How To Become Gas Safe

[Johnn]

I currently live in a house with oil heating and an electric cooker but we’ve saved up enough to buy a house of our own. Me and emma ( my girlfriend) have found 3 houses that look ideal. 2 of them have gas cookers with a gas boiler and the 3rd one has a gas cooker with the option to have an electric cooker as the wiring for an electric cooker is already there. This house also has a gas boiler. Even if we had an electric cooker we would still be heating the house using gas. What is the route we would have to go down to become gas safe, so we could move into a house with gas?

 

[Aire]

You don't need to be gas safe to live in a house with gas

 

[Johnn]

You don't need to be gas safe to live in a house with gas

Really?

 

[Aire]

Really?

Yes really

 

[Harvest Fields]

The man doing the work does.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Or do you mean what paperwork do you need to have to say that the gas is safe before you move in?

 

[Aire]

Thats a scary thought, imagine if everyone who lived with gas had to be gas safe. Who would we charge our extortionate labour rate too?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Thats a scary thought, imagine if everyone who lived with gas had to be gas safe. Who would we charge our extortionate labour rate too?

Speak for yourself. I am exceptional value for money mate.

 

[rpm]

John
You only have to be gas safe when working on gas appliances

 

[Chuck]

What is the route we would have to go down to become gas safe, so we could move into a house with gas?

Ask the vendor, probably via your solicitor, to provide the make, model, age and date of last service for the heating system.

Contact a heating engineer who must be on the national 'Gas Safe' register who you will use to service the appliances annually for you. I always recommend chosing a smallish local independent who's been in business for a good number of years and is recommended by your friends or work colleagues. It could be the person the vendor uses if they fit your requirements. Discuss with them whether a pre-sale inspection is appropriate and roughly how much life they'd estimate is left in the current system.

If you are in any doubt about the condition of the appliances or when they were last serviced, get your heating engineer to do them as soon as you move in.

 

[Riley]

 

[firemant]

As per chuck, tread a bit carefully with old gas boilers. if they ar open flued definiteky have it checked out before using.

You mention 2 houses having gas cookers. You are not under the impression that they will be left by the vendor?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Would anyone else like to know how the OP got on with this? Or just me.

 

[SimonG]

Not really.

 

[Johnn]

As per chuck, tread a bit carefully with old gas boilers. if they ar open flued definiteky have it checked out before using.

You mention 2 houses having gas cookers. You are not under the impression that they will be left by the vendor?

No the cookers are not included we would have to get our own

 

[Johnn]

We fort that we would have to be gas safe to use the gas cooker and boiler but you tell me it doesn’t matter

 

[Johnn]

Ask the vendor, probably via your solicitor, to provide the make, model, age and date of last service for the heating system.

Contact a heating engineer who must be on the national 'Gas Safe' register who you will use to service the appliances annually for you. I always recommend chosing a smallish local independent who's been in business for a good number of years and is recommended by your friends or work colleagues. It could be the person the vendor uses if they fit your requirements. Discuss with them whether a pre-sale inspection is appropriate and roughly how much life they'd estimate is left in the current system.

If you are in any doubt about the condition of the appliances or when they were last serviced, get your heating engineer to do them as soon as you move in.

I’m not sure what you mean

 

[Harvest Fields]

We fort that we would have to be gas safe to use the gas cooker and boiler but you tell me it doesn’t matter

You should have them both tested for safety. But you do not need to be gas safe to use them.

 

[Johnn]

You should have them both tested for safety. But you do not need to be gas safe to use them.

The boiler and what

 

[Johnn]

You should have them both tested for safety. But you do not need to be gas safe to use them.

What’s the point of it then?

 

[Harvest Fields]

The boiler and what

Gas cooker if you have one. I thought you mentioned one?

 

[Harvest Fields]

What’s the point of it then?

What’s the point of what?

 

[Riley]

Wind up

 

[Aire]

What’s the point of it then?

What is Gas Safe Register?

The point is so that you as a customer know that when you employ us, we are competent and legally able to work on gas within your property.

 

[Aire]

Wind up

Quite possibly
Any news on my plumbers badge for the arms?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Wind up

Has to be.

 

[Riley]

Quite possibly
Any news on my plumbers badge for the arms?

Haven’t heard from Admin but not been forgotten

 

[Harvest Fields]

Quite possibly
Any news on my plumbers badge for the arms?

I heard you’re not allowed in there

 

[Aire]

I heard you’re not allowed in there

 

[Johnn]

What’s the point of what?

What is the point of gas safe if you don’t need to be

 

[Johnn]

What is Gas Safe Register?

The point is so that you as a customer know that when you employ us, we are competent and legally able to work on gas within your property.

So what your saying is only the plumber needs to be gas safe to sevice it?

 

[Johnn]

Has to be.

Why would it be?

 

[Aire]

So what your saying is only the plumber needs to be gas safe to sevice it?

Service, install, anything to do with working on gas.

 

[Johnn]

Service, install, anything to do with working on gas.

Is it better to have the boiler seviced before we move in?

 

[Aire]

Is it better to have the boiler seviced before we move in?

I'd always recommend to have any gas appliance checked and serviced before moving in. If you haven't already bought the house, get it checked over before you do, you don't want to find any nasty surprises after you buy it.

 

[Johnn]

I'd always recommend to have any gas appliance checked and serviced before moving in. If you haven't already bought the house, get it checked over before you do, you don't want to find any nasty surprises after you buy it.

Ok we will do that tanks do we have to get the pipes checked

 

[Johnn]

How many times do we need this

 

[Aire]

An engineer should test the gas for leaks anyway and all visible pipes will be visually checked. You should have all appliances serviced at least once a year.