Trusted gas engineers in London

There is no statutory requirement for an owner-occupier to have their own gas appliances serviced or safety-checked on any fixed schedule (unlike landlords). What the law controls is who may do gas work. Regulation 3 of GSIUR states: 'No person shall carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel unless he is competent to do so,' and 'no employer shall allow any of his employees to carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or service pipework and no self-employed person shall carry out any such work, unless the employer or self-employed person, as the case may be, is a member of a class of persons approved for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive' — the Gas Safe Register. So anyone doing gas work in a home must be competent, and a business or self-employed engineer doing it must be Gas Safe registered (regulation 3(4) exempts from the registration rule only replacing a hose or regulator on a portable or mobile space heater, or a hose connecting a refillable cylinder to installation pipework).

Source — checked 20 October 2026

Gas Safe Register can provide a replacement Building Regulations compliance certificate, which is often required when selling a home where gas work (e.g. a new boiler) was carried out — this is a separate document from the annual landlord gas safety check and applies regardless of tenure.

Source — checked 21 July 2026

Regulation 34 of GSIUR says the 'responsible person' for any premises — the occupier, the owner, and anyone with authority to take action on the gas fittings there — 'shall not use a gas appliance or permit a gas appliance to be used if at any time he knows or has reason to suspect that it cannot be used without constituting a danger to any person.'

Source — checked 20 October 2026

HSE's answers to householders' gas safety questions say, on an appliance you suspect is unsafe: 'It is illegal for anyone to use a gas appliance if they suspect it is unsafe. Turn the appliance off and do not touch it until it has been checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer.' On who to use: 'Anyone employed to work on gas appliances in domestic premises must be a Gas Safe registered engineer and competent in that area of gas work.' And on maintenance: 'HSE strongly advises that all gas appliances, flues and pipework should be installed, regularly maintained and serviced at least annually by a Gas Safe registered engineer.'

Source — checked 20 October 2026

The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) outline your duties as a landlord to make sure all gas appliances, fittings, chimneys and flues are safe and working efficiently. If you're letting a property with gas appliances installed, you've got three main legal responsibilities: (1) gas safety checks, (2) providing the Gas Safety Record to tenants, and (3) maintenance of pipework, appliances, chimneys and flues.

Source — checked 21 July 2026

Regulation 36 of GSIUR requires a landlord to 'ensure that each appliance and flue to which that duty extends is checked for safety within 12 months of being installed and at intervals of not more than 12 months since it was last checked' and to 'ensure that a record in respect of any appliance or flue so checked is made and retained until there have been two further checks of the appliance or flue under this paragraph or, in respect of an appliance or flue that is removed from the premises, for a period of 2 years from the date of the last check of that appliance or flue.' Work must be carried out by 'a member of a class of persons approved for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive' (i.e. Gas Safe registered).

Source — checked 20 October 2026

Records must be 'given to each existing tenant of premises to which the record relates within 28 days of the date of the check' and provided to new tenants before they occupy the premises. Gas Safe Register's own guidance confirms: 'By law, a copy of your Landlord Gas Safety Record should be given to your current tenants within 28 days of the gas safety check - and for new tenants, you'll need to provide this at the start of their tenancy.' For lets under 28 days, a copy must be clearly displayed in the property instead.

Source — checked 21 July 2026

Appliances owned by the tenant are not the landlord's direct responsibility, although the landlord must still ensure the safety of any connecting flues, unless the flue is solely connected to the tenant's own appliance.

Source — checked 21 July 2026

From 1 October 2022, a carbon monoxide alarm is required to be fitted in every habitable room of a rental property containing gas appliances (excluding appliances used for cooking purposes) in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The landlord must carry out checks and tests to ensure CO alarms are working on the day any new tenancy begins.

Source — checked 21 July 2026

Your landlord must make sure gas equipment they supply is safely installed and maintained by a Gas Safe registered engineer, have a registered engineer do an annual gas safety check on each appliance and flue, and give you a copy of the gas safety check record before you move in, or within 28 days.

Source — checked 21 July 2026

HSE's guidance on a tenant's heating or hot water being switched off after a gas safety check or maintenance: 'If a gas appliance has been switched off by a Gas Safe registered engineer it is because it is unsafe and should not be used.' And to landlords: 'If a heating appliance has been disconnected then you must provide your tenant with emergency heating, for more information on this contact your local authority whilst arranging for appropriate remedial work by a Gas Safe registered engineer.'

Source — checked 20 October 2026

In England, section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 implies into a lease of a home granted for a term of less than seven years (section 13 of the same Act) a covenant by the landlord 'to keep in repair and proper working order the installations in the dwelling-house for the supply of water, gas and electricity and for sanitation', which covers the gas supply installation but not 'other fixtures, fittings and appliances for making use of the supply of water, gas or electricity'. Installations for heating, such as a gas boiler, are covered separately by section 11(1)(c): 'to keep in repair and proper working order the installations in the dwelling-house for space heating and heating water'. In a flat, it can also reach an installation elsewhere in the building that serves the flat (section 11(1A)). A term in the tenancy putting these repairs on the tenant has no effect, except for repairs the tenant is liable for under their duty to use the home in a tenant-like manner, and for anything the tenant is entitled to remove (section 11(2) and (4)).

Source — checked 20 October 2026