I needed to have the Baxi gas boiler serviced and the Landlord's Gas Safety Certificate renewed on a property I let, so I called a local Gas Safe engineer. He duly arrived and carried out the service, but he was alarmed to find a CO/CO2 ratio FGA reading of 0.405. At this point he turned it off, and attached a notice saying that it was unsafe, and of course the certificate was not issued. I was told to call Baxi and book a serviceman's visit as he suspected a faulty fan or gas valve, which I immediately did, paying a considerable sum in advance covering a call-out, repair work and all necessary parts.
This was done and the Baxi man arrived, repeated the test and found the FGA readings to be well within safe limits, so he packed up and left - a very expensive half-hour visit.
Meanwhile the tenants have been greatly inconvenienced during a cold spell, including a young lady who is expecting; I still have no certificate and so I still cannot legally allow them to use what now appears to be a perfectly safe boiler.
Help...! What do I do - get a third independent certificate, with a third bill for the same job? Where do I stand here, and is there any point in contacting Gas Safe for instance?
Alec.
This was done and the Baxi man arrived, repeated the test and found the FGA readings to be well within safe limits, so he packed up and left - a very expensive half-hour visit.
Meanwhile the tenants have been greatly inconvenienced during a cold spell, including a young lady who is expecting; I still have no certificate and so I still cannot legally allow them to use what now appears to be a perfectly safe boiler.
Help...! What do I do - get a third independent certificate, with a third bill for the same job? Where do I stand here, and is there any point in contacting Gas Safe for instance?
Alec.