Advice needed on capping off a cooker supply.

It's very sad to me the way things are going in our once noble industry.
I agree JJ it does sound like a load of bollocks and there's no way the gas fire will escape one of these checks in the hands of one of these righteous gas-safe course men.

Sounds like the stepsister is going to steer you down this road no matter what so I don't see what you can do if you cap it yourself she's obviously going to report you.

N.B. A plumber of the same age as me who never spent any money and had 30 plus year old gas appliances recently had a smart meter fitted and had his boiler, gas-fire, gas cooker all condemned by the course gas safe meter fitter!
Luckily his pal was still gas registered and came round, he did a bit of hoovering and cleaning and put then gas back on to the condemned items.

Another story, I was once updating a heating system for a mate and 1 had the the boiler drained down (with no water in it) the new smart meter fitter tried to re-light the pilot light and fire the boiler up with no water in it!!
Lucky the ignition was a little temperamental and he failed, but he still slapped unsafe appliance stickers all over it!

Good luck with the cooker JJ and if the stepsister gets her way I wish you even better luck in getting a decent gas safe guy.



 

disgusting JJ but, Its the way its gone now, I paid £2.75 for a coffee in a hospital cafeteria, It probably cost .30p to make, I was gutted but i needed a brew,

Sorry JJ for my rant above, the gas-safe guy is doing it to the letter because once he's touched the gas supply he is then responsible for the entire installation in his eyes if the gas boiler is not serviced to what he believes the correct standard he's not going to take the responsibility of it on.
I do believe testing the water quality of the system radiators is now part of the annual gas service.

I would try another gas-safe guy because this one sends the alarm bells ringing to me.

Try the estate agent they usually have tradesmen on they're list that don't muck them about like the above (they want to sell houses)!



A car MOT tester has the protection if anything happens that the car was safe at the time of testing, however, no such protection for the gas-safe guy the responsibility just passes onto the next gas-safe engineer who touch's the supply.



It's all a big mess up at the moment and the more the suits in charge try to fix it the worst it seems to become.



 

🤠🤠😉😉❤️❤️Some fantastic tips there to extort as much money as possible from elderly customers JJ 👍👍

Of course the cunt is a complete chancer!!
Any GS RGI only needs to test the Gas Carcass prior to removing the Bayonet Valve.
Remove the Bayonet, Plug the pipe & re-test.

Doesn’t need to touch anything else. Of course, if the Jobs Worth finds anything else, he needs to rectify it.

Cheers Dickie. My understanding is that all he has to do is the pressure test, cap the bayonet fitting off, then pressure test the gas again. Boiler certainly doesn’t need a service, perhaps stick his FGA on it ? And he doesn’t need to check the bloody radiators ( probably looking for something else to bump the price up ) As I said before I reckon he’s one of these Course Cowboys, looking to line his pockets with old widows life savings. I’m wondering if he’ll say owt about the windows, roof, garden sheds and greenhouse while he’s there ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
BTW, we had the council out a few weeks ago doing the gas safety check. He did a pressure test, checked that the cooker was chained to the wall ( it is) and stuck his FGA on the boiler. He was in and out in half an hour.  I got the certificate via email within an hour off the council. 

Yeah, probably be extended to include gardens, the driveway, the road outside and your neighbours as well 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think your sister is having her plonker pulled!