Despite the clear economic benefit, many owners of apartments in apartment blocks and private houses are planning to abandon gas and completely switch to electrical equipment. The reasons for this are different: the features of redevelopment, the safety of residents, soot and dirt from the operation of gas equipment, the need for constant maintenance.
When starting the refusal procedure, it is important to comply with the legal provisions. Next, we will tell you how to refuse gas in an apartment or a country house without violating legal requirements.
The content of the article:
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Rules for turning off gas in MKD
- Who is in charge of the gas supply?
- Documentary and legal base
- When else can they turn off the gas?
- Shutdown procedure
- Instruction for owners of private houses
- Gas supply resumption procedure
- Conclusions and useful video on the topic
Rules for turning off gas in MKD
As the owner of gas equipment - stove, boiler, column - you need to know the rules for the installation, operation and maintenance of equipment. But not all the nuances lie in the area of responsibility of homeowners, some of the issues are solved by the service organization - the city or district gas service.
If you have a desire to abandon gas equipment, you need to know who to contact, what documents will be required for this and how long the dismantling work will take. Consider the main provisions and laws that will help you to go through all the stages correctly, without consequences.
Who is in charge of the gas supply?
If you already have a stove or gas water heater installed, then you are obliged to monitor the state of the internal gas equipment, timely signal about its breakdowns and the need for repair, timely conclude or prolong service agreement.
It is better to entrust assembly and dismantling works to representatives of Gorgaz - it is safer, faster, more professional. In this case, the gas service becomes the responsible executor and guarantees the correct operation of the equipment.
On behalf of the owner, an HOA, a housing cooperative, a management company or another organization that provides utility services services, but supplying companies still more often conclude service contracts directly with the owners apartments.
Intra-gas equipment requiring attention includes:
- stoves, boilers, boilers, convectors - any technical models that use natural or bottled gas;
- metering devices;
- gas pipelines multi-apartment buildings, located inside or outside, connected to gas distribution stations or cylinder installations.
The owners of apartments or management companies (HOA, ZhSK) are responsible for the common property located in the areas of a residential building. As for gas, here they are responsible for the pipes and fittings of the building's internal engineering system.
The consumer's obligations to conclude a contract for the maintenance of gas indoor equipment are spelled out in Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 21, 2008 No. 549 ed. of (21.07.2008), clause 21 on “Rules for the supply of gas to meet the household needs of citizens”.
The supplier is obliged, according to paragraph 3 of the same Rules, to comply with the terms of the contract, supplying apartment owners in MKD with natural gas from the gas distribution station or liquefied gas from cylinder installations
Many residents are interested in whether it is possible to refuse to use gas in an apartment if the whole house is connected to the highway. When solving this issue, you will have to contact all authorities - from the management company to the supplier.
Documentary and legal base
When collecting documents for starting the gas shutdown procedure, controversial issues may arise with the supplier. You will find all the answers in the "Rules for the supply of gas to meet the household needs of citizens", the link to which we have given a little higher.
If the problems relate to payment for services or debts, the maintenance of common property - an in-house gas pipeline, the main provisions are set out in Housing Code.
Any materials on gas supply, including transportation issues, price regulation policies, supplier warranties, can be found in Federal Law "On Gas Supply in the Russian Federation" No. 69-F3 from 31.03.1999.
Today on the agenda is the issue of banning the use of gas in apartment blocks. The initiative was put forward and is being considered by experts, but they have not yet come to a common decision.
The reason for the proposal to ban was frequent accidents in apartment buildings associated with gas equipment and often ending in explosions and deaths.
It is proposed that instead of appliances operating on gas, install equipment with power supply. They want to make a replacement in all regions, except for places where, for climatic or other reasons, it is impossible to use any other type of fuel.
When else can they turn off the gas?
The gas supply to the apartment can be cut off either at the request of the owner or through his fault. Let's consider both options.
If the owner of the apartment wants to terminate a gas supply contract, and at the same time, the work in all instances is well established, the procedure will not take much time.
It is performed in two stages:
- Collection of documents.
- Dismantling work.
The Gas Supply Rules, paragraph 51, set out the conditions under which the owner of the home, who is also one of the parties to the conclusion of the gas supply contract, can terminate the agreement.
So, to terminate the contract, you will need:
- Full payment for services for the supply of fuel, confirmed by a receipt or check for the last month.
- Receipt for payment of services for disconnecting intra-apartment gas equipment from the general gas network. The work must be performed by the company with which the contract is concluded.
- Dismantling certificate with address, date and signatures of both parties.
It is not always necessary to make a permanent shutdown; sometimes you just need to suspend the fuel supply for a while. This happens if the owner of the apartment leaves home for a long time - for example, to work on a rotational basis or on a business trip abroad.
Overhaul of an apartment with a complete redevelopment, underfloor heating installation, replacement electrical wiring, moving walls in some cases also requires disconnecting the gas main in security reasons
There is also such a phenomenon as the conservation of an apartment - when the owner moves to another city and has not yet decided what to do with the previous housing.
Unfortunately, the fuel is turned off not only of their own free will. Sometimes consumers knowingly or not violate the rules for operating the equipment, in connection with which the supplier company suspends the gas supply, shutting off the pipeline before entering the apartment.
