Official reference requests : boiler inspection, electricity in-property input

Can't find any in:

I don't think there is any such requirement.

Before going any further I would ask the landlord for an EICR certificate:

Try uk.legal.moderated.

I think you're making most of that up. Wishful thinking perhaps. Your local council Environmental health department will be the best ones to get involved.

According to:

"Advise you that continued servicing of your cylinder every 12 months is recommended, and that in most instances it will be a condition of the manufacturers’ warranty that an unvented cylinder is appropriately serviced, on a regular basis as advised by the manufacturer, by a competent Service Engineer or provider."

ie if it was law then they'd be saying that because it would be nice income for their members. So it seems it is not.

Part G3 of the Building Regulations covers installation, but not maintenance.

Completely wrong. Many new systems don't have that, and they are increasingly going single-rate because Economy 7 rates are uncompetitive. If you choose to have such a wiring arrangement it's up to you, but you can be on an E7 tariff without having a timeswitch or separate circuits: it's just up to you to use power in offpeak times.

The metering system is up to the energy supplier, the homeowner doesn't get to choose. In a rental property only the tenant can request a smart meter install, because they are the energy supplier's customer, not the landlord (apart from during void periods).

Theo

Is this an HMO? If not I doubt very much there is any "legal requirement" for an inspection (let alone test) in the sense of a statutory requirement. It may be a condition in the warranty but that's between the landlord and the supplier, and the tenant has no standing.

News to me.

It's the name on the bill that determines who can request a smart meter installation.

It would help if you didn't put "boiler" in the subject line, as no-one calls an electric immersion heater a boiler.

Indeed! "Boiler inspection" conjures up steam engines!

nib

It is recommended, but I am not aware of any legal requirement. Building regs approved doc G covers domestic hot water systems:

In rented accommodation there is a mandated requirement for a gas safety inspection annually. Also new requirements were introduced that required a EICR on new tenancies, and thereafter "regularly" which is typically cited as at least once every 5 years.

Given the above, there ought not be any, and any you do find are likely to be "less than honest" (and likely from a vested interest provider of servicing etc).

I would argue that this is not "widely known" - mostly because it is complete twaddle!

Firstly most premises don't have split rate tariff compatible metering. Of those that do, there is no actual requirement to have switched electrical outputs at all - many don't.

This might be the arrangement, and may make sense in some installations, but by no means all.

For example we have split rate electrical supply, but no auto switched circuits. Our cylinder is primarily heated by the boiler, but has one immersion heater available for backup. Leaving it permanently "on" would not make sense. Its location is fixed by the manufacture of the cylinder (stainless unvented with a rigid steel jacket over the insulation)

The point is moot.

Quite a lot of people do.

Owain