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Building Regulations and Benchmark Commissioning
The Building Regulations (England & Wales) require that the installation of a heating
appliance be notifi ed to the relevant Local Authority Building Control Department.
From 1st April 2005 this can be achieved via a Competent Person Self Certifi cation
Scheme as an option to notifying the Local Authority directly. Similar arrangements
will follow for Scotland and will apply in Northern Ireland from 1st January 06.
CORGI operates a Self Certifi cation Scheme for gas heating appliances.
These arrangements represent a change from the situation whereby compliance with
the Building Regulations was accepted if the Benchmark Logbook was completed and
this was then left on site with the customer.
With the introduction of a self certifi cation scheme, the Benchmark Logbook is being
replaced by a similar document in the form of a commissioning check list and a service
interval record is included with all gas appliance manuals. However, the relevant
Benchmark Logbook is still being included with all Thermal Storage products and
unvented cylinders.
Gledhill fully supports the Benchmark aims 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 effi ciency.
Building Regulations require that the heating installation should comply with the
manufacturer's instructions. It is therefore important that the commissioning check
list is completed by the competent installer. This check list only applies to installations
in dwellings or some related structures.
A WRAS listed product developed by Gledhill Building Products in the 1980's in
conjunction with British Gas plc.
British patent nos. 1358166, 2136099
British patent applications published under nos. 2136099, 2153503, 2153504,
8516025
This product is manufactured under an ISO 9001:2008 Quality System audited
by BSI.
Gledhill's fi rst priority is to give a high quality service to our customers.
Quality is built into every Gledhill product and we hope you get satisfactory
service from Gledhill.
If not please let us know.
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These instructions should be read in conjunction
with the Installation and Servicing Instructions
issued by the manufacturers of the heat source
e.g. the boiler used.
Any water distribution and central heating
installation must comply with the relevant
recommendations of the current version of the
Regulations and British Standards listed below:-
Gas Safety Regulations
Building Regulations
I.E.E. Requirements for Electrical Installations
Water Regulations
British Standards
BS6798, BS5449, BS5546, BS5440:1, BS5440:2,
CP331:3, BS6700, BS5258, BS7593:1993 and
BS7671.
It must be installed by a competent person as
stated in the Gas Safety Regulations.
Manufacturers notes must NOT be taken as
over-riding statutory obligations.
Torrent is not covered by Section G3 of the
current Building Regulations but the installation
is notifiable to building control unless it is
carried out under an approved competent
person self-certifi cation scheme.
Although the secondary supply (domestic) is
at mains pressure, it is not necessary to fit an
expansion chamber, pressure or temperature relief
valve, the plumbing should allow any unusual build
up of pressure to be relieved at the ball valve.
The information in this manual is provided to
assist generally in the selection of equipment. The
responsibility for the selection and specifi cation
of the equipment must however remain that of
the customer and any Designers or Consultants
concerned with the design and installation.
Please Note: We do not therefore accept any
responsibility for matters of design, selection
or specifi cation or for the effectiveness of an
installation containing one of our products
unless we have been specifically requested
to do so.
All goods are sold subject to our Conditions
of Sale and Warranty Terms, which are set
out at the rear of this manual.
In the interest of continuously improving
the Torrent range, Gledhill Building Products
Ltd reserve the right to modify the product
without notice, and in these circumstances
this document, which is accurate at the time of
printing, should be disregarded. It will however
be updated as soon as possible after the change
has occurred.
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