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© Baxi Heating UK Ltd 2007
Natural Gas
Potterton Performa 30 HE
G.C.N
o
47 393 13
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Benchmark Logbook is being withdrawn.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.
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.
Legislation 4
1.0 Introduction 6
2.0 General Layout 7
3.0 Appliance Operation 8
4.0 Technical Data 9
5.0 Dimensions and Fixings 10
6.0 System Details 11
7.0 Site Requirements 14
8.0 Flue Options 18
9.0 Plume Displacement 23
10.0 Installation 27
11.0 Commissioning the Boiler 32
12.0 Completion 34
13.0 Servicing the Boiler 35
14.0 Changing Components 37
15.0 Illustrated Wiring Diagram 47
16.0 Fault Finding 48
17.0 Short Parts List 53
Benchmark Checklist 54
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