Urgent Help - Gas boiler certificate

jawa1

We are selling our house and have lost the Gas boiler certificate from when it was fitted over 5 years ago.

Can we get a plumber to come and survey the boiler etc and get a new certificate from him? If so what do we need to ask for?

RufusFrog_2

You could ask the original fitter if they could supply a copy?

Gorgeous_George

I don't think the certificate would have any value after five years.

If anybody asks, tell them you lost it.



GG

Canucklehead

Good evening: I have responded to your post on the same topic in the DIY forum
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=4488398&postcount=296

Good luck.

Canucklehead

Canucklehead

Bump.....have you had any joy?

Canucklehead

jawa1

Thanks Canucklehead.

I think we might have packed the certificate somewhere and sent it off to storage at the my mums!!!! But between us all cannot find it anywhere!

The solicitor has not asked for it yet and if does will just ask plumber to do a survey / gas safety inspection certificate / landlord certificate.

Wings

Look in your local yellow pages and find a Corgi registered plumber and request a boiler certificate/inspection, in this part of the UK, costt for the same are between £35-50

RabbitMad

Why do you need this? I've bought 2 houses with gas boilers and neither time have I requested to see any certificates. All I have done is have a Corgi engineer service the boiler shortly after moving in.

Canucklehead

Good evening: We recently sold our house (last month in fact) and the buyer's solicitor requested a copy of the Benchmark book and the Buildings Regs certificate to ensure that the boiler was installed by a competent person i.e. a CORGI engineer and it was ,free of charge, by my OH aka Corgi Guy: the provision of a gas safety certificate (and an electrical safety certificate) puts many potential purchasers at ease and can make your property a more attractive proposition

H.T.H.

Canucklehead

paula.paula13

Hi. The regulations changed on a certain date a few years ago - you only need to supply a certificate if your boiler was installed after that date, so check when the new regs came in. I'm selling my house and was asked by the buyers solicitor for an electrical certificate which I didn't have. Luckily my husband is an architect and spotted that at the time our electrical work was done a certificate would not have been issued! Hence solicitor quickly backed off!
If you do really need a certificate then I'm sure you could get a boiler engineer out to check the installation and issue one.

Canucklehead

Good afternoon: Paulapaula13 is referring to this http://www.trustcorgi.com/consumer/requestacertificate.htmx

The installation engineer, if he or she can self-certify, will provide the details of the installation to CORGI and you should receive a Building Regulations certificate in post within a couple of weeks...keep this document in a safe place....this document is not a gas safety certificate and cannot be provided by another gas engineer...the idea is to register the installation at the time of installation. The installation engineer should also fill out the Benchmark book and service log (provided by the boiler manufacturer with the boiler).

HTH

Canucklehead