What is a Boiler Gas Safe Certificate & Why You Need One

A Boiler Gas Safety Certifcate is an essential piece of documentataion that proves your gas appliances have been checked or serviced to regulations set out in the UK by the Gas safe register, including your boiler, are safe to use.

Issued only by Gas Safe registered engineers trained and qualified to work safely and legally on gas appliances.

There is also more infomation on a landlords responsibilities on the health and safety goverment web site FAQ for lanldlords below. https://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqlandlord.htm

Do I need a Gas Safe Certificate as a Tenant or Landlord?

  • Homeowners  don’t legally require a Gas Safe certificate.
  • Landlords you’re also responsible for organizing your certificate and a legal obligation to supply one annually.
  • Tenants are responsible for identifying any issues and reporting problems with your boiler.

Why is a Gas Safe Certificate so Important?

  • Consequently having a boiler serviced annually allows the engineer to identify issues.
  • This includes looking for leaks, ensuring all parts are working correctly.

Do I need a Gas Safe Certificate to Sell My Home?

  • It’s not a legally requirement to have a Boiler Gas safety certifcate.
  • An up-to-date one can make your home more attractive to potential buyers and sale will more likely be a smoother sale without any problems.
  • As a matter of fact it is a legal requirement to have a building regulations certificate to give new homebuyers.

What checks are carried out?

For A gas safety Checkthe engineer will:

  • Firstly Take off the front cover and combustion chamber cover.
  • Visually check the internals of the boiler for scorching and leaks Etc and general overall condition.
  • Check emissions with a flue gas analyser while gas rating.
  • Also he/she will check the boiler will lock out safely in the event of igntion failure.
  • Addtionally to the above an inspection of the heat exchanger and clean as necessary
  • AlsoReplace burner seals at specified intervals.
  • Condensate trap cleaned.
  • Magnetic filter cleaned.
  • Gas valve set to the correct burn rate.

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