Duty of care legal requirements

this is a hard one, as he was there to fix a toilet the annswer would be no as he is not looking at any gas appliances, but if he smelt gas while carrying out his job it is then his responsabilty as a gas fitter to eliminate any risk of a potinail explosion so in which case the answer would be yes in the fact he isolates the leak as he is in fact preventing danger to both you and your neighbours, it really depends on what he has done works wise to eliminate the potinal risk. good luck alex

Hi If I was at your property to work on a toilet I would not be my duty to inspect any gas appliances or pipe work, if I noticed any unsafe gas situations I would investigate further and act accordingly I would not charge without consulting you first I would disconnect the gas supply or appliances if needed. Hopefully the engineer was acting in your best interest and gas safe regulations Thanks Dave

If I come to do a service on a gas appliance I should inform the occupier that i have to check other gas appliances they may have to ensure they are safe to use and take appropriate action if they are not safe to use and ask the customer to sign relevant paperwork.

Gas engineers have a duty to leave properties safe. However property owners must agree to go forward with the work. If they don’t agree, the last option is an awful one, the gas engineers will be forced to call gas transport who will demand sorting the issue out, capping of the meter, and if property owners refuse access, they are authorized to cut the gas supply to the property altogether, that’s an expensive way of sorting the issue. The easiest/cheapest solution is to have it sorted by the gasman on-site, or gas meter left capped and you call your gasman (not involving gas transport).