No Building Regulations Compliance Certificate for boiler

SophieBernina

Hello, I'm new to the forum.

I am currently in the process of selling my home and buying a new home. The house I am buying has a five year old combi boiler. I have become aware that a boiler this new should have a Buildings Regulations Compliance Installation certificate. The vendors do not have one and the Local Authority search does not list a boiler installation.

Can anyone advise how I proceed from here? Is it essential that I have this documentation?

Many thanks.
SB

Hoploz

Give Gas Safe a call. They will be able to tell you whether a certificate was ever issued. Earlier it was Corgi, worth calling them too.

Did the vendor have it fitted? They would then know why there isn't a certificate.

If all else fails, get a gas safety check carried out (your cost or theirs) then it will confirm its current safety. That is the most important factor here.

Mollyb

A regularisation certificate can also be applied for. This provides retrospective building control approval for work done without an application. Check with your local authority. This is fairly standard problem when selling.


Molly

franklee

If the vendors got it fitted they will know the name of the person who installed it. They can go back to this person and ask them to register the boiler with gas safe. If they refuse report them to gas safe. Once it's registered with gas safe that's the certificate you need.

http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/
http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/advice/gas_safety_in_the_home/building_regs_certificates.aspx

SophieBernina

Many thanks for all your advice.

SB

G_M

Enforcement of Building Regulations:

Under s36 of the Building Act 1984 the local authority must serve the notice within 12 months of completion of the work or else it is time-barred.

So enforcement is not the issue. It is actually

a) does the boiler work?
b) is it safe?

Both questions can be answer by inspecting (pay a GasSafe engineer).

Or if the vendor has had it serviced in the last 6-12 months, he should have a service record which will indicate the answers (though only for that date, not for today!)