annual gas safety check

[jedikopite]

I lease a public house from a major pub company and before we moved into the pub the boiler/gas system failed its annual gas safety check and was left turned off with an at risk notice - the brewery then sent out a different company out the following day to turn the system back on but not to carry out the said work - For the next 4 months through winter we had no heating for long periods at a time as the boiler would break down 5-10 times a day, we would also be without hot running water, due to this we could not launch our restaurant therefore losing out financially - can i take legal action

[rajeshk4u]

I don't know about pubs. For shops the lease is normally on Repair and Renewal - so the shop is responsible. But you said it was like this because you moved in, you should have sought a contribution for costs before signing a new lease.

If this was a residential accomodation (or there is residential accomodation), then the Landlord would have a very serious problem and be breaking the law....

Incidently, only CORGI registered engineers can touch a gas system. So if the second engineer came and turned the boiler on without carrying out repairs then you could report both the Engineer to Corgi and the pub company.

Also, beware, a friend had British Gas/Transco come round and put a sticker on his boiler because they smelt gas, in the end it turned out to be the hob that was leaking gas. So they wasted 2K on central heating system, only to find it was the gas hob that was leaking!

[BobbaFett]

I can try to help out here, as I am Corgi Registered ( yes you can check if you like)

You are officailly renting the property. There is a tenencay agreement, so your Landlord, i.e the Brewery, is responcable.
Also, At Risk, (AR) can only be turned off with the Owners permission. Corgi engineers have NO power to do this without consent, but if consent was given, then the corgi engineer has NO responcabilty on the has appliance, and the person who signed the warning notice is now liable.

Any work should of been carried out, as it could of been a danger to the public.

However, in saying all of this, if the second engineer wasnt Corgi registered, SUE the brewary for knowingly sending out unqualified persons to work on your system, if he was Registered with Corgi, SUE the engineer, as he should never of turned it back on, knowing that it was an AR situation

Any registered engineer has the last say in whether to turn the system back on, or leave it off.

What was the reason for turning the appliance off in the first place??

Hope this helps a little!!!