I was called out to undertake a Landlord Gas Safety Check or CP12 as they are also called. I entered the property and found a hob as the only gas appliance. I wnet outside and connected my manometer and tested the gas pipe work. The let by and tightness tested were perfect. Hoping for an early departure I next connected my manometer to one of the burner jest on the hob to check standing and working pressure. When I turned the burner on to full there was nothing. No hissing, no gas. Oh, oh!

The tenant was close by and starting saying that the landlord had told them that there was a knob (isolator valve) under the hob they had to turn. I was suspicious already so after a call the letting agent removed the built in oven and indeed saw the isolator. As I turned the isolator valve on I could here the gas escaping so immediately turned it off. As I stuck my head underneath the hob pictures one and two show you what I saw.

Not was the hob never connected to the gas pipe but the gas pipe was never capped which also means it was never tested for leakage when caped. According to the owner, who I spoke with a few minutes after discovering the problem the house was a new build and had remained empty since built. Lucky there were no gas leaks I say!

As I didn’t have any parts with me to hook up the hob I called Transo who came by and capped the gas at the meter until I could return te next morning to sort out the issue. I added the missing elbow to the hob and connected up the gas pipe work. Just to note that whoever hooked up the hob to the electrics also put in a 13AMP fuse which should gave been a 3AMP. Also, the isolator was soldered in and whoever did that burned all of the underneath of the cabinet area and used a whole sppol of solder from the look of things!

Sloppy workmanship, incomplete and dangerous work, improper materials and I guarantee that no one ever tested the hob ’cause it wouldn’t have worked.

How could they have issued a CORGI Certificate?

What could have happened? Read this!

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