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Hi all
First things first - this is NOT a request for how to do a full gas safety check or how to do anything that would be covered under the requirement for a 'competant person'...
Does anyone have a list of basic safety requirements for a boiler installation?
Every year British Gas check my system and every year it fails the safety check as the flue is too close to a window which could in theory be opened (if you stripped about 4 decades of paint, installed new hinges and could be bothered opening a 1/2ft square window when there's a perfectly good full size one on the other wall...
So every year I sign that I am fine with this and that i'm not too bothered about paying £9000 (yup that was the last British Gas quote) for a new boiler and relocation and we all walk away happy.
I am however now considering buying another property to let out and am aware that as a landlord common sense solutions such as this are not allowed.
Does anyone have a list of basic visual/measurement checks such as this that I can use to assess if the installation is fit for purpose on even a basic level? I am obviously aware that I need a full safety certificate to let and plan on getting one but it would be helpful to know of as many potentially expensive remediations such as a boiler relocation prior to purchase as possible, and I don't have the time or money to get a Gas engineer to look at every auction property I am considering.
Of course if anyone has a list of other obvious gas/central heating things to spot for that would also be welcomed.
First things first - this is NOT a request for how to do a full gas safety check or how to do anything that would be covered under the requirement for a 'competant person'...
Does anyone have a list of basic safety requirements for a boiler installation?
Every year British Gas check my system and every year it fails the safety check as the flue is too close to a window which could in theory be opened (if you stripped about 4 decades of paint, installed new hinges and could be bothered opening a 1/2ft square window when there's a perfectly good full size one on the other wall...
So every year I sign that I am fine with this and that i'm not too bothered about paying £9000 (yup that was the last British Gas quote) for a new boiler and relocation and we all walk away happy.
I am however now considering buying another property to let out and am aware that as a landlord common sense solutions such as this are not allowed.
Does anyone have a list of basic visual/measurement checks such as this that I can use to assess if the installation is fit for purpose on even a basic level? I am obviously aware that I need a full safety certificate to let and plan on getting one but it would be helpful to know of as many potentially expensive remediations such as a boiler relocation prior to purchase as possible, and I don't have the time or money to get a Gas engineer to look at every auction property I am considering.
Of course if anyone has a list of other obvious gas/central heating things to spot for that would also be welcomed.