Gas Safe engineers hired vans: countrywide directory

Planning to rent out your campervan, motorhome or touring caravan? Make sure you comply with the legal requirements on gas safety – any recreational vehicle (RV) owner in the UK who plans to rent out their van must meet additional gas safety requirements

Any recreational vehicle (RV) containing a fixed combustion appliance is legally required to have a carbon monoxide detector. 

Gas appliances must undergo safety checks by a Gas Safe registered engineer at least once every 12 months, the gas safety records must be displayed in your RV. Gas leak detectors are available for caravans and motorhomes and are an excellent safety option

Only a qualified Gas Safe Registered engineer can sign the certificate off, and this engineer has to be eligible to issue Landlord certificates.

The engineer also has to be qualified to :

• work on gas bottle (liquefied petroleum gas: LPG) systems

• work on Leisure Accommodation Vehicles (LAV), not just Residential Park Homes (RPH).

As these are quite specific requirements, it can be difficult to find a suitably qualified engineer within a reasonable distance of your home.

Find a qualified engineer near you by searching the Gas Safe Register: go to its main page and enter your postcode. Select “domestic”, then “LPG/Cylinder” from “Choose appliance”. In the drop-down menu, choose a caravan option.  You’ll then need to contact each engineer to check the certificates they issue include Landlord.

Alternatively, go to the Mobile Caravan Engineers Associates (MCEA) website, click “Find an engineer”, then click “Gas Safe for Landlord certificates on hire fleet”.]

We’d like our directory to be as extensive as possible, so if you have a particular engineer you’d like to add, or know of one who does these types of checks, do let us know!

Directory – Gas Safe Registered engineers qualified to issue Landlord certificates for LAV – by city/town

LONDON

Kestutis Gniskapis

Flat 108, Regent Court Pownall Road E8 4QA

07733554925

email: kgniskapis@gmail.com

Ken Singh Jagdev

K S Jagdev Builders

38 Fircroft Rd, Tooting Bec SW17 7PS

07850767450

email: ksjagdevbuilders@hotmail.co.uk Romech Ltd Rochester, United Kingdom 07894438318 email: max@romechltd.com

BIRMINGHAM (Kidderminster)

Dazz

Darren Brown

01562 850047 / 07779 115169

email: dazzbrown181@gmail.com

web: dazzmobilecaravans.co.uk

BRISTOL (Brean)

Brean Caravan Repair Centre

Henry Bigwood & Andrew Manlow

01278 751055 / 07584 419461

email: info@breancaravanrepaircentre.co.uk

CARDIFF/SWANSEA (Porthcawl)

Cherwel Caravan Services Ltd

Paul Welcher

01354 741102 / 07585 037942

email: cherwelcaravanservices@gmail.com

CHESTER (Deeside)

Chester and North Wales Caravan Services

Iain Wakefield

07940 182826

email: iainwakefield@hotmail.com

web: chester-caravan-services.co.uk

DURHAM (Seaham)

Ankers Services 07958967207 | email: info@edinbughgr.co.uk web: https://www.ankers-services.com/

EDINBURGH (Musselburgh**)**

Edinburgh Gas & Renewables Ltd

0131 665 4539

email: info@edinbughgr.co.uk

web: edinburghgasrenewables.co.uk

EDINBURGH/GLASGOW (Newtongrange)

Lowland Motorhome and Caravan Services

Iain Peacock

07393 221976

email: info@lowlandmcs.co.uk

web: lowlandmcs.co.uk

GLASTONBURY

Campertec

Steve Collier

01749 340824 / 07525 018427

email: steve@campertec.co.uk web: http://www.campertec.co.uk

NEWCASTLE (Morpeth)

CT Caravans and Towbars

Craig Thompson

07730 504065

email: tompa1972@googlemail.com web: https://ctcaravansandtowbars.co.uk/

READING

Pamber Plumbers

Southview

Ramsdell Road, Pamber End RG26 5QS

01256 88 99 77

email: info@pamberplumbers.co.uk

WEST SUSSEX

Gas Specifications Ltd email: info@gasspec.co.uk web: https://www.gasspec.co.uk/

WREXHAM (Whitchurch)

LB Caravan Services

Lee Bateson

01948 662374 / 07902 012609

email: leebateson76@gmail.com

web: lbcaravanservices.co.uk

Gas Safe Registered engineers qualified to issue Landlord certificates for LAV – by county/region

