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The effective commissioning of the facilities will be subject, where appropriate, to the provision of a statement
responsible for compliance with other safety regulations that affect it.
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Any action that does not meet the requirements demanded by the RITE or that refers to a facility with technical
deficiencies detected by the inspection services of the Administration or control bodies will not be considered
valid, as long as such deficiencies are not duly corrected. or the indicated technical deficiencies are corrected.
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Article 25. Holders and users
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The owner or user of the thermal installations is responsible for compliance with the RITE from the moment in
which their provisional reception is carried out, in accordance with the provisions of article 12.1.c) of Law
21/1992, of July 16, of Industry, in what refers to its use and maintenance, and without this maintenance being
able to be replaced by the guarantee.
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The owner of the installation will be responsible for carrying out the following actions: a) The maintenance of the
thermal installation by an authorized maintenance company. b) Mandatory inspections. c) The conservation of
the documentation of all actions, whether they are maintenance, repair, reform or inspections carried out in the
thermal installation or its equipment, consigning them in the Building Book, when it exists.
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Article 26. Maintenance of the facilities
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The maintenance operations of the facilities subject to the RITE will be carried out by authorized maintenance
companies.
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When taking charge of the maintenance, the owner of the installation will deliver to the representative of the
maintenance company a copy of the "Use and Maintenance Manual" of the thermal installation, contained in the
Building Book.
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The maintenance company will be responsible for the maintenance of the thermal installation being carried out
correctly in accordance with the instructions in the "Use and Maintenance Manual" and with the requirements of
this RITE.
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Article 27. Record of maintenance operations
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All thermal installations must have a record in which the maintenance operations and repairs that occur in the
installation are collected, and which will form part of the Building Book.
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The owner of the installation will be responsible for its existence and will have it available to the competent
authorities that so require by inspection or any other requirement. It must be kept for a period of no less than
five years, counted from the date of execution of the corresponding maintenance operation.
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The maintenance company will prepare the registry and will be responsible for the annotations in it.
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Article 28. Maintenance certificate
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Annually, in those cases in which it is mandatory to sign a maintenance contract, the maintenance company and
the maintenance director, when the participation of the latter is mandatory, will sign the maintenance certificate,
which will be sent, if so determined, to the competent body of the Autonomous Community, leaving a copy of it
in the possession of the owner of the installation, who will incorporate it into the Building Book when it exists.
The validity of the maintenance certificate issued will be a maximum of one year.
5. The guarantee will not be operative in the following cases:
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Breakdown or malfunction caused by incorrect installation according to the assembly instructions or non-compliance
with current regulations in the installation of the appliance or in the flue gas evacuation chimney or in the hydraulic or
electrical networks.
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Installations carried out in breach of the installation requirements of current state or regional regulations. On a
prevalent but not exclusive basis, those included in the Regulation of Thermal Installations of Buildings (RITE) for
equipment with nominal thermal power equal to or greater than 5 kW.
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Equipment in which the maintenance obligations for users of current state or regional regulations have not been
fulfilled. Prevalently but not exclusively, those included in the Building Installations Regulations (RITE) for equipment
with nominal thermal power equal to or greater than 5 kW. In this sense, the alarm notification of the unit's operating
hours counter must have been attended to in a timely manner.
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Equipment in which inappropriate accessories, non-approved or foreign to the original components have been used
for installation or operation.
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Breakdown or malfunction derived from the use of non-approved fuels or fuels lacking the required certification and
qualities.
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Faults produced or damages derived from the installation or any element or circumstance unrelated to the equipment
itself.
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Improper transport, storage or locations that may cause corrosion or abrasion in the paint or appearance of the
equipment, lack of cleanliness, glass breakage, deterioration of the closing joints, etc. Impact breakage of glass,
ceramic pieces or the like.
