Gas Safety Inspections
Ruchazie Housing Association as a social landlord has a legal requirement under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 the Association must ensure that all of its gas heating and hot water appliances are serviced at least once in every 12 months.
The servicing of your gas equipment is extremely important for your health and safety and to others who share the building. The risk of carbon monoxide poisoning or gas explosion is a real threat, and annual servicing greatly reduces any such risks.
Only by allowing access to your property can you help to be sure that you are safe. The gas service will highlight any defects and the Association will ensure that they are rectified as soon as possible.
Failure by tenants to refuse or continually deny access is a breach of your Tenancy Agreement and entry will be forced to your home.
Electrical Periodic Inspections
The Association is required to carry out an electrical installation inspection EICR within all of its properties on a five yearly basis and when you are contacted for an electrical inspection it is important that you allow our contractor access to your property. The Association follows a procedure whereby if you are not in or do not allow entry to the house, then the Association will have no alternative but to force entry to our property. Please also note if we receive no prior contact and you allow entry at the forced entry, then you will be liable for all costs regardless if the locksmith is required or not.
Smoke Alarms and Co2 detectors
The Scottish Government introduced new fire safety legislation that extends the existing higher standard of protection from smoke and fire, currently required in private rented housing, to all homes across Scotland including all social housing stock.
This higher standard requires the Association to extend and maintain additional smoke detection within living rooms, hallways and to provide heat detection in kitchens. All the fire protection within each property to improve the fire protection and safety for you, your family and your neighbours.
The Association completed the upgraded alarms across all of the stock and has in place a cyclical programme to ensure that the alarms are replaced every 10 years. It is important that you regularly check that the alarms are working and remain interconnected and all activate at the same time when tested. If you would like further information on how you can check your smoke alarms please contact the Association.
all smoke alarms and co2 detectors are serviced annually at the same time as your gas boiler. If identified any faulty alarms will be replaced, HOWEVER you should notify us immediately of any faulty alarm when we will investigate and replace if required.