Gas safety check

[ozzywizard]

Thought this the best place to post this as im sure you are all well up with law to do with property.

Is it law to have a gas safety check ?

I own my own house and live in it myself with wife and kids. Not renting or anything.
Anyway been there like 5 years and never had any kind of gas safety check, is this nessercery and if so how much and were to go for one ?

[johnhowell]

Ozzywizard,

As it is your own home there is no legal requirement to have a gas safety check.

However, it is advisable to have the boiler serviced each year to run efficiently and save you money on fuel usage. I had my boiler serviced by a local Corgi gas man - Yellow Pages (yell.com) - cost ~£75 + parts if required. Ask the cost when ringing around. Costs could increase if your have individual gas fires in each room as well as the boiler.

John

[ozzywizard]

Thanks for the reply John . this is somthing that I need to get sorted.

[Bigmac versus]

Cost will vary but I charge £45 plus vat for a service, I would say £75 is a bit steep.
Advice for you would be to make sure you get a landlords report and that the engineer is competant to carry out work on the appliance. (ticked on back of Corgi card)

[johnhowell]

Originally Posted by Bigmac versus

Cost will vary but I charge £45 plus vat for a service, I would say £75 is a bit steep.
Advice for you would be to make sure you get a landlords report and that the engineer is competant to carry out work on the appliance. (ticked on back of Corgi card)

Bigmac,

Now you mention it - I think the £75 was for the Landlords check/cert quoted whenI was considering renting out my house.

Regards,
John