Housing standards
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Gas safety
Information for landlords
As a landlord who lets a property equipped with gas appliances, you have three main legal duties towards your tenants:
- Ensure the maintenance of pipework, appliance and chimney/flues. This includes servicing
- Organise annual gas safety checks on appliances and flues by a qualified gas safe registered engineer
- Provide a record of the annual gas safety check to your tenants
If you let a property for a short period of time (eg a holiday home for a week) you still have gas safety responsibilities.
Visit the Gas Safe Register website for more details.
Information for tenants and owner/occupiers
Faulty gas appliances or pipework, or blocked chimneys can be life-threatening.
If you are a tenant of a rented property, your landlord must arrange gas safety checks annually. You should be provided with a copy of the record within 28 days of inspection if you already live there, and you should be shown the latest record when you move in.
If you are a homeowner and a Gas Safe registered engineer installs a heat-producing gas appliance in your property you should be sent a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate.
Find a registered Gas Safe business
If you need gas work done in your home, use the Gas Safe Register search tool to find a registered business. Remember to check their ID before the work is carried out.