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Can you explain to me the differences between a commercial and domestic heating engineer? Do they need different licenses/qualifications or/and other requirements? Can one type of heating engineer do both types of work, legally speaking?
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"Wow amazed so many engineers got this one wrong a gas engineer can work on domestic or commercial gas installation it all boils down to the size of the meter, the size of the pipe work and the amount of gas within the installation, yes there are domestic and commercial engineers but they should know what installation they can work on, Depending on a few factors(or they should know)"
Answered on 13th Aug 2021 - Member since May 2021 -
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"Hi. Domestic gas engineers
can only work in domestic properties such as houses, bungalows, flats.
Whereas, a commercial gas engineer can work on business properties such as hospitals, hotels, shops, takeaways,etc. Hope that helps."
can only work in domestic properties such as houses, bungalows, flats.
Whereas, a commercial gas engineer can work on business properties such as hospitals, hotels, shops, takeaways,etc. Hope that helps."
Answered on 17th Feb 2021 - Member since Dec 2020 -
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"A domestic gas engineer can only work in domestic house hold, that is houses.
A commercial gas engineer can work in non domestic properties like Hotels etc"
A commercial gas engineer can work in non domestic properties like Hotels etc"
Answered on 9th Sep 2020 - Member since Apr 2017 -
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"Domestic work relates to gas appliances designed for use in a domestic property, and gas pipework up to 35mm in diameter, again in domestic property. ... Commercial work categories refer to the size of pipework, appliance type and gas consumption in addition to property type."
Answered on 9th Sep 2020 - Member since May 2020 -
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"Every aspect of gas work has different qualification needed to complete work a domestic engineer can only work on pipework and meters to a certain volume and should volume of gas exceed this then a commercial engineer would be required"
Answered on 23rd Dec 2020 - Member since Mar 2020 -
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"Domestic gas engineer can’t work on commercial unless he has his ticket for commercial"
Answered on 9th Sep 2020 - Member since Jul 2020 -
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"Domestic is houses etc whereas commercial work on larger things over 60kw for hospitals and schools etc."
Answered on 9th Sep 2020 - Member since May 2019 -
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