Hi all,
I have had ongoing issues with the hot water supply to one of my IP.
The property is less than 3 years old and originally there was a problem with the Rheem infinity heater which was replaced uner warranty.
Now there still seems to not to be enough hot water being created. Rheem came back out and tested the ppliance and said there was not enough gas pressure.
Gas company came out and checked the pressure out of the meter to the where it goes into the wall and said its fine up to that point. It loses pressure somewhere in the pipe within the wall cavity before it comes out to the water heater.
A gas plumber said the easiest option was to put a new gas pipe to the water heater, so that we didn't have to rip out the wall to get to the pipe.He did this, but now the Body Corp is complaining because the pipe wasn't approved by them and they said it wouldn't be approved and I need to remove it.
To be fair the pipe doesn't look particularly attractive, but for the moment, I just want to get the tenants hot water.
When the PM questioned the strata manager about the fact that the pipe was inside the wall cavity (and therefore strata’s responsibility) he said, "it is on your side of the gas main so it is your responsibility"
Can anyone offer any advice on whether I or the body corp are responsible, or what other options I might have?
This is in NSW by the way.
Many thanks
Neil
I have had ongoing issues with the hot water supply to one of my IP.
The property is less than 3 years old and originally there was a problem with the Rheem infinity heater which was replaced uner warranty.
Now there still seems to not to be enough hot water being created. Rheem came back out and tested the ppliance and said there was not enough gas pressure.
Gas company came out and checked the pressure out of the meter to the where it goes into the wall and said its fine up to that point. It loses pressure somewhere in the pipe within the wall cavity before it comes out to the water heater.
A gas plumber said the easiest option was to put a new gas pipe to the water heater, so that we didn't have to rip out the wall to get to the pipe.He did this, but now the Body Corp is complaining because the pipe wasn't approved by them and they said it wouldn't be approved and I need to remove it.
To be fair the pipe doesn't look particularly attractive, but for the moment, I just want to get the tenants hot water.
When the PM questioned the strata manager about the fact that the pipe was inside the wall cavity (and therefore strata’s responsibility) he said, "it is on your side of the gas main so it is your responsibility"
Can anyone offer any advice on whether I or the body corp are responsible, or what other options I might have?
This is in NSW by the way.
Many thanks
Neil