Landlord Gas Safety

Landlords, please make sure that anyone carrying out gas work on your property is Gas Safe registered – this is not only the law, but the most important step to ensuring the safety of your tenants.

Your legal requirements as a landlord

If you are a landlord and your property has gas appliances, you have three main responsibilities:

Maintenance: pipework, appliances and chimney/flues need to be maintained safely. Gas appliances should be serviced in accordance with the frequency given in the manufacturer’s instructions. If these are not available, you should ask a Gas Safe registered engineer to service them annually.

Gas safety checks: An annual gas safety check should be carried out on each gas appliance/flue. This will ensure gas appliances and fittings are safe to use. There is a legal requirement on you to have all gas appliances safety checked by a registered engineer annually and you also need to maintain gas pipework and flues in a safe condition. This is UK law.

Record: A record of the annual gas safety check should be provided to your existing tenants within 28 days of completion, or to new tenants upon the start of their tenancy. If the rental period is less than 28 days at a time you may display a copy of the record in a prominent position within the dwelling. You’ll need to keep copies of the record for at least 2 years.

What does a Landlord Gas Safety Inspection include?

Our Gas Safe engineer will check the following during a Landlord gas safety inspection:

Check appliance for gas tightness.
Check standing and working pressure if test points available.
Check burner pressure / gas rate against manufacturer’s data plate.
Check for satisfactory provision of all necessary ventilation.
Test flue flow to ensure removal of products of combustion.
Check satisfactory operation of all the flame failure devices.