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In US there seems to be a jumbled mess of state laws regarding construction. One common one however seems to be plumbing work must be completed by a licensed contractor. This appears to be similar to GasSafe but cover all aspects of plumbing and heating. Do people think the U.K. would benefit from a similar scheme?
I’ll start with my pragmatic if somewhat cyclical view.
I’m not aware of any justification in terms of health or safety to extend the scope of a scheme like gas safe to cover all aspects of plumbing and heating not just gas.
Also I think GasSafe and Part P were largely motivated by ensuring HMRC received their pound of flesh for reasonably expensive but otherwise difficult to trace domestic work and consumer safety was a side benefit.
I think there always have been and always will be a range of clients in the domestic construction market. Some are a little more comfortable and happily pay for a decent standard of work. Some will choose to undertake work themselves and others will choose a person not competent to compete the task.
I’d be surprised if the percentage of those in these groups have changed dramatically over the last 60 years.
I’ll start with my pragmatic if somewhat cyclical view.
I’m not aware of any justification in terms of health or safety to extend the scope of a scheme like gas safe to cover all aspects of plumbing and heating not just gas.
Also I think GasSafe and Part P were largely motivated by ensuring HMRC received their pound of flesh for reasonably expensive but otherwise difficult to trace domestic work and consumer safety was a side benefit.
I think there always have been and always will be a range of clients in the domestic construction market. Some are a little more comfortable and happily pay for a decent standard of work. Some will choose to undertake work themselves and others will choose a person not competent to compete the task.
I’d be surprised if the percentage of those in these groups have changed dramatically over the last 60 years.
