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Yes ok I get that, but where’s the risk? Risk of CO from a dodgy appliance that should be maintained. Ncs imo would apply here and note down. Again unless anything changes by the governing bodies.
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It‘s going to be law in rentals, so will be down to landlord to sort, not the engineer unless they’re asked to.
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Think it's CO alarms for new boilers/appliances fitted too regardless of whether it's rented or not.
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Yep all appliances including cookers I’ve read
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No, Tenanted only with some properties excluded.
Nowhere does it state checks to be included in CP.12.
Excludes rooms with only a cooker in.
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No it doesn’t, but on some forms, eg the Regin ones, it asked about whether audible CO alarms are fitted, in date and tested.
But if you had a boiler and a hob in a kitchen you would need one?No, Tenanted only with some properties excluded.
Nowhere does it state checks to be included in CP.12.
Excludes rooms with only a cooker in.
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Depending how big the kitchen is, you may need 2. Aico ones (we fit these) have a minimum of 1m away from appliance and a maximum of 3m. There’s some of our properties that need 2.
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It's classed as non compliant which is the same as not to current standards. However, failure to fit a required safety feature like smoke or co alarms could make the landlord or gas safe engineer liable for any damages. So like always document everything you see and do because it could prove very costly if you don't.
The problem is as always it's the bad landlords that do everything wrong and it's the good ones who pay the price. No matter what regulations they bring in the same people are fitting illegal gas appliances, putting people at risk and charging very vulnerable people rent....it makes me sick. I visit these places and I'll cap them off and a week later that disc is removed and nothing has been done.
RIDDORs only hurt legitimate gas engineers and the illegal ones carry on regardless.
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This link if it works. Says that CO alarms must be fitted, and not, should be fitted. Which in my eyes means you cannot fill out the cp12 as a pass. I carry both on the van and got on site. (With permission of course).
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But as a trained gas engineer you know that it is now law.No, Tenanted only with some properties excluded.
Nowhere does it state checks to be included in CP.12.
Excludes rooms with only a cooker in.
richard978
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This link if it works. Says that CO alarms must be fitted, and not, should be fitted. Which in my eyes means you cannot fill out the cp12 as a pass. I carry both on the van and got on site. (With permission of course).
It can't be at risk and it can't be I.D and the only other thing we can do is say it's non compliant and the landlord has a legal duty to comply with that. Obviously the landlord can pay you to fit them but an awful lot won't pay the 70 pounds I charge to fit them.
It would be interesting to see what gas safe had to say but I think it will non compliant and as long as you state that you've done your job.
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It’s down to the landlord now you can sell them this service but it’s down to them to make sure they have one
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I know that travelling at over 70mph is illegal, but I don't sit at the side of the road writing down numbers and reporting the drivers.
If checking the CO detector was within the scope of a CP12 it would be stated in the legislation.
The link I posted says guidance for Landlords and Tenants, it's doesn't say guidance for Gas engineers.
There's nothing to stop anyone noting it on the CP12 and the same if you noticed the smoke alarms were out of date.
This is just like the electrical EICR, badly thought out and open to interpretation.
Ive seen reports giving unsatisfactory because of the lack of alarms - but they are not in BS 7671
if they are fitted and out of date I do report a C2 , but if they aren’t fitted then it’s a comment for the landlord to act on
Ive seen reports giving unsatisfactory because of the lack of alarms - but they are not in BS 7671
if they are fitted and out of date I do report a C2 , but if they aren’t fitted then it’s a comment for the landlord to act on
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