Gas Inspection
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Be very careful. Yesterday I received a phone call from a gas company stating that my 5 year initial contract was about to expire and someone was in my area that afternoon to inspect my property and renew my contract. Sounds good so far? Well I have had my contract for 8 years, there is no 'final' date, the guy did not mention the name of his company and come on.... who would ring in the morning to say there was someone coming in the afternoon? The gas I have is 'bottled' so no annual contract.
Anyone else had one of these calls from a Spanish guy who can speak some English?
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Stephen
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If you need an inspection call the company with whom you made the contact. Gas installations, including free standing gas fires etc. must be inspected every five years. If you do not have the inspection and you had an insurance claim involving a gas appliance. You may not be covered. And if you have carbon monoxide problems you don't wanna wake up dead !
That said.
There are people, who are probably authorised to carry out inspections, who make cold calls. They lie about what is needed and over charge on what Repsol, Butano etc (or your main supplier) would charge, but they are not illegal. Thus calling the police has no significance. Anyone can charge what he or she likes to provide a service for which they are authorised, unless there is a controlled price. Gas installation inspections charges are not.
I never allow cold callers to inspect anything and usually say that I do not have any gas installations.
If you need an inspection call the company with whom you made the contact.
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I had a call from this man this morning. I told him to call back later. In the meantime I contacted Repsol. If you want a 5 year inspection , you have to arrange it with Repsol yourself. They do not phone you, though they may send you a reminder letter. Their number is not like the one the caller gave. Once you have a contract with Repsol, it doesn't have a expiry date. When he calls back,I shall put him straight.
This message was last edited by camposol on 24/07/2013.
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Once you have a contract with Repsol, it doesn't have an expiry date.
That is what I implied,
But one does need a five yearly inspection to be 'legal' (read the contract) although I know many don't bother.
Incidentally Carbon Monoxide does not have any smell, taste etc. so unless like me you have an dedicated alarm, you will not know until maybe too late.
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