DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad Tenants

While carrying out a yearly Gas Safety Check (CP12) we came across this gas fire in the front lounge. When we checked the fire last year it was solidly mounted on a ‘crazy paving’ style hearth.  Although a bit dated it did the job that was intended which was to present a non-flammable surface between the fire and the floor covering. This year when we arrived to check the appliances we found the following.

The new tenant decided that they didn’t like the ‘crazy paving’ look so removed it! They didn’t disconnect the fire when the work was carried out and left the fire propped up on a couple of bricks. They thought they were justified in taking out the hearth while re-decoratinng the mid-terraced property. Wrong!

We’ve temporarily had to remove the fire to make the installation safe and after a word with the landlord the tenants now have to pay to have a proper hearth put back in and the fire re-connected.

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