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Ermintrude
For house to be deemed habitable it must meet environmental heaths standards, if soild fuel fire is a risk, environmental Heath have right to condemn whole house as unfit for human habitation . Have experience of litigation with similar issue. LL cannot simply re let the house gas a supervision order imposed on it. Council can even charge the ll cost of rectification works!
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tamz
But we don't know if it is a risk. Many fireplaces have blackened canopies. Sometimes it can take a good 10 minutes (which is allowed) for the flue to heat up enough to start drawing properly. Depends on many variables. Size of flue height pressure zones etc.
Best left to someone who knows what they are doing.
Jules alerted them to a "possible" problem. The rest is up to them.
Best left to someone who knows what they are doing.
Jules alerted them to a "possible" problem. The rest is up to them.
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Ermintrude
Yes but trading standards can't do owt, HSE possibly could but won't , EHO defo can and have subcontract specialists to check. Don't know much about open fires as never had owt to do with them other than bbu installs in old coke bb fireplaces.
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Ermintrude
Landlords legal obligation and a contractual one is that the property be fit for habitation...... This is determined by EHO inspector.
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tamz
Fitted hundreds possibly thousands. 2-3 a week for a while. Got fed up spitting soot out and never having clean hands after about 3 years. The good money slowed my thinking brain down :lol:
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