Boiler installation certificate

spiritless

We are sooooo close to exchange! Our purchase was built 10 years ago and the owner hasn't provided the necessary certificate to prove the boiler was safely installed - he provided a boiler service certificate. We've no doubt it's all safe but realise it all needs to be ticked off correctly.

If he has to purchase an indemnity policy, will this need to go back to the lender (halifax) to ensure they are happy? (We want to complete we 10/8 due to a month of holidays for everyone else in the chain..it feels like it will never happen!)

Chanes

We did not have an installation certificate for our boiler when we sold our other house (we had the bill and the installer was Gas Safe registered) All we had was the service record going back 5 years or so. We offered to buy an indemnity but the people buying weren't concerned about it at all.

bobobalde

Similar here, our buyers were happy with the service and gas safety check. Think the indemnity is only to cover building regs and not the safety of the boiler. Dont think it will slow things down too much, don't panic :-)

silvercar

Our seller's also couldn't provide any installation certificates, instead they produced a gas safety certificate. we accepted this with some disgruntled noises.

nicholbb

That would be a Corgi certificate - they probably stuck it in a draw and lost it. They could get it reinspected to get a Gas safe cert if needed, shouldn't be major delay (5-15 days once inspected).

spiritless

Okie dokie. We trust the owner, he built the house himself and as he's a well known builder in the town I doubt he'd risk his reputation over this. I'll have a chat with the husband and consider taking the service certificate.

Thanks for the quick replies.

silvercar

nicholbb wrote: »

That would be a Corgi certificate - they probably stuck it in a draw and lost it. They could get it reinspected to get a Gas safe cert if needed, shouldn't be major delay (5-15 days once inspected).

If the certificate ever existed it can be reproduced for very little and probably supplied online. Unfortunately, often builders don't go to the effort of registering the installation of a new boiler, whether they installed it themselves or had it installed by corgi registered engineers. So the options are to get a GSC now, which shows it is safe and/ or to take an indemnity policy covering lack of certification.

To get the original installation inspected is difficult as the engineer you call out will undoubtedly be unwilling to certify someone else's work. So the chances of getting an installation certificate are limited unless you can track down the original installer.

Hoploz

A safety certificate for a service carried out now is the best for peace of mind. However, sometimes a lender will require original installation certificate. You can call Gas Safe or Corgi (depending on date of installation) and they can tell you immediately if a certificate was ever issued, and if it was you can get hold of a copy (or ask your seller to get it) rather than bother with an indemnity policy.

suniil

Exactly my case. GCH was originally installed by CORGI and has a service document dated close to installation date but no actual installation certificate. Last week buyer's solicitors requested indemnity insurance that costs me £115

G_M

spiritless wrote: »

...... the owner hasn't provided the necessary certificate to prove the boiler was safely installed - he provided a boiler service certificate. We've no doubt it's all safe but realise it all needs to be ticked off correctly.

Then what is the problem? Unless you have a mortgage lender who is demanding an install certificate or indemnity insurance, just buy the property.

After this period of time

a) the council cannot enforce buiding Regulations, even if by some crzy reason they investigated

b) the certificate won't prove safety now - only that it was safe 10 years ago.

If you've seen a recent GasSafe service report, that is far more useful.