Here are just a few reasons for the interruption of gas supply due to the fault of the consumer:
- Failure to pay - a gas cutoff is legal if there is no money transfer for 2 consecutive months.
- The non-admission of representatives of the service organization to a routine check of equipment or metering devices.
- Violation of the rules for operating equipment - for example, illegal installation of propane cylinders in an apartment.
- The use of equipment that does not meet the technical characteristics or standards set forth in the legal documentation.
If the contract is missing or incorrectly drawn up, the supplier can also cut off the gas. The consumer is notified about the interruption of gas supply 40, and then a second time and 20 days before the shutdown. Without warning, they can block the highway only if an emergency has occurred.
Sometimes, during an inspection or accidentally, a gas leak is detected in the entrance, in the local area or in the apartment. In this case, they can also cut off the fuel supply to the MKD
If the safety of the residents of the house is threatened by the danger associated with faulty equipment, the gas is cut off immediately, without warning, and after the breakdown is eliminated, the whole house is reconnected to the mains.
Shutdown procedure
Suppose that you finally decided to get rid of gas equipment and replace it with electrical equipment, how to refuse the connected gas in an apartment building? First you need to find out which organizations you will have to visit and what documents you need to provide.
Details can be found in the management company or in another organization responsible for paying utility bills. Usually there is a certain procedure established by law.
It is better to start from the territorial site of Gazprom LLC. To terminate the contract, you must submit a written statement the established sample. The collected documents are attached to the application - receipts for payment for gas and for shutdown servicescopies may be needed.
Be sure to have with you passport for personal identification. May require and title deeds.
A problem can arise if not all apartment owners agree with the decision of one of the residents. To get permission from the Criminal Code, you will have to persuade everyone who is in shared or common property.
The duration of the shutdown procedure depends on how quickly you collect and pay receipts, as well as on the efficiency of Gorgaz employees.
After submitting the application, they act in the following order:
- appoint a time to visit the apartment, convenient for everyone;
- come and draw up a sketch on the spot;
- conclude a contract for dismantling work;
- issue an invoice for payment of services.
After you provide the receipt, the craftsmen come, dismantle the equipment, cut off the gas pipe, and weld the hole.
The approval process is fast, and the departure of the team may be delayed - it all depends on how busy the specialists are.
You can disconnect and take out the gas stove yourself, but you cannot carry out work on dismantling the gas pipeline with your own hands, all the more so - do welding work
If you plan to use electrical equipment, we recommend dismantling and the installation of new equipment should be carried out in parallel in order to maintain the conditions for a full-fledged living in apartment.
Remember that according to ZhK RF (Art. 26) and Resolution of the Gorstroy RF No. 170 of 27.09.2003 the installation of household electrical equipment instead of gas equipment is considered to be a reorganization of a living space - an apartment or a house, which means that it is necessary to agree on the replacement in the self-government bodies.
Instruction for owners of private houses
There are many reasons for turning off the gas in private houses, located mostly in villages, summer cottages and cottage settlements. The most common ones are the reconstruction of the house or its transfer from the place of permanent residence to the dacha, which residents visit seasonally.
Consider how to legally refuse gas in a private house. Refusal should be guided by the same Gas Supply Rules, Clause 51. It is necessary to prove that there are no debts in payment, and to turn off the indoor equipment at your own expense.
You need to start in the same way - by writing an application to the gas distribution organization that supplies fuel and maintains the networks. Only specialists have the right to tie-in or dismantle equipment.
Remember that all work on connecting / disconnecting fuel is carried out at the expense of the owner of the house. If you want to perform these procedures frequently, you will have to fork out. Prices differ across the country, therefore, to clarify the cost of events, it is better to contact the regional branch of Gazprom.
The place of trimming is most often chosen after the metering device. Cut the pipe, weld the hole or install the plug - if in the future it is planned to connect again
When connecting the house to the gas main, all work was also carried out at the expense of the owner, therefore any equipment - an aboveground or underground branch of the gas pipeline, pipe outlet to the outside, the wiring will be left in place.
Gas supply resumption procedure
If, for any personal reasons, the owners of the apartment or house want to re-connect the gas home equipment, you must re-write an application to the gas distribution department at the place of registration housing.
A common example: the former owners leave, preserve the house, then sell it, and the new owners want to re-connect to natural gas. They need to submit an application, after which the service organization will prepare invoices for payment.
After payment, representatives of the gas service will go to the site, check the connection conditions, the serviceability of the equipment, and then make a new insert
If the gas capacity of the new owners increases, they will have to change metering device. Usually, after all bills have been paid, connection is made within 5 days - according to Resolution 549, p. 48.
Conclusions and useful video on the topic
Why is it important to trust the installation of gas appliances only to gas service workers:
It is not difficult to agree on measures to turn off the gas if you followed the operating rules, made payments on time, and entered into an agreement in accordance with all the rules. But before making a final decision, think about whether you will need gas in the future - now it is the cheapest of all existing types of fuel in Russia.
If you do not need to use gas from time to time, just install a meter and pay according to the volume actually used.
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