Question about 'fit for purpose'

[pewe]

We bought a range cooker last Sept, and in November reported that one of the ovens was not being regulated by the thermostat and was overheating.
The supplier referred me to their warranty company who insisted that before they would accept a claim I should supply them with the gas safe certificate for installation because although the fault was with the electric oven the hob is gas.
I could not obtain a certificate from the installer (he seemed to have gone out of business just after installing the unit but before issuing the certificate) and as we only needed the one oven I let it be.
Six months later (nine months after purchase, the second oven has developed the same fault so we now have no oven.

On contacting the supplier they once again referred me to the warranty company who are still insisting that they will not send out an engineer to an oven with no certificate as it could be 'unsafe'.

I am told that they cannot adopt this stance and that I should make a claim through the small claims court on the basis that the oven is 'unfit for purpose' under the Consumer rights act.

I would be interested in the views of anyone here who may have experience in this area.

[echat11]

Hi PEWE

Basically they need proof that the gas cooker installation was carried out by a Gas Safe engineer, failing that you need to provide a Gas Safe Certificate. I had a similar situation. New laws meant that gas cookers need to be installed by a Gas Safe engineer.

a) Check the Gas Safe register, to see if the installer was Gas Safe registered, a screenshot of his previous registration and his installation receipt should be sufficient as proof.

https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/

b) Get a Gas Safe registered installer to carry out a safety check on all gas appliances or just the cooker, whatever you deem sufficient, the cost will be £45 as a minimum. Shop around for a quote. Check they are happy to accept that.

How did you pay for the cooker?