Forged gas safety certificate

Alison70

Jumblebumble said:

AdrianC said:

Alison70 wrote: »

Adrian, that first sentence is quite an appalling thing to say given that it could merely be a matter of time until it does kill someone.

Or it might not be.

If it was a fault that was actually causing a danger, rather than merely being outside the tickboxes for giving a cert, there would have been some clue by now.

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I personally do not understand how anyone could consider a gas safety certificate that was issued fraudulently could be considered anything other than completely unacceptable

The unfortunate tenant is supposed to have peace of mind and not be subjected to worrying about if they are in danger
I have been in the same situation 20 odd years ago as the OP where by the DNO condemned the boiler as being cobbled together from 2 separate boilers and cut off the gas but the Corgi engineer sent by the landlord disagreed and said it was safe.
I was not interested in what the Corgi man had to say at all.
I simply told the agent I wanted out and that if the landlord would not cooperate I would be standing outside their shop advising anyone who came to see them that they were willing to rent properties with boilers  that the DNO deemed unsafe
My Missus and our kids moved out very soon after

Good for you! And yes, I was quite perplexed by some of the replies on here.  It was an entirely unacceptable situation.

greatcrested

Alison70 said:

robatwork said:

Make sure you don't come back and update this thread with how it turns out in 3 months.

Okay, so to update:

I was let out of my tenancy with no penalty and received compensation.

and what happened regarding the engineer? The fraud?

The report to HSE? The report to GasSafe? The report to the council?

Or was the 'compensation' actually a pay-off in return for you turning a blind eye....

Alison70

greatcrested said:

Alison70 said:

robatwork said:

Make sure you don't come back and update this thread with how it turns out in 3 months.

Okay, so to update:

I was let out of my tenancy with no penalty and received compensation.

and what happened regarding the engineer? The fraud?

The report to HSE? The report to GasSafe? The report to the council?

Or was the 'compensation' actually a pay-off in return for you turning a blind eye....

Thanks for your obnoxious questioning. All complaints were lodged. Engineer was removed from the gas safe register and the comp was for cost of moving and eating out whilst without a functioning kitchen. I haven't heard anything more and for numerous reasons which aren't your business, I didn't want to pursue further.

greatcrested

Thanks for updating us. It's good to hear that action was taken against the engineer.