Landlord Gas Safety Certificates in Paisley
Annual CP12 checks on every gas appliance in the property, with the record emailed to you and your tenant the same day.
What the law actually asks of you
Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, if you let a property with gas in it you must have every appliance and flue you own checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer every twelve months. The tenant gets a copy of the record within 28 days, a new tenant gets one before they move in, and you keep them for two years.
One detail that saves landlords money: you can have the check done up to two months before the current one expires and keep the original expiry date. You do not lose the time. There is no advantage in leaving it to the last fortnight, and plenty of risk if the tenant will not give access.
In Scotland it also feeds the Repairing Standard, so if a tenant ever raises a case with the First-tier Tribunal, a clean run of certificates is the first thing that gets asked for.
What gets checked
- Every gas appliance you own in the property — boiler, fire, hob, cooker. Tenants' own appliances are not yours to certify, but the pipework and connection to them is.
- Operating pressure and heat input against the data plate.
- Combustion analysis and a carbon monoxide check.
- Flue integrity and termination — including whether a concealed flue has an inspection hatch. Boxed-in flues with no hatch are an At Risk situation, and I find them in converted flats regularly.
- Ventilation — the usual failure is an air vent that has been sealed, papered or furnitured over since the last visit.
- Safety devices and a tightness test on the installation pipework.
The certificate is not a service
A gas safety check confirms the appliance is safe on the day. It does not clean the burner, and it is not what your boiler manufacturer means by annual servicing. If you want the warranty kept alive, book a service alongside it — same visit, same access arrangement.
Several properties across Paisley and Renfrewshire
If you have more than one let, send me the addresses and the expiry dates and I will plan them into a run rather than doing them one at a time. Most of my landlord work is in Linwood, Paisley and Renfrew, which is close enough together to do several in a day.
I can also pick up the legionella risk assessment and PAT testing on the same appointment. Letting agents tend to ask for all three, and doing them together means one access request instead of three — which matters far more than people expect when a tenant works shifts.
Questions landlords ask
The tenant will not let me in. What now?
Document every attempt in writing. The duty is to take reasonable steps, and a paper trail of letters, texts and arranged appointments is what protects you. Start early rather than in the final fortnight — that is exactly why the two-month early renewal rule exists.
Do I need one if the property has no gas boiler?
If there is no gas supply at all, no. If there is a capped supply, a gas hob or a decorative fire, then yes — the duty attaches to gas appliances and the pipework, not just to boilers.
I live in the property myself. Do I need a certificate?
Not legally. Owner-occupiers have no duty to hold a record. A great many people still have the check done for peace of mind, especially in older flats with a back boiler or an open-flued fire, but it is your choice rather than an obligation.
How quickly do I get the record?
Emailed to you and, if you want, straight to the tenant and the letting agent on the day of the visit.
Book your CP12 before it runs out
Send me the addresses and the expiry dates and I will get them all done in one run. Certificate emailed the same day.