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40gbp gas safety certificate. Too good to be true?
confused_landlord
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Hi there,
I normally pay about 75gbp for a gas safety certificate. This company offers to carry one out for 40gbp. Has anyone ever used them? Are they ok? https://www.gasafe.cabanova.com
I normally pay about 75gbp for a gas safety certificate. This company offers to carry one out for 40gbp. Has anyone ever used them? Are they ok? https://www.gasafe.cabanova.com
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Shop around.
They are available from about £25 upwards (unless you live in London where they will probably be more)
It's the easiest £25+ a gas engineer can earn, and probably takes less than 1 hour. (based on CH boiler, gas hob and a gas fire)
£40 - £50 is about average.
BG will probably charge £200+ :eek:"Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 20100 -
Just wanted to update the thread to state I decided to try the 40 gbp for the gas safe certificate for my property in East London and he was really good. There was apparantly a gas leak so he didn't take payment, as he only charges for a 'pass' certificate. Once I got the leak sorted out he came back on another day and gave me a pass certificate.
I normally pay 75 gbp for a certificate so I thought this was a good deal.
Edit to add: the link on my first post, to the company I was going to use was not the one I went with in the end, as they could not come out on the day I required. I was able to find another engineer for 40 gbp.0 -
Recently paid that here for a Corgi registered heating engineer. £48 odd with a certificate or £40 for cash, no receipt. He said he wasn't bothered with a certificate if I wasn't. Realise now that house insurance probably at risk without proof of having it done.0
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Recently paid that here for a Corgi registered heating engineer. £48 odd with a certificate or £40 for cash, no receipt. He said he wasn't bothered with a certificate if I wasn't. Realise now that house insurance probably at risk without proof of having it done.
That sounds dodgy. He should have given you a certificate, left one copy with the tenants and one copy for himself. The certificate has to be kept on display at the property apparantly.0 -
Good afternoon: Advice and information on Gas Safety certificates is available from Gas Safe Register ...CORGI's remit for gas ended on 1 April 2009 so who ever you get always ask to see a Gas Safe Register photo ID and check qualifications online.
HTH
CanuckleheadAsk to see CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering)0 -
Paying more than £30 is crazy0
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kippen_noedel wrote: »Paying more than £30 is crazy
Well I would not get an engineer who only charged £30 for a service with CP12. I suppose you really get what you pay for0
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