Gas Certificate required? New Central Heating System

bauk

Hi,

Could do with some advice please...

I'm in the middle of a loft and kitchen extention and one builder (company) has done all the work except for the central heating system.

At the same time as extention being built we decided to also redo our central heating system. We hired a Corgi Registered Company to do the work and the person who installed it was also Corgi Registered. He put is Corgi number on the boiler etc.

My builders are saying that we need a Gas Certificate for this work before he calls the inspector to pass the extention but the plumbing company we used said we don't need it because they were Corgi Registered and the details are on the boiler/megaflow. The only time we need a Gas safety Certificate would be if we were going to rent our property but seeing that this is our own primary residence they have said we don't need it.

Can anyone enlighten me as to who would be right? I assume being Corgi registered that would be enough for them to carry out the work without certifying the work as well?

Thanks in advance.

madtrekker

I could be wrong but I thought that the requirements to meet Building Regs were that the boiler / heating system had to be installed by a Corgi registered plumber and that was it. As long as you have paperwork (invoices etc.) showing his Corgi number that should be fine I'd have thought. Gas safety certificates are something additional for when you're renting your property.

bauk

This is exactly what I thought... I know of landlords and properties that are rented and they have to do Gas Certs every year to comply with regulations.

Is there anyway to find out this information somewhere for certain?

Thanks

moneysavingplumber

Whoever fits the boiler is required to undertake Gas Work Notification, currently via Corgi, and the certificate will be issued automatically to you confirming Building Regs Part L compliance. This is supposed to form part of your home information pack. Additionally they must fill out the Benchmark form in the back of the instruction manual confirming it has been installed and commissioned correctly.

EliteHeat

In my experience bulding inspectors go a bit loopy when they see unvented cylinders and start demanding to see the installers G3 card, on-site, at a time of their convenience. Most contractors will tell them to get stuffed at this point, leading to something of an impasse.

Whilst the cylinder is a controlled appliance it needs no notification but it does need its benchmark book to be completed.

This, together with your Corgi notification (as stated by MSP), is enough and you certainly do not need a gas safety certificate.

Canucklehead

Good afternoon: You should receive one of these by post if your boiler installation has been self-certified and notified to CORGI by your RGI.

HTH

Canucklehead

Nikki

Have emailed corgi - no reply on phone, staff training! Thought I'd try here to see if any one can help as it may be a while before I get a reply. In the process of selling my house, buyers solicitor wants a copy of corgi cert for boiler installation in Dec '07. The installer was corgi cert and filled in the commissioning bit in the manual, 100% happy with his work and boiler still working well. How do we go about getting this cert for our buyer?

jasmin10

I had a new combi boiler fitted two weeks ago. I had to sign a form that they had completed with the details of the boiler , the name of the corgi registered company and the name of their employee (also corgi). The chap said that I was signing this document so THEY could send the form off to Corgi so I can get a landlord/owners certificate to prove that it has been installed by a corgi register company/employee and that I would need this if I ever sold the house.

Then last week in the post I got my Corgi certificate.

Hope this helps.

Sam

economiser

madtrekker wrote: »

I could be wrong but I thought that the requirements to meet Building Regs were that the boiler / heating system had to be installed by a Corgi registered plumber and that was it.

Only the gas work has to by a Corgi man/woman. The rest of the installation can be done by others.

Canucklehead

jasmin10 wrote: »

I had to sign a form that they had completed with the details of the boiler , the name of the corgi registered company and the name of their employee (also corgi). The chap said that I was signing this document so THEY could send the form off to Corgi so I can get a landlord/owners certificate to prove that it has been installed by a corgi register company/employee and that I would need this if I ever sold the house

Good evening: The householder isn't required to sign a form (this procedure would be company specific). A RGI, who can self-certify the installation will notify CORGI, usually online or by phone: CORGI will issue a Building Regulations compliance certificate to the householder. The RGI should also fill out/sign the Benchmark installation and service log (usually part of the installation manual).

HTH

Canucklehead

Canucklehead

economiser wrote: »

Only the gas work has to by a Corgi man/woman. The rest of the installation can be done by others.

Good evening: The OH always does all of the installation as he is a qualified plumber as well as an RGI: he wouldn't leave one of his installations to the mercy of a third party as callbacks for a boiler problem are often caused by plumbing faults of the CH system not the gas work (he hasn't had a call-back on a CH installation since he started out in the 1970s...let's hope the record holds;))

HTH

Canucklehead