Gas safety checks, servicing and landlord certificates
If you let a property, the law puts a yearly gas safety check on you and a copy of the record in your tenant's hands. We do the check, the servicing and the gas appliance work across Worcestershire, Warwickshire, and South Birmingham.
What does a landlord certificate cost?
We do not publish a price for this one yet. Tell us what needs checking and where — call 01527 304100 or send us a message on WhatsApp — and we will tell you the price before anything goes in the diary.
Ask for a booking and a priceHow is this firm different from the last installer I called?
- Our own work on your heating is covered for 12 months from the day we finish, and what that covers and what it does not is written out in full.
- The gas work is on the Gas Safe register under registration 556581, and the company is on the Companies House register under number 09765229.
What happens between my getting in touch and the work being done?
You get in touch
Call 01527 304100, or send us a message on WhatsApp on 07931 398 118. Tell us what needs checking and where, and how many appliances there are.
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You get a price
We do not publish a price for this one yet. We tell you the price before anything goes in the diary. For a price from photographs sent on WhatsApp, we come back within 2 working hours. That window is for the price. It is not a reply window for anything else you send us, and it is not a time we will be at the door.
The time shown here is an example. We have not agreed our own yet.
We do the work
We check each appliance and its flue, write down what we found, and tell you on the day if anything has to come out of use. You get the record and your tenant gets a copy of it.
What are the six things I would ring up to ask about this job?
How often does my rented property need a gas safety check?
Every gas appliance and flue you provide has to be checked for safety at intervals of no more than a year. The duty is the landlord's, and it comes from regulation 36 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, which sets that interval and requires the record. Your tenant has to be given a copy of the record, and a new tenant has to have it before they move in.
What does your engineer actually check?
That the appliance burns at the rate the maker set, that the flue takes the products of combustion outside, and that the room has the air the appliance needs. Then the pipework itself, which has to hold a tightness test. What is found and what was done about it goes on the record described above.
Do I need a service as well as the safety check?
No, and the difference is what each one is looking for. The check asks whether the appliance is dangerous. A service takes it apart, cleans it and sets it back to the maker's figures. Plenty of landlords only need the check, and we say so when that is the case.
My tenant will not let us in — what happens then?
The duty stays yours, and the regulations expect you to take all reasonable steps to get it done. In practice that means writing to the tenant, keeping every attempt on record, and trying again. Keep the paper trail: it is the evidence that you did what the regulations ask.
Do I need a certificate for a gas fire nobody uses?
An appliance you provide is in scope whether the tenant uses it or not. If nobody wants it, having it disconnected and capped takes it out of scope, and that is often the cheaper answer over the years you keep the property. The fire work itself is described above.
How do I check the engineer is registered for this kind of appliance?
Anyone working on a gas appliance in a home has to be on the Gas Safe register and competent for that area of gas work. Registration runs per business and per kind of appliance, so a business registered for boilers is not automatically registered for fires. Our registration number is 556581, and the register will show you what it covers.
I have read enough — what do I do now?
If you are still deciding what the job involves, take the price away and read what moves it, and we will not chase you.
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