CUMBRIA (Millom)

Cumbria Mobile Caravan Services

Paul Tyson

01229 772480 / 07774 169750

email: tyson993@btinternet.com
web: https://ctcaravansandtowbars.co.uk/

DORSET (Wimborne)

Hammond and Son

Kelvin Hammond

01202 237260 / 07867 696268 email: sales@hammondandson.co.uk

web: caravan-repair.net

DORSET (Shaftesbury)

Johns Caravans

John Hassall

01747 853114 / 07546 548017 email: hassalljohn@yahoo.co.uk

web: johnscaravans.co.uk

EAST MIDLANDS (Leicestershire)

PB Caravan Services Unit 21 Old Dalby Business Park, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3NJ 01664494256 / 07549794827 email: info@pb-caravanservices.co.uk web: pb-caravanservices.co.uk

EAST MIDLANDS (Lincoln)

ACTS Assured Caravan and Trailer Services Ltd

Dean James/David Fitzpatrick

07460 063319 email: enquiries@actscaravanservices.com

web: actscaravanservices.com

EAST OF ENGLAND (Cambridgeshire)

DG Motorhomes Ltd. Delve Farm New Rd, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6XP 01354 692344 email: dgmotorhomes@gmai.com
web: https://www.dgmotorhomes.co.uk/

ESSEX, HERTFORDSHIRE AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE

L.H. Cook Plumbing & Heating Ltd

Unit 9a, Hadham Industrial Estate,

Little Hadham, Hertfordshire SG11 2DY

01279 842463

01279 842439

email: sales@lhcook.co.uk

ESSEX (Clacton)

Coes Caravan Services

Ian Coe

07968 816222

email: coescaravanservices@live.co.uk

web: coescaravanservices.co.uk

DEVON (Torbay)

BPB Services Ltd. Dave Ellis

07858454689 email: zim.dave@gmail.com

STAFFORDSHIRE (Stone)

Peak Caravan Services

Lyndon Hall

01538 398992 / 07815 550975

email: lyndon@peakcaravanservices.com

web: peakcaravanservices.com

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND (Fareham)

Mr. Caravan Newgate Lane (Fareham, UK) 07876594416 email: john@mrcaravan.co.uk web: mrcaravan.co.uk

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND (Oxfordshire)

Vanhab Bicester, Oxfordshire 01869 277162 email: info@vanhab.co.uk web: https://vanhab.co.uk

TYNE & WEAR (Sunderland)

A19 Caravans

Les Mackel

0191 581 5777 / 07703 003578

email: sales@a19caravans.com

web: a19caravans.com

YORKSHIRE (Harrogate)

Kiwi Leisure Solutions

Chris Dyason

01423 579381 / 07713 457930

email: kiwileisure@sky.com
web: kiwileisuresolutions.co.uk

Again, we’ll regularly add to the register as we hear of more qualified engineers, so if you fit the bill or know anyone who does, do let us know and we’ll include your details!

Habitation checks for campervans, motorhomes and other leisure vehicles

As well as your Landlord certificate for gas safety, you’ll also need “habitation check” paperwork signed off each year.

What is a habitation on a motorhome? It essentially confirms your vehicle is of a proper legal and safe standard to live in and that everything is working correctly. (Again, this applies whether you’re renting the vehicle out for a night’s holiday or for a lengthy period.)

Habitation checks will cover the interior of your motorhome’s living area, safety elements and bodywork, i.e. not the engine bay or chassis.

A check will cover:

• damp, electric, gas, water or ventilation issues

• window and door security

• the electrical system

• internal and external bodywork

Checks should take around three hours. Costs vary, but start at around £199.

It’s important to note that, while habitation checks *aren’t* legal requirements, they’re required by most insurance policies to keep the warranty valid from year to year. So we recommend treating them as legal requirements anyway, and adding a note to your calendar to get one carried out each year.

So how do you get a habitation check completed? Unlike gas safety engineers, finding a qualified professional to sign off a habitation check is fairly simple: googling “habitation check motorhome” and your location should bring up plenty of results.

Alternatively, go to habcheck.co.uk and enter your postcode: this handy site has habitation-check engineers all over the country.