Lammy
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How much does it cost to become a qualified plumber and how?
Lammy said:How much does it cost to become a qualified plumber and how?
BarrelofFun said:GNVQs?
Intensive course - £350
http://www.tradeskills4u.co.uk/index.asp?pageID=77
I think anything to do with the boiler, you have to have a Corgi certification and that costs about £2000 per annum, I think.
Ask Turkey or Biscuit........their Dad is a Gas engineer and an Albion Season ticket holder.....he won't rip you off........Lammy said:The reason I am asking is I'm fed up of having my wallet RAPED by them for a job any idiot could do. But because I'm not qualified I'm not allowed by law to do it myself without invalidating my house insurance. All I want to do it replace a sensor on my Boilermate 2000 (avoid at all costs!)
Rangdo said:You want to train to be a heating engineer/gas fitter not a plumber. A standard plumber is not qualified to work on gas appliances.
To become a gas fitter is time consuming and expensive. You have to do all the training such as NVQs/City and Guilds which is a year minimum if you use a fast track programme.
Once you have done this you have to take a 3 day ACS assessment to prove you are competent. You then have to have a number of hours supervised experience in order to get your CORGI registration.
CORGI has to be renewed every year and ACS every 5 years.
Lammy said:The boilermate is not a boiler though, that bit is in the kitchen. The boiler mate simply mixes the water and pumps it around my radiators and tapes. I KNOW the bit that needs replacing (DHW sensor) it cost less than £20. Do I need to be CORGI registered to fit this part? I'll not be touching anything gas?
surrey jim said:Ask John Boy, he's training at the moment in Hove somewhere
Rangdo said:As long as you do not touch any gas installation pipework OR any part of a gas appliance you do not need to be CORGI registered.
For example, you cannot (well should not) touch any gas pipework up to a boiler, the boiler itself, or the boiler flue. However, you can work on the radiators, heating or water pipework, domestic hot water cylinder etc.
bakesy said:Ask Turkey or Biscuit........their Dad is a Gas engineer and an Albion Season ticket holder.....he won't rip you off........