Gas Safety Certificate validity advice

[sheilawasadiver]

Hello everyone
Apologies if I've posted in the wrong area, feel free to correct me :sorcerer:

Anyhow, I'm a private renter and wanted a second opinion. I've been given a number of gas safety certificates and have two Qs:
- Is it possible to undertake a gas safety check and issue a gas safety certificate for a device that hasn't yet been installed in the property? (i.e. can it be done before it's connected to the gas mains and signed off as 'safe'). Sounds like a stupid question, but I wouldn't know. The Gas Safety certificate I have was issued for a Logik hob, but there's a receipt for purchase of the hob which has a date one day after the certificate was issued.
- If not, where/who would I go to validate the certificate? Does Gas Safe Register hold them centrally? The engineer is Gas Safe Registered but I wasn't sure if there was a central repository for gas safety certificates.

Many thanks

 

[snowhead]

- Is it possible to undertake a gas safety check and issue a gas safety certificate for a device that hasn't yet been installed in the property? (i.e. can it be done before it's connected to the gas mains and signed off as 'safe').

NOT possible

 

[rpm]

Could be a simple mistake such as the guy forgot what the correct date was, I`ve done it before on general paperwork.

And welcome to the forum by the way.

 

[sheilawasadiver]

NOT possible

So is there a place I can go to validate the certificate?

Thanks for your reply :sorcerer:

 

[sheilawasadiver]

Could be a simple mistake such as the guy forgot what the correct date was, I`ve done it before on general paperwork.

And welcome to the forum by the way.

Yeah, always feasible.

Thanks for your response

 

[kozak1968]

Could it be a new hob to replace old hob exactly the same and cert was issued for the old hob?

 

[mache]

Could it be a new hob to replace old hob exactly the same and cert was issued for the old hob?

However if the original hob had failed inspection and needed replacement then it shouldn't have had a cert issued. I'm with the opinion that it was a simple date error, however OP is in his rights to get it reissued for clarity.

 

[AlexGas]

The engineer is Gas Safe Registered ...

There's no a central repository for gas safety certificates. Call the engineer.

 

[Simon F]

anyway a new appliance is not subject to needing the certificate until its been in for a year

 

[sheilawasadiver]

I have a Gas Safety certificate from Nov '13 for a Baumatic hob, then one following for a Logik hob in Jul '14. No mention on Nov '13 of the hob being a duff.