Hello. I am looking for some advice. I am a tenant living in privately rented accommodation, we moved in 3 weeks ago. We had no boiler since we moved in. The one that was in the house did not work, and national grid had capped of the gas saying the boiler was faulty. A gas engineer came out, tested the electrics at boiler and said the electrics were faulty to the boiler. He then installed a new boiler today, and as a temporary measure, connected the boiler with a 3 pin plug, saying they will need to fit a fused spur outlet and connect this to the boiler but that its a big job as flooring will have to come up for wiring so will do it on another time.
They fit the boiler, and tested it doing all the commission work. They ran the boiler on heating and ran it for 3 hours. It was working perfect. About an hour after they left, the electrics to the house suddenly cut out. They came back and checked and said they could not find any fault. The consumer unit was fine. None of the RCDs had tripped. They switched them all off and on again anyway, still no power.
They said they have done nothing to the electrics in the house, all they did was connect the boiler to a socket with a plug, therefore they cannot be held responsible for what has happened. Are they correct? Or should they be fixing this electrics problem? I am now left with no electricity so will be spending the night with my friends.
The estate agents said they will send an electrician out but did hint that there may have been a fault on electrics previously.
They fit the boiler, and tested it doing all the commission work. They ran the boiler on heating and ran it for 3 hours. It was working perfect. About an hour after they left, the electrics to the house suddenly cut out. They came back and checked and said they could not find any fault. The consumer unit was fine. None of the RCDs had tripped. They switched them all off and on again anyway, still no power.
They said they have done nothing to the electrics in the house, all they did was connect the boiler to a socket with a plug, therefore they cannot be held responsible for what has happened. Are they correct? Or should they be fixing this electrics problem? I am now left with no electricity so will be spending the night with my friends.
The estate agents said they will send an electrician out but did hint that there may have been a fault on electrics previously.
