The background to this is that I have a close friend who runs a charity helping to homeless people into work and accommodation. Needless to say the accommodation is usually right at the bottom end of the range. This weekend she asked me to take a look at a studio flat in Reading where a tenant is having trouble with the landlord.
There were varioius issues, but the plumbing part of this is that the flat has a sink in the kitchen and a basin and a bath in the bathroom. Over the bath there's an electric shower. All three of the hot taps are connected to a single Ariston 15 litre electric water heater under the kitchen sink. I looked at the the approved guidance to G3 and it wasn't clear to me that the landlord is obliged to provide any more than this. I guess that 15 litres is sufficient to feed the kitchen sink and the basin. It wouldn't be enough for the bath, but in theory I suppose the electric shower over the bath could be used to provide a continual supply of hot water into the bath.
I've never seen a flat as poorly equipped as this, but I'm not sure that the tenant really has any grounds to get it improved. I hope that I'm missing something. If I am, I'd be very pleased to hear what it is.
There were varioius issues, but the plumbing part of this is that the flat has a sink in the kitchen and a basin and a bath in the bathroom. Over the bath there's an electric shower. All three of the hot taps are connected to a single Ariston 15 litre electric water heater under the kitchen sink. I looked at the the approved guidance to G3 and it wasn't clear to me that the landlord is obliged to provide any more than this. I guess that 15 litres is sufficient to feed the kitchen sink and the basin. It wouldn't be enough for the bath, but in theory I suppose the electric shower over the bath could be used to provide a continual supply of hot water into the bath.
I've never seen a flat as poorly equipped as this, but I'm not sure that the tenant really has any grounds to get it improved. I hope that I'm missing something. If I am, I'd be very pleased to hear what it is.