Corgi registered or not..?

[Gnube]

Blimey, they'll be doing "next day before 10:00 a.m." next! ;O)

Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}

[Andy Hall]

Well.....

Look at the court service web site. There is now an on-line route to having your dispute.

Since so many cases are of a very similar structure, why not?

In case you were wondering, yes, the Americans have already called it E-justice.

.andy

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[Owain]

"Andy Hall" wrote | I suppose that one could go as far as to issue a claim for loss of | rent for having lost a potential tenant - whether that would stand up, | I don't know.

IANAL but I think it would have a good chance. It is an actual, quantifiable, loss of income suffered (rather than a salaried person's loss of time, which as you say the lower courts are reluctant to award). Moreover as the fitter was, presumably, explicitly asked for a Landlord's Safety Certificate, he would have been aware that the OP was intending to rent out the property, and this loss would therefore be Reasonably Foreseable.

Owain

[Dave Plowman]

Doesn't say much for their standards if he doesn't know about pipe fitting.

[Ed Sirett]

This fitter seems to be scrupulously honest i.e that he has pipe-work and boiler certification but not cookers and hobs.

[Dave Plowman]

I'd love to know what is so special about fitting a cooker or hob that it requires special certification?

When the electrical one comes in will the same thing apply to fitting a

40 or 60 watt lamp?

[Ed Sirett]

Frankly the appliance aspects of gas fitting is an expensive but necessary additional cost to becoming certified.

Something like 75% of the whole subject is covered in the 'core curriculum' which is shown as 'pipe work' on the back of the CORGI card. Then each additional appliance group has a few extras to add to the curriculum.

In the case of cookers this would be mostly in the area of [1] Regulations concerning the use of bayonet fittings and flexible hoses. [2] Stability devices.

All the controls, regulators etc. are covered in the core.

[Tony]

I am a CORGI registered engineer,

so I think I should clear up a few points,

If the bloke who did the work was previously CORGI registered with hi old firm , he would have a card , when he left that firm it would b very easy for him to show his old card , if you look on the card abov his name it will tell you the company name linked to the CORGI number if he no longer works for that company , then he is no longer CORG registered .

There are lots of modules which you need to carry out different type of work . The first module is listed on the back of the CORGI card a pipework , this is the minimum qualification to be a gas engineer when this runs out all other modules are void , with this module th engineer can carry out a landlords saftey check , he can also instal pipework , but he cannot comision , repair or service any appliances .

The installer who fitted the boiler but would not work on the cooke was correct , he would need a seperate module to install a cooker o hob .

here is a list of the different modules for domestic natural gas ,

Pipework Cookers Fires Water Heaters Central Heating Warm Air Tumble Dryers Leisure Equipment Meters

So you can see that someone may have the central heating module but no the cookers module .

Personally I think you should ask CORGI to come and inspect any wor that you are not happy with , I'm pretty sure it wont cost you anythin , and they will prosecute anyone for unsafe work or working withou registration

-- Tony

[Paul Barker]

Hi I'm also Corgi Registered, but I thought to do a Landlord check on fire for instance that you would need fires on your registration. I hav all apliances on mine, I certainly wouldn't want to say a fire was saf for a tenant who we are there to protect from harm if I didn't have th specific training and experience. Only today I had to cap off a ga supply rather than pass a fire. The chimney needs a lot of work, unti that's done no fire. Had I not had fires on my registration and I' just done a spillage test it would have passed

-- Paul Barker