Safety Certificates
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Follow the link below for further advice: Landlordswww.gassaferegister.co.uk/advice/renting_a_property/for_landlords.aspx Tenantswww.gassaferegister.co.uk/advice/renting_a_property/for_tenants.aspx Studentswww.gassaferegister.co.uk/advice/renting_a_property/for_students.aspx Having Gas Work Carried Out?Follow these top 4 safety tips from The Gas Safe Register, the UK's Gas Safety Watchdog: If they are not Gas Safe Registered than they are illegal. No one other than a Gas Safe Registered person is authorised to carry out any gas related work
Every year people die in accidents in and around their homes caused from faulty workmanship by both DIY or professionally installed or repaired items. Due to this rising toll recent regulations have been changed meaning most plumbing and heating work needs to be approved under regulation. Gas Safe is the only competent person's scheme when it comes to gas. All Gas Safe-registered installers must carry an ID card and have it available to show you when they are working in your home. Always check your installer's Gas Safe Registared ID Card - front and back - this way you can be confident they are who they say they are, and that they are properly trained to carry out the work. To make sure your installer is safe, ask to see their Gas Safe ID card and check:
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Related Articles'Silent Killer' Took Two LivesMother and daughter were tragic victims, poisoned by fumes from a coal heater, an inquest hears. A mother and daughter from Tunbridge Wells were tragic victims of the ‘silent, invisible killer’, carbon monoxide. The bodies of Florence Holman, 98, and Marion Stillwell, 61, were discovered in the sitting room of their Stone Street terrace home on October 26 last year. Police officers discovered Mrs. Holman’s body in a chair in front of the coal heater and her daughter by her feet on the floor. A post mortem confirmed they were poisoned by fumes from the fire. The inquest this week heard they had failed to regularly clear the heater’s throat plate so soot and debris has blocked the flue. The deadly fumes had ‘crept back into the room’ instead of escaping through the Chimney, said Martin Glynn, president of the National Association of Chimney Sweeps. He said: ‘They would not have realised it was happening. You cannot see it, smell it or taste it. That is why we call carbon monoxide the ‘silent killer’. They would have been sleepy and drowsy and then unfortunately fallen unconscious. There is no smoke; they were suffocated by the poisonous fumes.’’ Mr. Glynn said as an ‘essential safety issue’ the plate should have been cleared once a month. He also said that there were no external air vent in the small room, which did not conform to current regulation, and no carbon monoxide detectors. Although there were two working smoke detectors these would not have helped, he added. The double death was described as a ‘dreadful tragedy’. The pair had lived together for 37 years in Stone Street, where a neighbour described them as ‘good as gold’. Residents in the close-knit community alerted the police after not seeing Mrs. Stillwell for a few days, and officers forced entry. The inquest heard that twice married, Mrs. Stillwell has learning difficulties. Just weeks before her death she had retired as a shop assistant at Tesco Grosvener Road after 34 years. Mr. Hatch warned of the life threatening dangers of not maintaining and cleaning solid fuel heaters and of the importance of carbon monoxide detectors. Verdict: death by misadventure This article was reproduced with kind permission from The Kent and Sussex Courier. Article by Mary Harris. |
Each time we complete the required safety checks on the relevant gas appliances and find them to standard, we will issue you a Landlord Gas Safety Certificate. These certificates must be presented to the tenant when they move into a new home and the records kept by the landlord for future reference. The Landlord Gas Safety Certificate determines the state of the pipe work and appliances and certifies that they are safe for use. Should a defect be found, and permission is given, we will take measures to get the appliance up to regulation standard, where possible, and record the action that we have taken to bring the property to standard. It is essential for all gas appliances in a rented property to be checked by a certified worksman, on behalf of the landlord, for gas safety every 12 months.