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Offline punkrocksong

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GardenHoseGasFitting
« on: July 16, 2009, 09:24:03 PM »
Whats wrong with it ?
Been like it for years !


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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2009, 10:43:57 PM »
that's hilarious  :o !

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 04:13:14 PM »
EEK....  my god its gas!  :otho i suppose at least its not inside in a cupboard!
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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2010, 10:06:43 PM »
But did it leak? :D

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2010, 01:18:05 AM »
thats common practice in taupo and nz but seriously i have seen this in my travels here

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 06:21:40 PM »
jeez, thats so bad. D.I.Y for ya.

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 06:24:47 PM »
Certification for ALL gasfitting work - that's all I have to say.
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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2012, 07:06:48 PM »
Agree 100% including DIY BBQ conversions!
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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2012, 08:08:15 AM »
hi guys, certification is useless unless it is inspected!!!,cheers

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2012, 07:13:06 PM »
hey i thought using a garden hose was good because it allows oxygen molicules to pass through it giving a flamiable premix of gas/oxgyen even before it gets to the burner...lol.

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2012, 08:21:19 PM »
hey i thought using a garden hose was good because it allows oxygen molicules to pass through it giving a flamiable premix of gas/oxgyen even before it gets to the burner...lol.


thing is though thunder - do we REALLY want another level/layer of bureaucracy?


instances such as above will never stop, this is obviously the work of an unlicensed person surely? perhaps an investigation would be warranted on this property in order to trace previous owners and people that may have worked on the install?

did the currant owner/occupier do the work himself? if so it needs to be reported to the board...

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2012, 09:17:34 PM »
I agree with integrated.  It's ok to go  :o at this sort of thing - but why should we be protecting any bas***ds that do this sort of work? 

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2012, 07:42:15 AM »
To me its not about protecting the person that did this work originally its about protecting the poor innocent bastard that comes after him!...


This sort of work has been happening since time time immemorial and no matter how hard anyone tries to stamp it out they never will, its like weed for example no matter how much money the police throw at this problem they will never stop it...the only real thing you can do to stop this sort of thing is to educate people and hope they make the right choice. but in saying that there will always be some who do this sort of thing anyways...and secertly i look forward to seeing what sort of imagination others have and seeing stuff like this makes my training worth it beuause without us...people would literally be in the s**t.


but from a boards perspective its eaiser to go the tradesman because we are a known entity to them, but for them to trace history and then try to prosicute people based on highly circumstantial evidence just wont happen, they will just sit there merrily plugging away at the tradesmen to justify that large disciplinary fee of theres.

This is where a house WOF system is needed with yearly cpd poin...oops i mean a 3-5 yearly inspection or a at point of sale inspection so crap like this can be weeded out esp on the gas side of things.

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2012, 05:45:07 PM »
To me its not about protecting the person that did this work originally its about protecting the poor innocent bastard that comes after him!...


This sort of work has been happening since time time immemorial and no matter how hard anyone tries to stamp it out they never will, its like weed for example no matter how much money the police throw at this problem they will never stop it...the only real thing you can do to stop this sort of thing is to educate people and hope they make the right choice. but in saying that there will always be some who do this sort of thing anyways...and secertly i look forward to seeing what sort of imagination others have and seeing stuff like this makes my training worth it beuause without us...people would literally be in the s**t.


but from a boards perspective its eaiser to go the tradesman because we are a known entity to them, but for them to trace history and then try to prosicute people based on highly circumstantial evidence just wont happen, they will just sit there merrily plugging away at the tradesmen to justify that large disciplinary fee of theres.

This is where a house WOF system is needed with yearly cpd poin...oops i mean a 3-5 yearly inspection or a at point of sale inspection so crap like this can be weeded out esp on the gas side of things.


apologies thunder quoted you rather than robbo above...


I agree 100% with you - some wise words there

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Re: GardenHoseGasFitting
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2012, 07:19:10 AM »
No problem integrated i was a bit confused by your reply because i didnt mention anything about  bureaucracy lol :D  but after reading robbos post above i now understand your reply lol
 cheers


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