Carbon Monoxide and Safety in Rented Properties
This was the third of my webinars with Landlord Law Conference Exhibitors and was with John Stones the MD of Gas Safe Europe, best known for their product ‘Detectagas’ used for testing the sensors in carbon
John gave a most interesting talk with some harrowing tales about what can happen if you have carbon monoxide in your home.
The episode was recorded and you can watch it below. There is also a separate audio version which you can listen to via the player below or on iTunes as an episode in our podcast series.
You can find out more about Gas Safe Europe on their website here. John will also be at the Landlord Law Conference on 12 May.
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unable to watch the webinar. shows a black screen with loading flashing in the corner but nothing else happening.
I am sorry but it is working on my computer and I have to view it over the internet like everyone else. Maybe try it with a different internet browser. Or try viewing it on another device.
Has anyone else had any problems viewing the webinar?
NB There is always the audio version which is an mp3 file and is also on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-landlord-law-bloglandlord/id417291512
as a safety aid I thought that the price would be much more reasonable as we are so concerned about the lives we need to save but I suppose one has to rinse the market whilst they can it would be interesting to know how much it would be possible to make this for no doubt an excellent mark up .
I have contacted John about this – apparently Detectagas retails out at £14.95 plus vat = £17.94 which equates to £1.63 per test.
He also said:
“This is the first ever criticism of the price of Detectagas.
With 11 tests per can it costs less than £2.00 per test.
A coffee at Costa is £2.89.
A glass of Coke can be £2.50.
It is about the development, patent, trade mark, advertising, 20 years toil to make people realise that this is an issue, changing the laws in the USA and UK and the fight goes on.
With a patented product and the law in our favour we could charge anything we wanted but leave it at a reasonable price which reasonable people, who understand business, are prepared to pay.
It is a crime to sell life saving CO alarms with a 10 year warrantee which have a sensor with a two year warrantee. Our product root these devices out within warrantee, saving lives and providing the users with an opportunity to get their money back.
Seems like a good deal to me.”
I (ie Tessa) would also like to point point out that if companies that produce life saving products are expected to provide them either free or at a loss making price, you will find that very few companies will be prepared to do the necessary research and development work – which is not cheap.
Unless they are able to obtain some sort of grant aid. All these things have to be paid for – ‘free’ things are not really free. Someone has to pay for them.
my apology the price of the gas and per test is reasonable I saw the price of 26 pounds as a 50 % discount and thought £52 per can as the price was not mentioned any where else I confused it with the seminar discount my sincere apology to john and yourself .