gas saftey certificate

BobQ

stranger12 wrote: »

cool just found a place in london that does both check (service and gas safety check from £50 ).

I emailed them to find out .

I also read that I need to check their gas card and check that against the gas safety website to ensure they are qualified and registered engineers.

This seems quite cheap so I would suggest you check the engineer has a gas safe registration.

If you are unsure whether the CO alarm is reasonably new I would get it checked or buy another one.

Do you have any other gas appliances? If so you really ought to get them all checked on a regular basis.

stranger12

I only have one other flat and all is electric and current requirement for it is every 10 years .

don't worry , while I may look for cost saving , I always evaluate it and don't do it for sake of it .
I don't play with law and life of people . a life of tenant is worth much more than £50 -100 a year !

bris

The carbon monoxide detector will have a date on it for when it expires, if you can't find the date then replace it.

Hoploz

I recently paid about £70 plus vat for a gas safety check, which checked over my boiler and hob and this included servicing the boiler. It is recommended to have a boiler serviced annually (often the warranty requires it) but lots of people don't bother. If I had concerns, as you for some reason do, I would just get someone who knows what they're doing to give it a once over. It really isn't worth trying to DIY with gas, the risks are just too great.

Jhoney_2

It's worth doing for any gas appliance as the omission of Carbon Monoxide is odourless and fatal. All gas appliances should be checked by a professional gas safe certified engineer.

Worth mentioning however that whilst the legal requirement is annual, the certificate is only as good as the day inspected. Any flaw/leak can occur post checks so be vigilant,test your all your alarms regularly and stay as safe as you can

You should also have a carbon monoxide alarm in all rooms if you have open fires/wood burners in your home and chimneys should also be smoke tested/cleaned annually. I think the former is a fairly new regulation however.