Knowledge/Gas safety and CO
Gas safety, carbon monoxide, and proving it
How the tests actually run, what the pass mark really is, and where your obligation ends when the customer says no.
Everything in this section
- How a negative pressure and carbon monoxide spillage test runsEnergy Safe Victoria's four-stage test from GIS 38, where the probe goes, why the pass mark isn't a ppm figure, and how to size the ventilation fix.
- The ventilation rule changed on 31 March 2014The building's approval date decides it. Before 31 March 2014 it's 1 m³ of room per 3 MJ/h. From then, an open-flued appliance needs 1 m³ per 0.4 MJ/h.
- What to do when a customer won't fix an unsafe heaterFour steps in order, with the numbers to call. Notify the Building and Plumbing Commission properly and it won't take enforcement action against you.
- Every open-flued space heater under a Victorian alertSix heater families under a safety alert, with brands and phone numbers, the one you isolate instead of servicing, and what the 2022 sales ban caught.
- Sealing a house that still has an open-flued heaterRentals need draught proofing from 1 July 2027, and evap cooler vents are on the regulator's sealing list. Add an open-flued heater and that's a CO risk.
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