"Lobster" wrote in message
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
wrote:
On 31 Dec,
"The Medway Handyman" wrote:

My youngest daughter lives in a rented house & about 6 months ago the
landlord replaced the old boiler with the above.
[snip]
Second point, if this hasn't been installed by a CORGI guy then I
clearly need to contact the landlord on her behalf & get it sorted.
Would CORGI tell me?
If it's a rented house she should have a current gas safety
certificate. They are valid for a year.

Good point, hadn't thought of that. Cheers.

A certificate (if indeed there is one) wouldn't of course confirm that the
landlord or some other non-CORGI hadn't installed the boiler himself, but
at least the inspection should pick up most of the obvious safety issues.
Not foolproof though - eg consider an soldered fitting which by mistake
has never actually been soldered; as people here have reported, the flux
could potentially seal the joint well enough to prevent gas leaking - for
now - and fool the tester.


What's to say a CORGI installer would make the same mistake? Or are they
exempt?