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Building Regulations and the Benchmark

Commissioning Checklist

Building Regulations (England & Wales) require

notification of the installation of a heating appliance to

the relevant Local Authority Building Control

Department. From 1 April 2005 this can be achieved via

a Competent Persons Self Certification Scheme as an

option to notifying the Local Authority directly. Similar

arrangements will follow for Scotland and will apply in

Northern Ireland from 1 January 2006.

CORGI operate a Self Certification Scheme for gas

heating appliances.

These arrangements represent a change from the

situation whereby compliance with Building Regulations

was accepted as being demonstrated by completion of

the Benchmark Logbook (which was then left on site

with the customer).

With the introduction of Self Certification Schemes, the

Benchmark Logbook is being withdrawn. However, a

similar document in the form of a commissioning

checklist and service interval record is incorporated at

the back of these instructions.

Baxi Potterton is a member of the Benchmark initiative

and fully supports the aims of the programme. Its aim is

to improve the standards of installation and

commissioning of central heating systems in the UK and

to encourage the regular servicing of all central heating

systems to ensure safety and efficiency.

Building Regulations require that installations should

comply with manufacturer's instructions. It is therefore

important that the commissioning checklist is completed

by the installer. The relevant section of Building

Regulations only relates to dwellings. Therefore the

checklist only applies if the appliance is being installed

in a dwelling or some related structure.

The flowchart opposite gives guidance for installers on

the process necessary to ensure compliance with

Building Regulations.

Natural Gas

Main Combi 24 HE

G.C.N

47 474 02

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 47 48

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