Gas Works

Can you get a Gas Safety Certificate when a decomissioned back boiler remains in place?

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.06 PM

Hello, I have a house which I bought several years ago and now rent out (after living in it for 3 years myself). It has a functioning gas fire in the living room and a combi boiler upstairs. When the time came to rent it out, the Gas Safe engineer stated that there was a back boiler behind the gas fire (I wasn't even aware of this) and condemned the gas fire, stating that there was a carbon monoxide risk due to fumes from the gas fire becoming possibly trapped inside the casing of the old back boiler. I've now been quoted over £2,000 to have the wall partially demolished, the back boiler removed and the wall bricked up again. This is of course before I then add in the costs of replacing the gas fire and re-decorating the room. Is this all completely necessary though? I lived there for years and used the gas fire with no problems, as did the predecessors in the building. Is it possible to have the back boiler checked and confirmed as safe (including modifications if necessary) before issuing a gas safety certificate, replacing the existing fireplace and leaving the old boiler in situ? Or am I stuck with spending thousands of pounds of building work to have this done? Thanks, Dave.