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NCS Group (also known as NCS Pte Ltd or "NCS", previously known as National Computer Systems) is a multinational information technology and communications engineering company headquartered in Singapore. NCS has over 9,600 staff located in more than 10 countries across Asia Pacific.

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    At Risk old Ncs

    Hi All some advise please Conducting a landlords cert in a flat. There is no AECV fitted and the meter is further away thn 6m behind a locked door. All tenants have a key for this. Inspecting the gas hob there is no FSD which would have been not to current standards, the isolation valve as...
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    Ar and NCS on a gas cert

    A guy I work with today did a gas cert and there was no chain on the cooker, the flue on the boiler was incorrect and there was a 30kw boiler piped up in 15mm. After he gas rated it the boiler came up as 22kw, he rang gas safe and they asked about the flame picture. Then they said about turning...
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    NCS classification phased out

    Did anyone else get the email off gas safe today saying that the NCS classification was getting removed from GUISP?
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    Working pressure low at boiler - ncs or at risk?

    Hi guys, went to a goosed combi that was running on 15mm pipe work that goes an estimated 15m. Flue had not been up in properly and wasn't seal so ID'ed it. Took a wp before I told it off and it there was 4mb drop over the installation pipe work. now if the boiler had been working ok, would...
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    NCS - filling loop and electric cable, condensate discharge pipe?

    I've not seen this type of filing loop? is it an old type thingy or some form of improvisation? also, the electric power cable seems to have a dodgy connection and is going behind the pipes...is this ok as i would personally never do that as it's next to pipes that become very very hot.. oh...
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    Oven Door Seals - AR or NCS?

    Called to do a landlord gas safety where a bg engineer had previously said AR because the oven door did not shut, I did not agree as this is a flueless appliance and although to cook the oven door needs to shut but it terms of safety it does not have to be room sealed and so I classed it as NCS...
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    Olci or ncs

    Had meeting with rep from new career skills this week and all seems very comprehensive but are they as good as they seem? Or should we consider other training providers like olci? Needs to fit around current job
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    Ncs

    my local chineese has had health and safety round and she has gone to town on the gas inspection report all jobs have been rectified less for a gas fired water heater balanced flue it has been noted as NCS on the report as it is 540mm from an internal corner.......... health and safety are...
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    NCS Paperwork

    Hi folks, NCS reporting. Am I alone here or do any of you get as fed up as me with paperwork? Going to the same home year after year, no earth bond, flue termination issues, etc. etc. You know they're going to do nothing about it and all your doing is wasting your time writing out paperwork! My...
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    Gas Safe are a joke!!!Fact

    This is an update on my original post back in July , any one who followed it will know the full sp , After all the promises and bull**** from Gas safe about inspecting engineers and companies who will not adhere to safe practice and MI,s because they think they don,t really need to . It turns...
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    Gas fire capped off

    Hi guys not my area of expertise this so advice is in need. A guy who lives in a rented house has just has his landlord gas checks / certificates (not by me) but the engineer has capped of the gas fire because it does not have a flame failure device . The fire is an existing appliance and in...
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    baxi boiler & ventilation

    Hi there, hope you can give me some advice. I have a Baxi Bermuda 401 boiler behind the fire in the lounge. An engineer came to service it and after having a quick look around said there was no ventilation in the room and wanted to seal the bolier off. I asked him not to and he left, he told me...
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    • Replies: 17
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    Gas At risk notice on hob

    My partner owns a house which she lived in for 20 years and started renting out 2 years ago. First 2 gas inspections found no problems, but the engineer doing the third one put an "At Risk" notice on the hob, giving the reason "pipe to small". The notice said the hob had been disconnected and...
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    Dodgy boiler install

    went to service a boiler today and when i went outside to check terminal location etc i couldent believe what i saw prv pipe sticking out of wall vertical about 6 inch out and condensate pipe same. Boiler installed about 4 years ago but wouldent tell me who did it.I told him youve had acidic...
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    • Replies: 6
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    Thermocouples on cookers / hobs - LGSC question ?

    Hello all, With all new cookers / hobs having thermocouples fitted to the burner rings, am I right in thinking that older cookers / hobs without thermocouples in a house or flat inspected for a Landlord's check should now be classed as "not to current standard" ? :confused:
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    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
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    Connecting on to existing gas run.

    Question for you guys, blokes at work with me doing refurbs, back boilers out, combi's in, baxi 28he, some bungelows you've got 22mm gas from meter, then reduces down to 15mm under floor. Where it comes back up in 15mm, the blokes are connecting back on in 22mm and running to boiler, my argument...
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    • Replies: 21
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    new gas run

    today did a new gas run ,customer asked to reconnect existing gas appliances i refused to do it as !gas hob did not have isolating valve ,sign of burn on taps ,primary air port partly block with sh''''t ignition button missing!so ID i thought boiler flue less then 300 mm from internal...
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    • Replies: 8
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    sealing around flue and PRV pipe

    whats the best way to seal a flue and prv pipe going through a brick wall? cement of expanding foam? or is there another better way? Do you have to sleeve the prv pipe?
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    • Replies: 9
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    Help what form will I need

    Recently registered and need to know what form you experienced guys would use when the job is disconnecting a hob and capping the pipe off for good as being replaced with electric hob. The only other gas appliance in the property is a combi which is all good as well as the rest of the pipework...
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    Low working pressure

    When doing a landlords safety how would you treat a low working pressure at boiler (17.5mb on WB 28iJunior) - ncs ? thanks blod
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