My landlord is concerned as on my last gas inspection he has noticed that my meter is corroded.
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Landlord worried about potential pipe corrosion but it wasn't highlighted in the annual gas service?
Best answer by Nukecad
Presumably this was the annual inspection for the Landlords Gas Safety Cretificate?
If there was any safety concern regarding any gas equipment, including the meter, then the engineer doing the inspection would have cut the gas supply and attached ‘Do Not Use’ lables until it could be replaced.
If you post a photo of the meter then we could give our opinions, but TBH if the inspecting engineer has deemed the gas installation to be safe then it is safe.
Indeed that is the whole point of the law requiring the inspections, to ensure that the gas supply in rental properties is safe.
https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/gas-safety/renting-a-property/tenant-gas-safety/
- Plan Zero Hero
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Presumably this was the annual inspection for the Landlords Gas Safety Cretificate?
If there was any safety concern regarding any gas equipment, including the meter, then the engineer doing the inspection would have cut the gas supply and attached ‘Do Not Use’ lables until it could be replaced.
If you post a photo of the meter then we could give our opinions, but TBH if the inspecting engineer has deemed the gas installation to be safe then it is safe.
Indeed that is the whole point of the law requiring the inspections, to ensure that the gas supply in rental properties is safe.
https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/gas-safety/renting-a-property/tenant-gas-safety/
I said, Hey - Watts going on.
- Plan Zero Hero
Yes they do - they have to check that the entire gas supply is safe.
They also check your Carbon Monoxide detector, and your heat/smoke alarms.
As the tenant you should get a copy of the inspection report within 28 days of the inspection.
I just had mine done last month, this is my copy (with personal details redacted).
Look on the right and you will see the meter inspection results under “Tightness Test” including
“Installation Pipework Inspection - Pass”
I said, Hey - Watts going on.
My certificate doesn’t have that. It has details of the smoke and heat alarms, CO detector, and the boiler. Could it be different for the estates? Our meters are outside of our flats.
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I asked one of our teams about this to see if they’d be able to give any more information on this at all, and they’ve agreed with what Nukecad has raised - if there was a concern with any of the hardware, it would have been raised at the time of the gas inspection ie the gas meter would have been capped if the corrosion was causing concern.
Do you have a copy of the last inspection? Were there any notes there suggestive of any issues?
- Plan Zero Hero
There is not a ‘Standard” certificate and different inspecting companies have their own, (one-man-band companies usually download one from offline and add their own trading name), but they should all show the same basic details.
They don't have to note everything that passes the safety inspection - but they certainly have to flag up anything that may be a safety concern.
So if your inspecting engineer doesn't mention the corrosion then he regarded it as not being bad enough to be a hazard.
I do have to say good on your LL for showing concern. and If they want to pay to have the corroded pipes replaced that's fine; but the inspecting engineer obviously didn't think it that bad or they would have noted it.
I said, Hey - Watts going on.
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