Landlord cert gas safety check

[jordyrusty]

Hi I’ve got a couple of gas safety checks coming up and I’m a bit confused as to whether I need to tick yes or no to the appliance serviced part? Does a landlord cert count as a service or does this mean has the appliance been serviced within the past year? Many thanks

 

[Deleted member 120897]

If you’re not servicing it on that visit, then it’s not been serviced. The question relates to whether you have completed the service or not.

 

[Scott_D]

Gas safety check is like a car MOT
Service goes further, cleaning, adjusting, expansion vessel etc

 

[jordyrusty]

Okay thanks for the reply! This might be another stupid question but with landlords do you even have to take the case off the boiler as all you need on the form is gas rate, safety device and FGA? As someone told me I don’t need to

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Okay thanks for the reply! This might be another stupid question but with landlords do you even have to take the case off the boiler as all you need on the form is gas rate, safety device and FGA? As someone told me I don’t need to

I suppose it could depend, our engineers (social housing) must remove the cover to carry out a visual inspection of the inside of the boiler, to check for leaks et al. Let me ask you a question - on boilers that have a sight glass, how would you visually inspect the flame picture? (Not all defects show on FGA results).

 

[Last Plumber]

Okay thanks for the reply! This might be another stupid question but with landlords do you even have to take the case off the boiler as all you need on the form is gas rate, safety device and FGA? As someone told me I don’t need to

I would.
Your job is to certify that the appliance and the installation are safe. You are putting your name to it.
As far as the appliance is concerned you can't tell if all's well unless you inspect it. I have encountered many 'regularly serviced boilers', that have internal gas leaks, especially on the side which is only live whilst in operation.
Be thorough is my advice.

 

[Timmy D]

I always take case off for a visual.

 

[Jerry]

Okay thanks for the reply! This might be another stupid question but with landlords do you even have to take the case off the boiler as all you need on the form is gas rate, safety device and FGA? As someone told me I don’t need to

drop test?

 

[Deleted member 120897]

drop test?

Not required on landlord gas safety check

 

[Jerry]

Not required on landlord gas safety check

Yes but the GS register says:

The gas pipework in your rented property must also be kept in a safe condition. Installation pipework is not covered by the annual gas safety check, but both we and the HSE recommend that when you request a safety check, you ask your Gas Safe registered engineer to:

• Test for tightness on the whole gas system, including installation pipework
• Visually examine the pipework (so far as is reasonably practicable)

So not mandatory but probably a really good idea and more than likely to cover your bum, if anything goes wrong in the future?

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Yes but the GS register says:

The gas pipework in your rented property must also be kept in a safe condition. Installation pipework is not covered by the annual gas safety check, but both we and the HSE recommend that when you request a safety check, you ask your Gas Safe registered engineer to:

• Test for tightness on the whole gas system, including installation pipework
• Visually examine the pipework (so far as is reasonably practicable)

So not mandatory but probably a really good idea and more than likely to cover your bum, if anything goes wrong in the future?

Yep I agree, and have had this argument on another forum, but they just state it’s not required. We do one as part of ours as we’re (company I work for) the landlord.

 

[Jerry]

Yep I agree, and have had this argument on another forum, but they just state it’s not required. We do one as part of ours as we’re (company I work for) the landlord.

No arguments here, we are not sparkies.

I always do one on a cp12. It gives me peace of mind.

And I do it through my analyser and can add it to the form electronically (anton)

Takes an extra 5 mins

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

As far as i'm aware, been taught, and told by a Gas Safe Inspector a Gas test is a requirement of a Landlord Safety Check, when did that change?!

I always print them off too.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

As far as i'm aware, been taught, and told by a Gas Safe Inspector a Gas test is a requirement of a Landlord Safety Check, when did that change?!

I always print them off too.

It’s always been recommended not a must