Today, in apartment buildings, the number of storeys of which does not exceed the norm, there are gas stoves in the kitchens. It is forbidden to put them in high-rise buildings today.
Happy owners of gas stoves should be prepared that gas service specialists can come to them any day to check the correct operation of gas equipment. Important: the activity of the gas service is understandable, the news constantly reports explosions and fires caused by malfunctions of gas stoves or gross errors in their use.
A gasman's visit can result in a fine for the owner of the gas stove. In order not to run into money spending, you need to protect yourself in advance. For this you need:
- 1. Make sure that the owner of the apartment has an appropriately executed contract for the maintenance of this gas equipment.
The Fire Regulations clearly state that all gas appliances must be fully operational during operation. This condition is obvious. But the fact that gas equipment must necessarily undergo periodic technical examination and maintenance, many do not know, although such an action is no less obvious and logical.
True, in this paragraph of the rules, there are some features that I drew attention to. Based on this point, it can be understood that users, and not gas service specialists, should monitor the serviceability of gas equipment. And this means that the arrival of a specialist - a gasman and his discovery of the absence of a timely technical check gas stove, will cost the user two thousand rubles and, much worse, in disconnecting from the system gas supply.
If the stove is actually faulty, then, of course, there can be no objections, and the fine is absolutely fair. But the situation with the maintenance of the stove, in my opinion, is unfair for users. Since, it turns out that the user himself must conclude an agreement with the service company for his own money, and even independently track the deadlines for completing the previous survey.
And when the contract expires, the user himself will have to renew the contract himself and apply for a new service. It is clear that a very small percentage of people are able to keep track of these dates and generally remember stove checks. And the consequence of forgetfulness is a fine.
- 2. Penalty for using old gas equipment. If a gas stove is operated, then these actions fall under the article on administrative offenses prescribed in the relevant Code. Violation is punishable by a fine.
And what about those users who do not have funds for new equipment? These are, for example, pensioners and the disabled. A new stove is expensive. How to calculate plate wear?
To do this, you must have its technical passport, which indicates the life of the device. This period must be added to the date of purchase and we get the date when the stove can no longer be used. You can also operate with the act of putting the plate into operation.
- 3. In the fire regulations, you can read that gas stove checks will now be more frequent. This increases the reliability of the plates, but reduces the amount of money in users' wallets.
Thus, it turns out that the cost of maintaining a gas stove, unfortunately, is steadily increasing.
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