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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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    My take from this is the insurers will likely be paying out. Looks like the suit against the landlord isn't malicious but just the legally best way to go. She was fine with stuff being left behind provided it WAS NOT LIVE.... (emphasis mine). These provisions were not adhered to.


    We frequently abandon cables where it's not reasonable to physically remove them during a rewire,  I usually mark them with where they used to go (sharpie on a piece of white insul. tape, i found such a label a few years back and thanked the likely long retired electrician and noted the technique)


    So her attitude seems reasonable to me. It's the fact that the company who are actually at fault is now dissolved that's the issue here
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    My take from this is the insurers will likely be paying out. Looks like the suit against the landlord isn't malicious but just the legally best way to go. She was fine with stuff being left behind provided it WAS NOT LIVE.... (emphasis mine). These provisions were not adhered to.


    We frequently abandon cables where it's not reasonable to physically remove them during a rewire,  I usually mark them with where they used to go (sharpie on a piece of white insul. tape, i found such a label a few years back and thanked the likely long retired electrician and noted the technique)


    So her attitude seems reasonable to me. It's the fact that the company who are actually at fault is now dissolved that's the issue here
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