Landlord Gas Safety Certificate (CP12)

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Table of contents

1. What is Gas Safe Register?
2. How long is Gas Safe certificate valid for?
3. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning
4. Landlords’ responsibilities for Gas Safety
5. Tenants’ responsibilities for Gas Safety
6. Homeowners’ responsibilities for Gas Safety
7. What are the gas safety risks of dangerous gas work?>
8. Top tips for gas safety

We are a leading provider of Gas and Electrical Safety Inspections, safety services and advice for business, commercial and domestic customers in all London boroughs, Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster, Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Sutton, Waltham Forest and all post codes starting with (W-TW-SW-NW-E-SE-HA-KT-UB-SM). Whether you are a Homeowner, a Landlord or a Business Manager, you need to be aware of your obligations, and we can help ensure that you stay on the right side of the law.

What is Gas Safe Register?

Gas Safe Register replaced Corgi as the organization responsible for gas safety in Great Britain on 1 April 2009.

How long is Gas Safe certificate valid for?

Particularly relevant for Landlords and Letting Agents are the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, under which Landlords are legally required to ensure that any gas appliances, fittings and flues provided for their tenants use are safe. In particular, gas appliances must be checked annually by a registered gas engineer who will issue a “Landlord Gas Safety Certificate.” (CP12). Additionally, records of gas safety inspections must be retained for at least 2 years, and a copy of the CP12 certificate must be issued to tenants. EES offer periodic gas safety inspection by one of our team of trained engineers, at the start of a tenancy and at intervals thereafter, as part of a combined gas and electrical safety inspection programme. All work on gas appliances and fittings is carried out by one of our Gas Safe registered engineers.

We provide a comprehensive service to the residential housing market, where Landlords, Buy-to-let Investors and Local Government Organisations may face the possibility of stiff penalties if they fail to ensure that all gas and electrical appliances and installations in their tenanted homes are safe. Homeowners (and particularly home buyers & sellers) are also well advised to be able to provide evidence that a domestic property has been subject to a recent safety inspection, and that all gas appliances and electrical equipment can be operated safely.

We have opted to make flexibility and convenience for the customer a priority, and will provide a multi-skilled engineer (often at short notice) to carry out combined gas and electrical safety inspections. Additionally, their resulting safety inspection report will be completed by the engineer at the time of their visit, saving time and money. Landlords, Letting Agents, Buy-to-let Investors and Local Government Organizations can plan their annual gas and electrical safety inspection schedules with a minimum of inconvenience, and Homeowners and Buyers can ensure their homes are safe with only a single phone call.

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Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning

A poorly-maintained gas appliance can cause carbon monoxide poisoning. Learn more about the symptoms of this and how to prevent it. Find out what your rights and responsibilities for gas safety are as a tenant, landlord or homeowner.

Every year about 30 people die from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning caused by gas systems which have not been properly installed or maintained. Many others also suffer ill health.

When gas does not burn properly, as with other fuels such as coal, wood or oil, excess CO is produced which is poisonous. You can’t see it, taste it or smell it, but CO can kill without warning in just a few hours. The symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include headaches, feeling tired and sick, and difficulty in thinking clearly.

The best way to protect yourself is to have all gas and fossil fuel cooking and heating appliances, and flues and chimneys, serviced regularly. The servicing (and any installation) should be done by a registered Gas Safe engineer.

There is more information about carbon monoxide on the NHS Choices website.

Carbon monoxide poisoning

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Landlords’ responsibilities for Gas Safety

As a landlord, you are responsible for the safety of your tenants. The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 specifically deal with the duties of landlords to ensure that gas appliances, fittings and flues provided for tenants’ use are safe. Landlords should:

1.     Ensure installation pipe work, appliances and flues provided for tenants are maintained in a safe condition

2.     Ensure an annual safety check is carried out on each appliance and/or flue that you provide for tenants use

3.     Ensure maintenance and annual safety checks are carried out by a Gas Safe registered installer keep a record of each safety check for two years

4.     Issue a copy of the safety check to each existing tenant within 28 days of check being completed, and to any new tenant before they move in

5.     Ensure all gas equipment (including any appliance left by a previous tenant) is safe or otherwise removed before re-letting

6.     Ensure that only Gas Safe registered installers are used to carry out work on gas appliances, fittings and flues provided for tenants use if a managing agent is used, make sure the management contract clearly says who will arrange for maintenance and safety checks and keep records.

7.     If you are a landlord and use a managing agent, you still have overall responsibility for making sure duties are met.

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Tenants’ responsibilities for Gas Safety

You should allow your landlord access to the property to carry out maintenance or safety checks on appliances and/or flues that they provide for your use.

Gas appliances and/or flues you own should be regularly maintained and a safety check carried out at least once every 12 months by a Gas Safe registered installer.

If there is any doubt about the safety of gas equipment it should be turned off and not touched until checked by a Gas Safe registered installer.

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Homeowners’ responsibilities for Gas Safety

As a homeowner you have a responsibility to yourself and the residents in your home to ensure that your gas fittings and appliances are safe.

Ensure that all gas appliances and/or flues are regularly maintained and a safety check carried out annually by a Gas Safe registered installer.

We take it for granted that our boilers, cookers and gas fires are safe. It is only when there is a problem with an appliance that many people take any notice of it at all.

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What are the gas safety risks of dangerous gas work?

Dangerous gas work can be deadly.  Badly fitted and poorly serviced appliances can cause the following gas safety risks:

• Gas leaks
• Fires
• Explosions
• Carbon monoxide poisoning

Only use a Gas Safe registered engineer to fit, fix or service your appliances.

Everyone should understand how to be gas safe in their homes.

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Top tips for gas safety

Always use a Gas Safe registered engineer to install, repair and service your gas appliances, including your:

1.     Gas boiler

2.     Gas fire, gas cooker or hob

3.     Central heating system, radiators or your hot water system, if they are connected to either a Natural Gas or LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) supply

Get your appliances checked once a year, or in accordance with your manufacturer’s guidelines, by a Gas Safe registered engineer.

Your Gas Safe registered engineer will carry out tests and checks to establish your appliances are operating safely.  Where an appliance or pipework has been installed in an unsafe way, or is operating unsafely and the engineer can not rectify the situation immediately, they will follow the guidance outlined in the Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure (GIUSP) to make the installation safe.  This is the industry accepted document for guiding engineers on dealing with unsafe situations.

Install an audible, carbon monoxide alarm.  Fitting an alarm will alert you to the presence of the poisonous gas carbon monoxide, produced by unsafe gas appliances

If you think there might be a gas leak or notice any signs of carbon monoxide, act fast and follow the advice for gas emergencies.

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