Comments on: Landlord fined for radiator that led to mum’s death

By: Electrical Power Tester

Electrical Power Tester — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:54:03 +0000

Due to lack of testing procedures, faulty radiator kills. Safety begins at testing process in all electronic devices to avoid electrical shock.

By: Martin Fitzgerald

Martin Fitzgerald — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:00:39 +0000

A tragic accident that could have been avoided. I am an electrical tester and PAT tester I spend my life trying to get letting agents to attaché some importance to portable appliance testing and fixed appliance testing and all I am is yet another nuisance call. I surf the private letting ads in my local papers and ring the landlords direct trying to point out the importance of these test usually to no avail. I ring the holiday cottage industry to no avail. It is quite ironic that I also own a number of properties and let them. Last week I had to have the old CORGI certificates renewed on 3 of these properties and when the certification came through it is a NICEIC certificate if nothing else surly this tragic event should prove to this organisation that they should be getting its own house in order before taking on the gas industry. Oh and by the way what are my costs between £30-00 and £50-00 depending on the number of articles to test not very much money to save a life!!

By: Mrs Frost

Mrs Frost — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:02:21 +0000

Me and my family are living in rented accommodation were the electrics are dangerous and a report has been compiled to say that the house needs a full rewire. We had live wires hanging above bath and to isolate them the electrician needed to remove a fuse leaving us with no hot water, this was five weeks ago and we are just going round in circles with environmental health and the landlord, whilst my three children are at risk living in this house. It is just typical that someone has to die before anything gets done to the landlords, it’s all very political.