Everyone who has a central heating system, should have it checked regularly by a professional like this boiler servicing Cheltenham based company. When you have a boiler checked, a boiler engineer will then provide you with a document known as a gas safety certificate.
The gas safety certificate was created as more people started to use gas in the home, and to combat the number of faulty and unsafe gas appliances that were being installed in homes, making them incredibly dangerous.
The only people that can supply you with a gas safety certificate are those engineers that are on the gas safety register, so they must have had the required training to be able to do the job safely and correctly. This means that you can rest assured that your boiler is safe.
Boilers that are unsafe can cause very serious problems. Some of the things that faulty boilers can cause include damage to the property, the risk of explosions or fires, and carbon monoxide poisoning, so you can see why it is so important that you ensure that your gas boiler is safety checked!
The certificate shows you that the appliance has been checked by someone on the gas safe register and that it is safe for use, meeting with the standards set out by the gas safe register (formerly known as the Council for Registered Gas Engineers or CORGI).
What else is on the document will depend on what the engineer has done and whether it was a boiler service or a safety check that was carried out. It may be that the engineer discovers a fault – if this is the case, they will note it on the certificate and also make the recommendations on how to repair the fault.
As a homeowner, a gas safety certificate is not a legal requirement, however it is advisable to have one for your safety. If you are a landlord that rents the property out however, it is something that you are legally required to have.
When you are renting out a property to tenants, you need to have the gas safety check done on the boiler every year, and you will be required to have a copy that you can provide to the tenants if they ask to see it.