Hi as a retired marine engineer who for last 20yrs on land as a boiler engineer mainly commercial boilers I do get a bit annoyed at people complaining about certified gas/oil boiler engineers who every five years have to take time off from earning money (2weeks)and pay approx 3 to 5k to get tickets as well as buying and yearly calibration of analyzers and other testing equipment .yet never complain about. say solicitors who charge you a fortune for work that is usually done by a clerk in the office then signed off by solicitor.As for uncertified work carried out on gas thank God it is now a criminal offense to do ,as I could give you hundreds of examples of of death and destruction caused by unqualified experts.just saying.
I’m a retired marine engineer too. I won’t touch gas pipes and their connections but anything to do with water and oil I will definitely do, also all small conductor electricity jobs if I have the time, but I don’t possess the tools for the larger stuff.
I once had a BG “boiler engineer” tell me my boiler had to be repositioned due to the proximity of a window to the flue. I checked the regs and he was wrong, I’m convinced that BG fitters were incentivised to find (create) work at one time.
