Gas meter in bathroom - can it fail the Gas Safe inspection

[wasiur]

Hi

We recently had a gas safe inspection done on our rented property and the GSR did not issue a certificate stating that he would have to fail the inspection due the meter being located in the bathroom.

This bathroom is in the cellar and is located in the ceiling of the bathroom which is sealed by a wooden unit.

I spoke to my Gas energy supplier and they also confirmed that the this was incorrect that meter can be in a bathroom and the modern digital meters can be submerged under water and still operate.


I would like to know the following:
1) Can the inspection be failed based on the location of the meter like bathroom?
2) The engineer suggested that a meter should not be in a bathroom because of condensation and that the meter could develop slow readings. Is this true?

Appreciate your responses.

 

[snowhead]

Ask the GSR what regulation he's failing it on and give him the contact number for your energy supplier and let him talk to them.

 

[firemant]

Have you paid the RGI yet? If not then DON'T.

FYI, (and for those RGI's who STILL don't get it), there is no such thing as a FAILED landlords inspection. It is a snapshot of the installation at the time of testing. ie It is an INSPECTION and any findings should be recorded and the certificate issued - warts and all.

It then becomes the responsibility of the landlord to ensure that any potential or immediate dangerous situations are rectified.

 

[AlexGas]

I would like to know the following:
1) Can the inspection be failed based on the location of the meter like bathroom?


Appreciate your responses.

The book tells us that a gas meter installation shall not be sited where it might be affected by a dump atmosphere.

 

[Riley]

Freudian slip??

 

[acecharly]

How bizzare a bathroom in a basement. It may be possible, if the meter is in a sealed boxing that isn't subject to the moisture from the bathroom so long as it is readily accessible. As for slow readings not sure on that but I can imagine problems with the regulator seizing up possibly if it got corrosion.

 

[AlexGas]

How bizzare a bathroom in a basement. It may be possible, if the meter is in a sealed boxing that isn't subject to the moisture from the bathroom so long as it is readily accessible. As for slow readings not sure on that but I can imagine problems with the regulator seizing up possibly if it got corrosion.

Unventilated space is an issue too.

 

[Scott_D]

Pictures needed

 

[Dotty]

The quickest, easiest and cheapest solution is to ask your gas supplier to take a look.

After all, it belongs to them, not you.....

 

[snowhead]

The quickest, easiest and cheapest solution is to ask your gas supplier to take a look.

After all, it belongs to them, not you.....

Keep up at the back;

I spoke to my Gas energy supplier and they also confirmed that the this was incorrect that meter can be in a bathroom and the modern digital meters can be submerged under water and still operate.