galway_blow_in
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There's nothing in the regs (linked above) that states that, they just state 'Adequate ventilation shall be provided for the removal of water vapour from every kitchen and bathroom. '
Separately, under building regs, TGD F deals with ventilation requirements. Where there is a window with an opening of sufficient size to provide purge ventilation, that meets the requirements. For situations where mechanical extract ventilation is required, connection to the light switch is fine, but in some instances a timed over-run of 15 minutes is required.
Maybe that only applies in the county where you are. I bet anything each local authority has devised their own rules on what the legislation/regulations mean.If dealing with the local authority when it comes to tenants, they demand a Seperate power source for a shower fan, I had to do it in 2018.
Stupid admittedly but there you are, in a private tenant situation, the regs are sometimes less strict
Maybe that only applies in the county where you are. I bet anything each local authority has devised their own rules on what the legislation/regulations mean.
If dealing with the local authority when it comes to tenants, they demand a Seperate power source for a shower fan, I had to do it in 2018.
Stupid admittedly but there you are, in a private tenant situation, the regs are sometimes less strict
A local authority can only demand that you comply with the law. They cannot demand you to go beyond that.
I am bit concerned by some of the landlords comments here.
A local authority can only demand that you comply with the law. They cannot demand you to go beyond that.
They can of course ask you to do anything that comes into their pointy little heads.
A landlord should always ask what is the legal basis for any request made by a local authority. The local authority cannot make up new demands as they go along, neither have they authority to produce a definitive interpretation of the law.
But if they say "jump" and the landlord says "how high", then the landlord has only themselves to blame if they end up doing stupid things.
I had a HAP inspection over a year ago and I wrote to the council asking what was the legal basis of one of their requirements, I received a reply thanking me for my letter. If landlords don't call their bluff, and they do bluff trying to see what they can get away with, why shouldn't they demand whatever.
see thread https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/hap-inspection.210595/
They can and do. In the two reports I've seen they have gone beyond the regulations.
They can and do. In the two reports I've seen they have gone beyond the regulations. In one case, an apartment with no open flame cooking or heating source and electric storage heating they insisted on the installation of a carbon monoxide alarm. In the other, a 1940's LA build, they insisted on a minimum free area of 6500 sq mm of ventilation in all habitable rooms.
The building regs clearly state that they are not applicable to older buildings, and their application may not even be applicable to renovations of older buildings. In a building as porous as a corpo build of that era, putting a hole in the wall of more than 9cm diameter in a room makes for an uncomfortable environment. Note the free area is calculated based on the open spaces in any grill fitted to the vent, so in order to comply with their requirements you need to fit a 5" core with a minimal cover.
Part of the problem perhaps is that the rental standards regs are quite vague, using terms such as 'where necessary' or 'adequate', without referring to a definitive source. I wonder what might have happened had to two people who shared reports with me pushed back, but in both cases they said the inspectors seemed quite reasonable, so they wanted to comply rather than risk the HAP payments stopping.
I wrote a lengthy letter to Limerick city Council back in May
And..., don't leave us hanging.
I guess that you heard nothing from the council as they haven't a leg to stand on but they dont like to admit that.
As an aside, a separate power source for a shower fan is something I installed on the advice of my electrician, nothing to do with the council. I dont really know if it is necessary, but if my electrician suggested it, its probably standard practice.
Would you mind sending me the list, just delete your details. Or even better put it up on here so we can see what it is the different councils are looking at.It's possible, I don't know, council rep who gave me a list was OK for the most part.
I don't think they'd stop the HAP, the councils are dying to get landlords to sign up. When I was initially signing up to HAP I nearly gave up with the amount of stuff they were asking off me and they phoned me from Limerick (that's the payment office for the country for HAP or something) and begged me to keep going.Part of the problem perhaps is that the rental standards regs are quite vague, using terms such as 'where necessary' or 'adequate', without referring to a definitive source. I wonder what might have happened had to two people who shared reports with me pushed back, but in both cases they said the inspectors seemed quite reasonable, so they wanted to comply rather than risk the HAP payments stopping.
I don't think they'd stop the HAP, the councils are dying to get landlords to sign up.
This suggests that someone changed the layout of the apartment at some stage and moved the kitchen. Not a help to your question I know unless it's easy to see where the kitchen used to be and somehow get a pipe to the vent.That's fine but the cooker hood sits on an internal wall in an apartment block.
Inspector also said a carbon hood/ filter is not compliant.
Nope, we've owned it since it was built so no movement of any rooms/ fixtures.This suggests that someone changed the layout of the apartment at some stage and moved the kitchen. Not a help to your question I know unless it's easy to see where the kitchen used to be and somehow get a pipe to the vent.