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I agree that the law at the moment only makes CO alarms compulsory in private rented property with solid fuel. However, it seems those who have commented find this a bit silly. Sensibly perhaps the law is due to be changed very shortly to cover gas. However, why only private landlords? What about Council tenants and social landlords? What about owner/occupiers? What about people working in shops, offices and factories? They all have heating which is mostly powered by carbon based fuels such as gas, coal, oil, petrol, diesel or wood etc. There is another part of the law that needs clarifying and that's the landlords' gas safety check and certificate. At the moment there are two duties on landlords:- 1. A duty to keep all gas appliances etc. that the landlord owns or controls in a safe condition and 2. The annual gas safety check and certificate. Naturally landlords tend to concentrate on the second because it comes up annually. However, the gas safety check and certificate are not as helpful as they could be because this check does not require either a service or a test for CO (which cannot be sensed using human senses) using equipment to test for CO. So the independent registered charity, CO-Gas Safety has suggested an amendment of the Gas Regulations which would make it mandatory to undertake either a service or a check of the flue gasses using equipment to test for CO. We have support for this from the Dominic Rodgers Trust, the Katie Haines Memorial Trust, Holiday Travel Watch and the National Landlords Association. This is a bit technical but for those who like techie stuff we have drafted this as follows:- 'Person undertaking the check must either undertake a service according to manufacturer’s instructions or, following procedures outlined in BS7967 part 4 (or succeeding similar standard), use a Flue Gas Analyser or similar equipment complying with EN50379 (or succeeding similar standards) to measure the combustion gasses for PPM (Parts Per Million) of CO and also the CO/CO2 ratio and make and keep a record of those measurements provided they are within the recommendations made by the manufacturer. If the measurements are not within the specifications made by the manufacturer, a full service must be undertaken and checked, using a flue gas analyser or similar equipment as above. Then a record of those measurements must be made and kept. Person undertaking the check will also ensure that at least one CO alarm to EN 50291 (or succeeding similar standard) is fitted in the property, in an approved position with reference to the standard, is within date marked on the CO alarm and is working effectively.’ Any comments would be gratefully received so please do email me, Stephanie office@co-gassafety.co.uk
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