Lack of CORGI Cert for boiler delaying sale - pls help !!

PasturesNew

hearts wrote: »

Are boilers covered by building insurance? or even household? I didn't think they were.

The reference to it blowing up meant ... and taking the entire back end of the house with it in a massive pyrotechnics display that brings 20 fire engines to your door.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

The reference to it blowing up meant ... and taking the entire back end of the house with it in a massive pyrotechnics display that brings 20 fire engines to your door.

When your insurer asks for the installation certificate, I think it is safe to assume that it turned to ashes.

I think your buyers need to get reasonable here. You have offered a gas safety certificate (which shows the appliance is safe on the day of inspection, not just that it was installed correctly way back when) and an indemnity policy. If there is no way of getting the original guy to certify it, your buyers need to accept that or pull out.

All this talk of boilers with gas safety certificates, which show tha appliance is running correctly as opposed to that it was just installed correctly, blowing the back wall off houses is scaremongering.

Take a step back. Boilers don't suddenly decide to blow up just because the house has changed ownership.

Megsmum

We have spoken to the company that carried out our gas safety inspection and they say that they are finding this happens all the time - they will re-inspect and prepare an in depth report to certify that the boiler has been installed properly and is safe in their opinion. this is usually sufficient to satisfy purchasers. The indemnity policy is not for the boiler itself but for the lack of building regs (which are also required) and the policy should cost about £50 plus VAT.
we have offered this to our buyers are are waiting to hear that they will accept this. Fingers crossed !
after quite a bit of research this seems to be our only option and i hope it helps any others in the same position.

Greenwellies_2

This is a really helpful thread. I've had a letter asking for my Corgi cert.
My boiler was installed in 2003, and the certificate was given to someone who checked the work afterwards.
I've rung the company that done the work and asked for their corgi number and I hope that it will be ok.

Failing that I now know my options

Thank you!

GW

silvercar

Greenwellies wrote: »

This is a really helpful thread. I've had a letter asking for my Corgi cert.
My boiler was installed in 2003, and the certificate was given to someone who checked the work afterwards.
I've rung the company that done the work and asked for their corgi number and I hope that it will be ok.

Failing that I now know my options

Thank you!

GW

Regulations changed in 2005, you should be fine.

Canucklehead

Megsmum wrote: »

We have spoken to the company that carried out our gas safety inspection and they say that they are finding this happens all the time - they will re-inspect and prepare an in depth report to certify that the boiler has been installed properly and is safe in their opinion. this is usually sufficient to satisfy purchasers. The indemnity policy is not for the boiler itself but for the lack of building regs (which are also required) and the policy should cost about £50 plus VAT.
we have offered this to our buyers are are waiting to hear that they will accept this. Fingers crossed !
after quite a bit of research this seems to be our only option and i hope it helps any others in the same position.

Hi ...hope your buyers accept what you have provided. It boggles the mind that some RGIs who can notify don't notify their installations...only costs a couple of quid to self-certify via Gas Safe Register and can be done online (of course there are always the illegals who can't so check your RGI's registration on GSR)
Oh, well...at least anyone who reads this thread will now be aware of the requirements.

HTH

Canucklehead

margaretclare

CORGI no longer exists. See: http://www.gassafetygroup.org.uk/lib/docs/notes%20of%20all%20party%20parliamentary%20gas%20safety%20group%20meeting_nov08.pdf

It's now Capita.

Ulfar

I have just been in this position as a buyer, when the solicitor asked for the certificate the vendor offered an indemnity. I asked for a full service and issue of gas safety certificate to be done by a registered gas safety installer.

The installer went out and returned a gas safety report failing the house because neither the boiler, gas hob or oven had been installed properly.

This wasn't the only problem to come to light but suffice to say I ran away from the house.

Megsmum

Canucklehead wrote: »

Hi ...hope your buyers accept what you have provided. It boggles the mind that some RGIs who can notify don't notify their installations...only costs a couple of quid to self-certify via Gas Safe Register and can be done online
HTH

Canucklehead

Thanks - we hope it'll be ok too - still not heard but the buyers have been in touch asking if they can bring parents round sat to have a nose (they are young-ish FTBs) so I take that as a good sign. Our installer was recommended and really not a bad bloke but openly admits that all the paperwork frightens him. I think he's been doing it for years and, like so many people, just never had to deal with paperwork before. Unfortunately, at the time he installed ours his son was his apprentice so one can only assume he is training his own son to ignore the necessary paperwork !!