Gas Works

Can I have a gas boiler in an outbuilding supplied by the kitchen gas inlet?

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.30 PM

Hi, please bare with me on this as I have virtually zero understanding on these matters. 12 years ago my dad had an outbuilding erected in the rear of our garden. The outbuilding has a bathroom and separate boiler but it appears that the boiler draws gas from the gas inlet behind the cooker in the main house. Copper pipes run through the wall and externally along the side of the house. They have then been buried under concrete and resurface under the boiler in the outbuilding. This was all done without notifying the council and building control. I have three questions that I need help with. a) Is this a safe method to extract gas? b) If not, what work needs to be done to make it safe? c) Would it be possible to get retrospective planning permission or regularisation. The reason I ask is that we may be selling the house and I’d like everything to be declared honestly without causing problems to any potential buyers and of course would not like the value of the house to depreciate due to shoddy works. Thank you and I appreciate any help.