As a Landlord, one needs a Gas safety certificate in place before the tenants can move in, this is to meet certain tenancy obligation from the law point of view.
Question is, can a Gas Safety certificate be issued if any unsafe gas appliances are sealed off and gas disconneced to these defective appliances, by a qualified Gas safe Registered engineer,and any appropriate warning signs placed on faulty applainces, such that the tenant is aware of such like and must not try and bring any such faulty applainces in use.
Appliance in question is a faulty or dangerous warm air heating unit.
When a Gas safe registered engineer seals off such a device, and disconnects it from the gas supply line physically, either by capping it from the gas supply in the cupboard or by capping it at the Gas meter, since there is no Gas cooker, so cooking and hot water willnot get effected, only the gas heating will be sealed off and alternative electric heaters willbe supplied until such time as a new central heating is installed later in summer.
Therefore can he then issue a safety certifiacte as required by law for any landlord, as it is illegal for any landlord to let a premises without a valid safety certificate.
I am under the impression that a Safety certificate is only issued AND required when any gas appliance present or installed on any premises must be fully functional and pass all safety tests and only then a safety certificate can be issued by Gas Safe Engineer.
But according to another reliable source, nope, a Gas safety certificate can be issued despite a faulty applaince and it must be sealed off, and so a safety certifiacte must be in position all the time regardless of whether there are gas appliances in use or otherwise, since a house may still be connected to gas supply and so the safety certificate must cover all pipe work and gas meter as part of gas safety, hence the need for one in place even if the applinces are sealed off and or totally removed from premises, so as long as there is a gas meter, weather or not gas is in use, the property must have a safety certificate.
Please kindly clarify this matter. And has any of you issued such safety certificates to landlords where faulty or defective applainces have been sealed off.
Question is, can a Gas Safety certificate be issued if any unsafe gas appliances are sealed off and gas disconneced to these defective appliances, by a qualified Gas safe Registered engineer,and any appropriate warning signs placed on faulty applainces, such that the tenant is aware of such like and must not try and bring any such faulty applainces in use.
Appliance in question is a faulty or dangerous warm air heating unit.
When a Gas safe registered engineer seals off such a device, and disconnects it from the gas supply line physically, either by capping it from the gas supply in the cupboard or by capping it at the Gas meter, since there is no Gas cooker, so cooking and hot water willnot get effected, only the gas heating will be sealed off and alternative electric heaters willbe supplied until such time as a new central heating is installed later in summer.
Therefore can he then issue a safety certifiacte as required by law for any landlord, as it is illegal for any landlord to let a premises without a valid safety certificate.
I am under the impression that a Safety certificate is only issued AND required when any gas appliance present or installed on any premises must be fully functional and pass all safety tests and only then a safety certificate can be issued by Gas Safe Engineer.
But according to another reliable source, nope, a Gas safety certificate can be issued despite a faulty applaince and it must be sealed off, and so a safety certifiacte must be in position all the time regardless of whether there are gas appliances in use or otherwise, since a house may still be connected to gas supply and so the safety certificate must cover all pipe work and gas meter as part of gas safety, hence the need for one in place even if the applinces are sealed off and or totally removed from premises, so as long as there is a gas meter, weather or not gas is in use, the property must have a safety certificate.
Please kindly clarify this matter. And has any of you issued such safety certificates to landlords where faulty or defective applainces have been sealed off.