been advertised more!
prinnysquad
22-03-2009, 08:06 PM
How odd. Have CORGI suddenly been flooded with disreputable scammers?
Spatial
22-03-2009, 08:06 PM
Yes I did know (sad really).

It's being run by a group called Capita and all gas fitters need to re-register. In essence nothing will change, I've seen some right dodgy works done by Corgi approved engineers.
prinnysquad
22-03-2009, 08:08 PM
Yes I did (sad I know).

It's being run by a group called Capita and all gas fitters need to re-register.

Ugh Crapita. I cursory glance at any issue of Private Eye over the last 100 years will reveal that this company is utterly, cretinously, piss-poor.
Spatial
22-03-2009, 08:11 PM
Yep, it was tendered out on the basis of `efficiency`. In other words, they were cheaper than Corgi.
prinnysquad
22-03-2009, 08:14 PM
Cheap crap! I'll be doing my gas repairs/fitting myself, at least I won't get ripped off, and if I blow up, at least it'll be by my own hand :)
Spatial
22-03-2009, 08:27 PM
*rolls up sleeves*

Right then, let's see what we've got her...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01211/oldham-gas_1211733c.jpg
prinnysquad
22-03-2009, 08:31 PM
lollers.

The irony is, now my 360 is bust, I may just try some DIY...

Don't worry, I'll rescue your shit games!
importaku
22-03-2009, 11:40 PM
*rolls up sleeves*

Right then, let's see what we've got her...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01211/oldham-gas_1211733c.jpg

On the bright side least the sattelite dish is still there :lol:
funkydan
23-03-2009, 09:01 AM
House fires are no laughing matter, not by ANY stretch of the imagination! :(
NemesiS
23-03-2009, 10:15 AM
I bet its because of all the fast-track courses that now train plumbers to Corgi registered in 6 months.

How the hell can you expect a plumber who has fast tracked trained in 6-12 months to have any idea of what he's gonna be doing on a Gas central heating system :(

I think that would be one trade you really do need a few years working experience before being allowed near a gas boiler.
Extra Terrestrial
23-03-2009, 10:22 AM
I think that would be one trade you really do need a few years working experience before being allowed near a gas boiler.

My Uncle's best friend spent three and a half years learning and training in regards to inspecting, fixing and replacing gas boilers (as well as other aspects of the job) before he even went anywhere near somebody else's gas or boiler supply.

:)

Funky Dan, please don't tell me that your - current or previous - house has been on fire?
funkydan
23-03-2009, 10:44 AM
Funky Dan, please don't tell me that your - current or previous - house has been on fire?

No, not mine, but I lost my brother and one of his daughters (aged 5) in a house fire in 2001.
Extra Terrestrial
23-03-2009, 10:46 AM
No, not mine, but I lost my brother and one of his daughters (aged 5) in a house fire in 2001.

:(

I wish I kept my mouth shut.
funkydan
23-03-2009, 10:57 AM
It's ok mate, I just didn't expect to see that pic on the first page of this thread and it caught me off guard.