Are you in need of a Landlords Gas Safety Record?

Are you considering buying a new home?

 

A  requirement of Regulation 36 (Duties of Landlords) of Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998 is that any gas appliance in a property owned by a landlord that is rented out, must be checked for gas safety within 12 month's of installation date of the appliance, and then within 12 month's thereafter.

J Duff & Son offers private landlords and estate agents with a property management portfolio, gas safety inspections covering south, central and north Norfolk areas, carried out by our  Gas Safe Registered engineer.

 

What checks do you carry out during a gas safety

inspection, recorded on the Gas Safety Record?

 

* Check the existing installation for gas tightness

* Denote make and model of landlord's appliance, plus its location & type

* Check the working operation of the landlord's appliance

* Check operating pressure or heat input against manufacturer's date badge

* Check the operation of all safety devices

* Check for adequate permanent ventilation provision

* A visual inspection of a 'relevant flue'

* Flue performance checks

Once the Gas Safety Record has been completed and passed to the landlord, the landlord must ensure that the tenant receives a copy within 28 days of the check being carried out. The landlord, or their agent, also has a legal duty to keep copies of the Gas Safety Record for 2 years from the date the check was carried out.

When tenants move out of a property and before it is re-let, the empty or 'void' property should have all the gas appliances and gas pipework owned by the landlord in that property checked, to ensure that there are no unsafe appliances or any pipework with open ends. These checks should include a gas tightness test of gas pipework and as a minimum, a visual inspection of the appliances.

Occasionally, tenants may leave a gas appliance in the property that the landlord may adopt and therefore will require a full Landlords Gas Safety Record to be carried out on it, and a record form produced. Alternatively, the landlord may wish to remove the appliance from the property.

If our engineer identifies defects which need attention, then a verbal estimate will be given to the landlord and/or his/her agent. Permission will be sought so that the necessary work can be carried out.

 

 

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