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Light Switch Causes Gas Explosion. Landlords Take Note.

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'If after completion of the alterations to the gas installations at the premises any reasonable form of soundness or safety check had been performed upon the fittings in place it would have revealed the existence of the inadequately sealed pipe and the hazard it caused.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8116289/High-Court-judges-widow-sued-millions-tenant-suffers-horrific-burns-gas-explosion.html


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    As I read it there was not a gas leak in the flat he had rented and lived in, so if he had been provided with a copy of a gas safety certificate stating his flat was safe and had been tested it would not have made any difference as the dangerous pipework was in other parts of the building. Back in the kitchen fitting days I had a couple of gas fitters get uppitity, because they said they don't certify disconnecting pipework, but alterations to pipework are certifiable.


    Over the last couple of years I have been paid to drive considerable distances just to disconnect electrical circuits, I don't issue a certificate for the disconnection, but I do take photos and keep them, showing the circuit disconnected and made safe at both ends, rather than being left live and taped up within a wall.


    If there was a gas explosion in a house or flat adjacent to where you live and you were severely injured I am sure you would sue the neighbours.


    Andy B.
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    As I read it there was not a gas leak in the flat he had rented and lived in, so if he had been provided with a copy of a gas safety certificate stating his flat was safe and had been tested it would not have made any difference as the dangerous pipework was in other parts of the building. Back in the kitchen fitting days I had a couple of gas fitters get uppitity, because they said they don't certify disconnecting pipework, but alterations to pipework are certifiable.


    Over the last couple of years I have been paid to drive considerable distances just to disconnect electrical circuits, I don't issue a certificate for the disconnection, but I do take photos and keep them, showing the circuit disconnected and made safe at both ends, rather than being left live and taped up within a wall.


    If there was a gas explosion in a house or flat adjacent to where you live and you were severely injured I am sure you would sue the neighbours.


    Andy B.
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