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Mark

I guess you may not be intending to place the goods on the market, so CE marking might be of questionable worth, but the Essential Safety Requirements contained in the Pressure Equipment Regulations are well worth reading.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pressure-systems/law.htm

Frankly, for home use, I'd be looking for a ready made cylinder. Sodastream perhaps?  You'd have to check the rating.

Andrew

Edited By Andrew Carter on 21/12/2012 22:31:29

New regulations are certainly well intentioned. Who wouldn't want to see electrical installations being made safer?

I dislike that the implementation of Part-P is so dependant on paperwork and certificates, and whilst avenues for competent DIY work do legally exist, I have found that such avenues can be made tortuous by local authority building control policies.

The approach of simply refering all work to a qualified person seems somewhat blinkered to me. Efforts to restrict the availablity of materials to professionals is simply protectionism.

There will always be people who want to do their own work, either because they enjoy it, because it is more convenient for them, or because of financial pressures. Refering everyone to a professional is futile and will be ignored in many cases, I believe it is better that good quality, freely available information should exist about how to do a job safely.

I have a concern for future generations, who will grow up never having fitted a three pin plug; there probably won't be DIY books containing detailed explanations and pictures of correct domestic wiring for much longer - so how will future generations be able to instinctively spot something that needs attention? How can we expect our children to become interested enough to want to pursue a career in technology, if we don't let them get some hands-on basic practice?