gas leak in rented flat

roses_babe

Cheers for the replies the landord owns the cooker he let us off twenty pound of our rent but I'm still furious

roger196

The gas safety certificate covers ALL gas appliances in the premises. A drop test (pressure test) would have shown whether there were any leaks (in excess of the permitted amounts of 4 mbar drop in 2 minutes on a G4/ U6 meter, though I would always recommend investigation of any drop over 0.5mbar) at the time the test was done. The leak could have arisen subsequent to the certificate date (it is difficult to predict the future).

Your safety is paramount, compensation is not ( it drives many small firms out of business) . Make sure that you have a current certificate. Check www.gassaferegister.co.uk that the bloke is authorised.

olly300

roses_babe wrote: »

Cheers for the replies the landord owns the cooker he let us off twenty pound of our rent but I'm still furious

Sorry I don't understand your posts. You are concerned about compensation when you could be dead.

If your cooker is leaking gas then stop using it IMMEDIATELY and call National Grid (formerly Transco). They will come and turn the cooker off.

Then it's up to you to:
1. Hassle your landlord to get the cooker sorted out by an approved person
2. Report him to the local council as others have said.

clutton_2

whenever you stand outside a house next to a gas boiler vent pipe, you smell gas when the boiler is working ..... maybe it was that

alcsl

seriously, you need to consider your life on this one.... gas leaks are very serious - when they blow, they BLOW. Please whatever you do, just get the place totally safe asap, i would not be spending any time in there if i knew there were issues with gas leaks...

blckbrd

I imagine OP would have had the leak sorted if it was discovered in August...If not

Certainly a properly certificated gas safety check should have been carried out on the property - not just a landlord's look-see. Ask him for the past 2 years certs - he has to keep them by law. If he is found to be lacking, report him to the Health and Safety Executive. Actually, just report him anyway and let him explain himself. If he's proved to have been negligent, perhaps that's the starting point for any claim.

It may be that there was no leak in January. It may be, as it was the cooker supply pipe, that it didn't leak until the day the workmen smelled the gas. Did you smell gas? Did your LL deal with it promptly?

I am curious about your timing here. What's caused you to ask about compensation now rather than in August?