I had a gas cooker installed on November 2018 by the manufacturer. Today when a gas engineer arrived to perform annual gas safety inspection he informed me it was installed incorrectly and there was 3 regulation violations. I showed him the certificates and he called the installation company who preceded to argue with him then put him on hold for over 10 minutes.
He advised I call them back to have the cooker reinstalled however my concern is if they will argue with a licensed gas engineer from a reputable company attending on behalf of the council what chance do I have. He also advised against leaving the installation The way it is as it becomes my responsibility now he has informed me and technically the landlord has a right to request the supply be capped off if they wish to do so.
He noted the following faults
1. The bayonet connection needs to be a certain height from the ground
2. The pipe work should be attached to the wall not the kitchen countertop
3. The mains plug and flex should not be sticking out the top of the cooker and into a counter top socket but wired to a electric point behind the cooker
He advised I call them back to have the cooker reinstalled however my concern is if they will argue with a licensed gas engineer from a reputable company attending on behalf of the council what chance do I have. He also advised against leaving the installation The way it is as it becomes my responsibility now he has informed me and technically the landlord has a right to request the supply be capped off if they wish to do so.
He noted the following faults
1. The bayonet connection needs to be a certain height from the ground
2. The pipe work should be attached to the wall not the kitchen countertop
3. The mains plug and flex should not be sticking out the top of the cooker and into a counter top socket but wired to a electric point behind the cooker
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