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Failed Gas Safety Check, Advice Please.

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  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    Personally, having just had a boiler breakdown, the LL has acted reasonably quickly.


    However I am still out of pocket. I will be asking the LL to pick up the difference. Whilst I'm on shaky ground legally, they may agree and it be mutually convenient.
  • fairy_lights
    fairy_lights Posts: 9,220 Forumite
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    They've deemed your boiler unsafe but it still works doesn't it? I'd chance it and switch it on for a shower once a day.
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
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    breaking_free wrote: »
    I can confirm this. I have boiler/central heating repair cover with British gas and they've always managed to squeeze me in the very next day. Not so this week!

    Made an appointment on Sunday and the earliest they can get here is Thursday. In the meantime I've borrowed 4 heaters to stave off the chill. Your landlord won't be able to magic up a tradie to come look at the boiler any quicker than you could arrange it yourself I'm afraid.

    That may depend on how things are in OP's particular area.

    I had problems with my central heating Sunday and the plumber I have found here turned up the next day and sorted it.:)
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
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    fairy_lights wrote: »
    They've deemed your boiler unsafe but it still works doesn't it? I'd chance it and switch it on for a shower once a day.

    I think that may not be the worlds best advice.

    If it's deemed unsafe - then it may just "go off on one" at a time OP had done that. Two results from that = OP possibly injured. The second result being = OP would be unlikely to get any compensation for the injury (as they would have been deemed to have received appropriate warning not to use it).
  • cjmillsnun
    cjmillsnun Posts: 615 Forumite
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    fairy_lights wrote: »
    They've deemed your boiler unsafe but it still works doesn't it? I'd chance it and switch it on for a shower once a day.

    It’s a problem with the flue. It’s been switched off for a reason. If flue gases are leaking back into the property there is a strong likelihood that the main gas will be carbon monoxide. As someone who works in the gas industry I would say your advice could result in loss of life. When the problem is this or a gas escape, isolating the boiler until it is repaired or replaced is the only safe option.
    2.88 kWp System, SE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 240W Conergy Panels, Samil Solar River Inverter, Havant, Hampshire. Installed July 2012, acquired by me on purchase of house in August 2017
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