flanajb":xgrviaac said:
I was thinking to myself how so many things these days are regulated. eg
Fit a wood burner == HETAS
Fit a window == FENSA
Fit a gas boiler == Gas Safe
Electrical work == ?
But then I realised that by having all of this regulation keeps people in jobs ?
You can do it yourself, but you have to get building regs involved, which can be as costly as paying a qualified person to do it (one example is our wood burner - building regs wanted £300 to inspect the work if we did it ourselves, plus the £70 for a scaffold tower because it would be me going 28ft up a ladder and I don't really like doing it, though I have a few times)
The plumber who installed our heating system when we renovated our house was an absolute to55er, yet was fully "qualified" - meaning he paid for the course and signed the paperwork. In total he caused around £400 of water damage with 7 leaks, damaged radiators and would have jeopardised the integrity of the house by notching the underside of the floor joists if we hadn't have queried it. Unfortunately money was tight, as you can expect with a complete renovation, and he was the best quote we had so took a chance but then were stung.
Mark
