HSE implications of renting out a fully equipped workshop?

[Beau]

Considering what to do with my workshop. I don't make much at present and it's a shame to have kit siting idle.

If I rented out a fully equipped workshop what rules and regs would it need to comply with and is there any demand for a fully equipped workshop that's only really big enough for one maker?

Thanks

 

[PAC1]

You would not be their employer so the Act probably does not apply BUT they would say well you rented us equipment that should comply with the Act and other standards so if a guard was missing ill fitted you could be liable. Also as the owner you would owe duties for suitability of both the machinery and the building. You would need to get a solicitor to draw up a very careful lease agreement which would probably cost more than the rent.
Also anyone wanting to rent a fully equipped workshop might not be someone you want anywhere near you valuable machinery. They might not have the same level of respect for your investments as you might wish for

 

[tomatwark]

I would say that the equipment would leased in addition to the workshop ( I assume you own the workshop), making it the same as leasing a van, that at the end the machinery has to be returned in a usable good working order.

You may have to take the responsibility for the LEV test for the extraction though as I guess that may come under the fixtures and fittings.

I would have thought the machinery would need to be up to the current regs for safety when you leased it, as for the day to day setting up and use that would be down the person leasing the premises and machinery.

If your kit is not up to this you maybe opening a can of worms and the cost of getting it up to spec may not be worth it.

You will also need all the normal landlords bits of paper like electrical certificates etc.

 

[Bodgers]

Considering what to do with my workshop. I don't make much at present and it's a shame to have kit siting idle.

If I rented out a fully equipped workshop what rules and regs would it need to comply with and is there any demand for a fully equipped workshop that's only really big enough for one maker?

Thanks

Is this your home workshop?

 

[Beau]

I would say that the equipment would leased in addition to the workshop ( I assume you own the workshop), making it the same as leasing a van, that at the end the machinery has to be returned in a usable good working order.

You may have to take the responsibility for the LEV test for the extraction though as I guess that may come under the fixtures and fittings.

I would have thought the machinery would need to be up to the current regs for safety when you leased it, as for the day to day setting up and use that would be down the person leasing the premises and machinery.

If your kit is not up to this you maybe opening a can of worms and the cost of getting it up to spec may not be worth it.

You will also need all the normal landlords bits of paper like electrical certificates etc.

Much as I suspected so probably a non starter without some serious investment.

 

[Beau]

Considering what to do with my workshop. I don't make much at present and it's a shame to have kit siting idle.

If I rented out a fully equipped workshop what rules and regs would it need to comply with and is there any demand for a fully equipped workshop that's only really big enough for one maker?

Thanks

Is this your home workshop?

It is my workshop that was used professionally until recently but have chosen another line of work to earn a crust.