Got this older house with a gas hob & gas oven in the kitchen as well as a gas fireplace in the living room. Together with the combi boiler we’ve got to have a CP12 safety cert that covers all 4 gas appliances.
So we’re considering to:
change the gas hob & gas oven into an electric one
disconnect the gas fireplace completely so that we’ll just keep it there as decoration
Would really appreciate any advices on:
is it just me who thinks it’s more safe to change all these to electric, from a landlord’s perspective?
is it feasible that I get a gas engineer to disconnect the gas fireplace completely, (just disconnect the gas supply but not removing the unit, so it just sits there as decoration) so that it no longer needs to be on the gas safety cert cp12 anymore?
to change the gas hob/oven to electric, do I have to get a gas engineer to disconnect the existing gas one? If so does that mean I need a gas engineer to disconnect the old one and then another electrician to install the new one?
Remember you also need working carbon monoxide detector in any room with a gas appliance also.
Personally I would remove the gas fireplace altogether - removing need for service and check .
Keep hob and oven until they need replacing then switch to electric (this has additional benefit in that switching to electric may bring down your EPC rating and increase fuel bills under current rules - it might be wise to wait and see if rules are changed)
Hi thanks for your advices. I thought if I get a qualified gas engineer to disconnect the fireplace I would no longer need to cover it with the annual CP12 gas safety cert; am I correct please?
I mean, removing the whole unit might be too much of a hassle 'coz then it’d have some impact on the wall and the flooring as well. So I’d rather just disconnect it from the gas supply and keep it there as decoration if this is at all feasible.