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Ste_Vege
Good morning all,
I am writing here because I have just moved to a new flat which I am renting. It is a two bedroom flat, I rent one of the room and share the flat with one flatmate.
I have checked the gas hob and it does not have a safety valve. I have usually lived in homes where the hob has a little temperature sensor on each burner, which detects if the flame is on or not and blocks any release of gas if the knob is not on the 'off' position and there is no flame. This one does not have it.
I am concerned about this, particularly looking at the price for a safe hob, for £65 today is possible to find hobs with safety valve.
Here my questions:
- I bought a CO sensor, is it useful for this? I tried to put it over the hob and releasing gas with no flame, I waited 20/30 seconds and no CO ppm detection has been detected.
- Should I buy a Natural gas detector?
- Is it legal to have a gas hob without safety valve in the 2015? Is mandatory for the Landlord to provide me with hob with safety valve?
Thanks,
Stefano
I am writing here because I have just moved to a new flat which I am renting. It is a two bedroom flat, I rent one of the room and share the flat with one flatmate.
I have checked the gas hob and it does not have a safety valve. I have usually lived in homes where the hob has a little temperature sensor on each burner, which detects if the flame is on or not and blocks any release of gas if the knob is not on the 'off' position and there is no flame. This one does not have it.
I am concerned about this, particularly looking at the price for a safe hob, for £65 today is possible to find hobs with safety valve.
Here my questions:
- I bought a CO sensor, is it useful for this? I tried to put it over the hob and releasing gas with no flame, I waited 20/30 seconds and no CO ppm detection has been detected.
- Should I buy a Natural gas detector?
- Is it legal to have a gas hob without safety valve in the 2015? Is mandatory for the Landlord to provide me with hob with safety valve?
Thanks,
Stefano