Do Zone valves have to be added?

[SimonG]

It's not zoning as such. But you should be swapping the hot water onto pumped as a minimum. As Chris said it's part of part L. If it's a landlord and they cant afford those mods, what's the chances of getting all your money.

In my opinion, do it right or don't do it.

 

[chris watkins]

Have a look at the link in the old post to the complaints guide that is the document that sets out what is required for each system in each case.

IMHO the minimum required to notify under Part L is time & temperature control on two zones (heating & hot water) with TRV's on all the rads except the one room which has the room stat.
As others have said all Landlords are poor & given the choice will not have these controls installed, so we should not be giving them any option, the reason is simple a well controlled heating system allows the tenants to use the heating & HW efficiently which is both there interest as well as our planets.

 

[doitmyself]

Thats settled one argument but what about the bench mark and validating the boiler warranty if it does not comply with the benchmark.

The Benchmark says: "The heating and hot water system complies with the appropriate Building Regulations."

According to the advice from the DCLG you can still tick the 'yes' box (assuming the other provisions have been met) if you only have a single zone.

 

[AWheating]

theres a difference between seperate zones on the heating and having seperate control of the heating and hot water which is whats being questioned. The boiler/system must have interlock, time and temp controls.

theres a good argument for not zoning heating due to costs, but why should a tight landlord not have to help save the planet like the rest of us by not fitting the bare min required?

 

[Petefinny]

Its one of them jobs that you do for a friend as a "Favour" but eventually realise you should never have got involved he wants to sell the house but cant so now needs to rent it out, the decision i have decided to take is to (as the boiler is already fitted before he told me that he can no longer afford the zoning) is i am going to fill in the bench mark and let them no it is not up to current standards due to cost, i am not going to put up with my reputation getting tarnished by someone who clearly just wants the job doin for virtually nothing and is willing for the tennant to pay for hot water when he only wants heating and vice versa, at the end of me tether with the guy and as long as i cover myself by filling in the benchmark correctly and as how i see it, i will not get in trouble with the relevent authorities. Thanks Guys

 

[chris watkins]

Its one of them jobs that you do for a friend as a "Favour" but eventually realise you should never have got involved he wants to sell the house but cant so now needs to rent it out, the decision i have decided to take is to (as the boiler is already fitted before he told me that he can no longer afford the zoning) is i am going to fill in the bench mark and let them no it is not up to current standards due to cost, i am not going to put up with my reputation getting tarnished by someone who clearly just wants the job doin for virtually nothing and is willing for the tennant to pay for hot water when he only wants heating and vice versa, at the end of me tether with the guy and as long as i cover myself by filling in the benchmark correctly and as how i see it, i will not get in trouble with the relevent authorities. Thanks Guys

& put this one down to experience Pete, about the only chance it has of coming to light, funny enough, is if he does sell the house !!

 

[AWheating]

Its one of them jobs that you do for a friend as a "Favour" but eventually realise you should never have got involved he wants to sell the house but cant so now needs to rent it out, the decision i have decided to take is to (as the boiler is already fitted before he told me that he can no longer afford the zoning) is i am going to fill in the bench mark and let them no it is not up to current standards due to cost, i am not going to put up with my reputation getting tarnished by someone who clearly just wants the job doin for virtually nothing and is willing for the tennant to pay for hot water when he only wants heating and vice versa, at the end of me tether with the guy and as long as i cover myself by filling in the benchmark correctly and as how i see it, i will not get in trouble with the relevent authorities. Thanks Guys

tell him that without the correct controls to meet the regs you cant correctly fill out the information required to register and get the buildng compliance certificate. With out this cert he will struggle to ever sell the house.

 

[erpkid]

Building control here,which comes under Braintree district council,insist on zoning and full Monty on new build and also where there was no previous central heating. So if there is some sort of system in there is wriggle room for impecunious customers or short armed and deep pocketed landlords. Have a word with building control they will be more than happy to advise.

 

[Petefinny]

I need to go about it a sneaky way so that i dont upset the customer and get paid for the work but alkso dont land my self in trouble with the relevant building authorities!!

 

[Gray0689]

I need to go about it a sneaky way so that i dont upset the customer and get paid for the work but alkso dont land my self in trouble with the relevant building authorities!!

If you think doing it sneaky is good your a joke