Re: RFD: create unmoderated newsgroup uk.tech.heating

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:24:58 GMT, Rusty Hinge 2
<rusty.hinge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>The message <gqgar15vaa5112jris2e3vvqoqrqopn9v5@xxxxxxx>
>from Peter Parry <peter@xxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

>> The question would be perfectly legal as would any answer. This sort
>> of question is fairly common and is often asked when the poster is
>> concerned about an incorrect installation or (more commonly)
>> incorrect or inadequate servicing by a Corgi.
>
>Hmmmm. We'll pass on the obvious boggle...

Feel free,, every independent evaluation of Corgi servicing of gas
boilers ever conducted has found well over half are carried out
inadequately and many are dangerous.

>And, to be pedantic then, (and rhetorical,) how does this square with DIY?

Because you have to Do It Yourself in order to get the faults
rectified or gather the evidence to toast the Corgi.

>> Which should be the sole criterion for forming a group - sufficient
>> people willing to use it. Past experience has also shown the most
>> successful groups are those with an enthusiastic body of initial
>> posters (not readers) who generate enough interest for it to attract
>> new users. I can't see any evidence of such support so far.
>
>People are still getting over Christmas, and will no doubt require a
>period of recuperation after the next great festival of Hic!.

Haven't seen any for years, but we shall see.

>> You should ask on uk.d-i-y then, there are several posters well
>> familiar with Rayburns, Agas and other ancient devices as well as
>> with the intricacies and legalities of siting oil tanks.
>
>Maybe. And I expect there are many more who think they are.

As would occur on any group. It isn't dreadfully difficult to tell
the difference.

>> If however you wanted to know how a PIR
>> worked or the effectiveness of alarm systems in general you would
>> find far more informed answers in the DIY group than in the alarm
>> one.

>Unfortunately, insurance companies and the dibble, etc, often insist on
>a recognised installer fitting and maintaining the equipment. Been
>there. (Have things that go *BANG!*)

The stupidity of linking insurance and alarms is one of the regular
discussions.

>The only one of the categories you put forward to support your argument
>which lacks the word 'heating' or could not be used solely for that
>purpose is 'air conditioning', and even that can nestle nicely under the
>wing of heating, as it is often associated with heating systems.
>
>Must try harder.

You certainly should, reading the proposed charter might be a useful
starting point.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/
.

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