Boiler "At risk"... Can i still rent the house?

DevCoder

if the PRV releases into a tundish and then into plastic pipe then this *must* be fixed. Also the plastic pipe discharge must not be a simple overflow above head level outside.

Dont forget a PRV will activate when things get out of control and the water temperature is likely to be extremely high (100c+) when this happens. Normal plastic overflow pipe will not be able to carry this, and if it discharges out of a normal overflow pipe then anyone standing below will get seriously scalded.

Canucklehead

OP:what is the model of your boiler? Photos? See here.

Canucklehead

tbs624

Agree with the others who have suggested gettng a second opinion. Do check that the HE is gas safe registered - there are those who claim to be but are not.

Notmyrealname

nikki1520 wrote: »

I would doubt that you'd be able to get a landlords safety certificate with those advisories, so renting may not be possible until those things have been remedied

I fail to see why not. The only real actual issues are:

1) the pressure relief pipe needs sorting. That can be as simple as adding an elbow to the end so it vents directly against the wall or extending the pipe to ground level.

2) Firestop plate.

The last one regarding access isn't actually an issue but is merely the engineer !!!!!ing because they have to work in a bit of a confined space.