Gas fitting
across Carlingford

Everybody out first. Do not touch a light switch or any other switch, and do not use a phone indoors. If the meter is safely on your way out, turn it off. Ring from outside. This is the one situation where leaving and doing nothing clever is exactly right.

It is the document a licensed gasfitter issues certifying the work was done to standard, and it is legally required. Practically it is the only lasting proof the job was done properly: insurers ask for it and so does a conveyancer at sale. We issue one on every gas job whether or not anybody asks.

You cannot retrospectively certify somebody else's work, and we would not pretend otherwise. What we can do is test the installation, tell you its condition, and certify anything we do. From that point the record exists, which is better than the position you are in now.

No. Gas is licensed work in NSW and there is no exemption for a small job or a capable owner. Unlicensed work cannot be certified and voids a home insurance claim, which makes it a poor way to save an afternoon.

The part we are connecting to, yes. Certifying a new appliance on a line that is losing somewhere else achieves nothing. If something else is wrong you hear about it before we leave, with a price attached rather than a vague warning.

Usually. The questions are whether gas reaches the property, what the run has to pass through, and whether the appliance you have chosen suits the supply. All answerable before anything is ordered, which is the cheap time to ask.

A leak test on the installation is $150 to $300. A cooktop connected and certified is $250 to $500. A new gas point is $450 to $1,200 depending on the run. A heater bayonet is $300 to $600. The certificate is included in all of it.