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EU to Ban Patio Gas Heating

The EU parliament has tables a controversial bid to ban the use of patio gas heaters as part of a package to combat global warming and climate change. It is estimated that if the bid becomes effective it may cost restaurants and pubs around £250 million a year.The bid, put forward by British Liberal Democrat Euro MP Fiona Hall has called on EU officials to draw up a timetable to phase out inefficient heating appliances, boilers and other burners including patio heaters.Such ban would mean the catering industry had wasted £86.5 million investing in heating solutions for outside spaces, and may cost the industry up to £45,000 per day in lost trade as smokers (banned from smoking indoors) would not be able to smoke outside in cold days.Many Corgi plumbing and heating engineers have worked on installing such heaters alongside larger installation of boilers and general heating systems in the catering industry and they too may be affected from such ban, as fewer future proj ...
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New Bylaw Scheme for Plumbers

A certification scheme for plumbing work was recently launched by the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Federation (SNIPEF), in conjunction with Scottish Water. The new scheme allows businesses that have met the set criteria to be an Approved Contractor. According to the scheme plumbers which are approved contractors can self-certify that the plumbing work they carry out meets the Water Bylaws requirement.With close to five hundred approved plumbing contractors in Scotland, one of the main points of the scheme is that all businesses must employ plumbers that have demonstrated technical qualification and have passed the appropriate Water Bylaws course.This new requirement will mean that all work done by an Approved Contractor is done by a plumber who has the appropriate technical qualification, knowledge and skills to complete the tasks in accordance with the rules of the plumbing and heating industry. Furthermore, any breach of the bylaws would become the responsibility ...
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