gas cert problem

[nvhelectrical]

on a refurb job. customer asked i we can organize a gas central heating system said ok got a price got a recommended guy to do it. boiler is on wall piped and running but we have no cert, cant not find the guy (was gas safe apparently but now is not traceable there either). do we need to give our customer a install or can we pay a gas man to put a safety cert on it. (new guy is on register checked first this time. advice please
thanks neil

 

[joe-90]

A likely story.

 

[Newboy]

Having checked the installer's Gas Safe registration prior to the job being started, and with the boiler's benchmark completed you have the installer's full details and you obviously have an invoice with an business address from the guy who installed the boiler and you paid by cheque/bank transfer and you can contact the installer via a landline number or via the person who recommended him. You also now have a copy of the building regs. compliance certificate as the installer has registered the installation.

Or

You didn't check registration, the benchmark is blank, you haven't got an invoice for the installation, you paid cash and you have a pay-as-you-go mobile number and no BR compliance cert

Advice:

Yes you do need to provide an compliance certificate for the owner.
Find a Gas Safe registered engineer and explain what's happened so far - very few registered engineers will be willing to put their name to somebody else's installation.

Might be an idea to post this under plumbing and heating forum rather than GD!

 

[Agile]

A friend of a friend had builders install an unvented and heat only boiler when not registered.

The builder knows he is wrong and is going to pay for the owner to do something a little short of what is needed.

So I am going to commission both including completing the Benchmark and issuing a Gas Safety Certificate. That will at least ensure he has a warranty cover. But it still does not make it notified to Building Control.

Tony