fitting fsd to old gas cooker

[tritonofnor]

Have a mate with a rather nice old motor sailor which includes an old but very serviceable domestic type gas cooker. However, this cooker does not include flame failure devices. He is reluctant to put a new cooker in the slot and would much prefer to fit a pilot light or flame failure device of some sort to his old cooker. Is this possible - I know such devices are available from companies such as BES - how would we go about fitting this to his cooker? subject to checking by someone with the relevant (CORGI?) qualifications of course.

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[sailorman]

we have corgi regd plumbers @ work who cant even keep WATER in the pipes .
so much for regulations

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[VicMallows]

Our morning presenter on local BBC radio had a real go at British Gas (though probably sub-contractors) a few days ago for leaving his boiler non-functioning and with a gas leak after an annual 'service'.!! Personally I would not let anyone near my boiler .. I value my life. I'm sure though that it'll soon become 'compulsory'...........just like the fact that as a Chartered Electrical Engineer I probably soon won't be allowed to work on my own domestic wiring! (but can design it for a huge factory).

Sorry, off soapbox now.

Vic

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[sailorman]

Hi Vic
nothing wrong with soap-boxs, my ole Grand-dad told me about em, whilst sitting on his knee.
we seem to now have a "hypersenative" culture & need to "blame" someone else for everything.
not many of us put-up a hand & say "Fair-Cop- Gov" i done it! ita always someone else

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[Joe]

Unless the "corgi" registered tech has been trained to fit LPG devices he wont have any real clue as to what he is looking at on a boat.
They have to do another special course to do this.
Boat Corgi fitters are very rare indeed as it is not worth the yearly fees to register and pay Corgi just on the amount of boat work that they get.
Its a racket.
I have been fitting gas systems in boats for over twenty years with no problems but i would not be accepted by Corgi unless i pay them loads of money for the relavent courses to get them to show me what i allready know and then pay them each year again to put a sticker on my van.
Joe

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[poter]

Joe I agree,
The same thing applies to the gas engineers that were working for the old British Gas. They now work for Subs like TRANSCO and the company hold the CORGI registration.

The point is, a pipe is a pipe & a boiler is a boiler .... it only needs a specialist gas fitter when you put gas into it. It is really all a mugs game, again like all the other petty regulations that we are now getting, not only in the building trade but in all walks off life. A Corgi boat engineer is a very rare beast and will charge, quite rightly, a small fortune.

Going back to the original post, it is not a requirment to have a ffd on an existing cooker check the Calor Gas site.
If the cooker is in need of parts they can usually supply them, I have just done this to an old Vanessa cooker very successfully, at about 15% of the cost of a new cooker.

poter.

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[chriscallender]

"Boat Corgi fitters are very rare indeed as it is not worth the yearly fees to register and pay Corgi just on the amount of boat work that they get."


I think this is not likely to continue to be the case as insurers are demanding that gas work is done by someone with the professional qualifications. So in the future there will be no DIY gas, plenty of boat work, and once a few of the regular corgi fitters realise the rules of the leisure marine industry (charge 4x as much, no rush for work to be done) they might well consider getting the extra qualification. Insurers and legislation will ensure that plenty of work comes their way.

You might want to look on getting the CORGI qualification and the stickers for your van as an lucrative investment if it all goes the way I think it will!!!

Chris

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