Hey team,

For a house we are renting, we've got a tenancy that is running till mid-march, despite having moved out already.

At the start of March, the landlord is replacing the leaking HWC with a Gas Infinity system, and he'd asked us to arrange 2 x gas bottles to be fitted to it. Apparently they need to be onsite when install occurs, and apparently it's usually on the tenant to sort them out.

The landlord has been good to us (allowed us to end fixed term early as bought a house) so wanting to do good by him, but also not wanting to incur large expenses for gas bottles that we're not going to use a drop of.

Any thoughts on what normal convention is here, or how to approach? Any thoughts appreciated thanks :)

citydude - 2021-02-11 15:14:00

A a tenant you can arrange them. But when you leave have them removed for any credit.
There are possibly other arrangements. Contact the gas supplier first and find out how they can handle it

Edited by macman26 at 3:19 pm, Thu 11 Feb

macman26 - 2021-02-11 15:17:00

Hook up barbacue gas bottle to test it .

ginks - 2021-02-11 15:55:00

The LL normally pays the rental on the cylinders and the tenant pays for filling them.
At the end of a tenancy the supplier can weigh the cylinders to determine how much LPG is left and give a refund but there is a charge for removing them. Better talk to the owner about leaving them and getting a payment for the gas, to be passed on to the next tenant.

masturbidder - 2021-02-11 15:56:00

Have a chat to your local gas bottle supplier & or the gas installer, they may have a system set up for testing purposes only, in rental installs

mrfxit - 2021-02-11 16:17:00

Thanks team, some really good tips,

Will talk to installer first, and if that doesn't work, will check in with a supplier or two to see options.

Cheers :)

citydude - 2021-02-11 19:58:00

masturbidder wrote:

The LL normally pays the rental on the cylinders and the tenant pays for filling them.
At the end of a tenancy the supplier can weigh the cylinders to determine how much LPG is left and give a refund but there is a charge for removing them. Better talk to the owner about leaving them and getting a payment for the gas, to be passed on to the next tenant.

That’s not how it worked when I was renting - we paid annual bottle rental and cost of refilling. Contract was in our name, transferred from previous tenant

sarahb5 - 2021-02-11 21:51:00

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vintage_betty - 2021-02-12 06:42:00

ginks wrote:

Hook up barbacue gas bottle to test it .

This, we needed to get a stove tested in house that that was being sold after bottles had been removed and plumber used small gas bottle to test.

coolnzmum - 2021-02-12 08:01:00

coolnzmum wrote:

This, we needed to get a stove tested in house that that was being sold after bottles had been removed and plumber used small gas bottle to test.

A 9kg cylinder would have enough evaporative capacity to test a cooker. It may not be enough to supply a large water heater reliably. And I'd bet it would be contrary to Rinnai's installation instructions.

wembley1 - 2021-02-12 15:47:00

wembley1 wrote:

A 9kg cylinder would have enough evaporative capacity to test a cooker. It may not be enough to supply a large water heater reliably. And I'd bet it would be contrary to Rinnai's installation instructions.

When I had my gas hot water system installed they used my 9kg bottle to test it. Friends run their stove and hot water on an outside 9kg bottle.

Edited by joanie04 at 9:17 pm, Fri 12 Feb

joanie04 - 2021-02-12 21:16:00

Hey team,

They'd wanted 2 x 45kg cylinders onsite, as part of the install is putting in the mounts for them to sit in.

The installer is going to bring cylinders for the install, and take them home at end of day. Great result :)

citydude - 2021-02-13 06:27:00