gas explosion in notts

[Keefy]

I saw a plumbing & heating van on bbc news, it looked liked it must have been there at time of explosion, because the area was all boarded off! It had a gas safe logo on it too! I won't put the company on here, because that would wrong.

Sure you're not mistaking it for the National Grid van that was there?

 

[anz]

Looks like a new boilers been fitted from this picture. Vaillant flue.

I don't like the condensate pipe, doesn't look professional.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

but thats next door though? how do we know its new?sad fact of this is 2 people died and it was totally preventable

 

[anz]

but thats next door though?sad fact of this is 2 people died and it was totally preventable

Was just going to say, your right.

 

[Reza]

 

[Keefy]

If they can't get their hands on the appropriate fittings they'll just turn to gaffer tape and god knows what else.

 

[peteheat]

If they can't get their hands on the appropriate fittings they'll just turn to gaffer tape and god knows what else.

If that were to happen, it would make it obvious to investigators that the last person at the scene was at the very least incompetent and most likely DIY / friend helping friend etc.

Sad that it takes the loss of two lives to prove a point.

 

[Keefy]

If that were to happen, it would make it obvious to investigators that the last person at the scene was at the very least incompetent and most likely DIY / friend helping friend etc.

Sad that it takes the loss of two lives to prove a point.

Also sad it'll be forgotten about by the general public within a week and back to asking the handy man down the road again for most.

 

[hammers4spanner]

This is when gas safe ,hse and the local mp's should be putting pressure on diy stores and merchants for encouraging diy gas works .
This will happen again at some point and thi doesnt even show the 200,000 dodgy ,spilling appliances fitted around the country .
This explosion just doesnt effect the immediate family but also all the nearby neighbours who have had the family homes ruined .
i dont work on my car brakes for obvious reasons so why the hell do people feel the need to do diy gas works just to save few pounds .
If it is diy which it looks like then just to save £300 ended up costing the ultimate !!!

 

[Keefy]

This is when gas safe ,hse and the local mp's should be putting pressure on diy stores and merchants for encouraging diy gas works .
This will happen again at some point and thi doesnt even show the 200,000 dodgy ,spilling appliances fitted around the country .
This explosion just doesnt effect the immediate family but also all the nearby neighbours who have had the family homes ruined .
i dont work on my car brakes for obvious reasons so why the hell do people feel the need to do diy gas works just to save few pounds .
If it is diy which it looks like then just to save £300 ended up costing the ultimate !!!

It's also people's ego's. Having a big ego when it comes to DIY gas work kills.

Anyone think there's a better way to educate people on the dangers of playing with gas? If someone says "Don't get a GSR, I can do that for you it's easy!" and the friend or family member or whoever says "Yeah okay, if it saves me a few quid" - then aren't they as guilty as the DIY'er?

If a gang of people get in a car during a night out and the driver is obviously drunk like them then aren't they aiding and abetting? Is it not the same when failing to check if your "gas engineer" is competent?