Gas Safety Certificate Rules

G_M

At the least I would ensure that the remedial action was done by a GasSafe registered engineer, addressed/remedied the specific items identified by the original gas report, and was documented in paperwork that I received copies of.

But if I was a tenant, personally I would request (in writing) another Gas Report, irrespective of what other posters suggest here, or indeed irrespective of the answer as to the strict legal requirement.

As a landlord, I'd a) use a GasSafe engineer (whatever the law, and even if I had a mate willing to do it for free) and b) get a 2nd report issued.

What is the point as a landlord in taking any risks either with the legal position, or the lives of the tenants, or the reliability of the boiler? For the sake of a few £, it makes no business sense.

Argghhh

if the work is carried out then the person should either issue a cert or have in inspected and them to issue a cert otherwise there is no cert

SGM1

As the tenant you should have a copy of the cert, 1 should be left at the property. If it failed the first one then their is no valid cert and will need to be done again. Even if the problem is fixed it will be need to be checked. It really depends on what the initial problem was. Were you allowed to use after the initial check? If not it could be something serious which I would strongly recommend needs testing again. If it what just something that is called not to current standards where it just doesn't meet today's regs then it's not a serious issue

SGM1

kaya wrote: »

Afraid that's incorrect, anybody who deems themselves a competent person can work on gas and only needs to register with gas safe if they are getting paid for doing it , the first line of the gas regs states "anybody working on gas must be a competent person" and every other line is concerned with the responsibilities of employers and employees. There is no definition within the act of a "competent person" either . So if the landlord is a competent person and isn't acting as employer or employee he can do as much work on gas as he wishes, if his friend was the builder concerned and received no payment then he is working legally and within the law. I would urge anybody who thinks I'm wrong to find the gas regs online and check for themselves before piping up with an opinion on this , they are quite compact and simple to read . As with everything nowerdays the regs are just there as a money making scheme I'm afraid , same with the new window fitter rules, you can fit your own windows and need no qualifications to do so but if you want paying for your work you have to line someone else's pockets for the privilege. Gas safe staff are ignorant of the application of gas regs which is a complete farce, I exchanged about 20 e-mails with them before they admitted I was correct and did not need to pay their annual £1500 ransom in order to work on gas a volunteer for my local hospice. I am a qualified retired gas engineer in case anybody was wondering with 20 years experience

If it was the landlords builder that fixed the problem you would assume he would have to be getting paid. If the appliance was classified At Risk or Immediately Dangerous then the builder reinstating supply etc would be deemed illegal. Your situation is completely different to this.

HappyMJ

It depends on what is on the gas safety certificate. Technically my system fails as the flue vents directly onto a neighbours property (not at the rear of my property) and vents directly towards their building. If the wind were to blow gently in a certain direction the flue gases in the plume goes straight in their potentially open window although when working correctly it's only water vapour and CO2....but saying all that when the boiler was installed it met the requirements at the time which was only guidance so it actually passes. There is always notes on the certificate noting the problem so to some people it might look like a failure.