LPG Gas Safety Checks for Kent Park Homes and Caravans

An annual LPG gas safety check confirms your appliances and installation are safe, and many Kent caravan and park home sites now require the certificate for your site licence. A Gas Safe registered LPG specialist inspects the boiler and appliances, tests for tightness, makes anything unsafe safe, and issues the certificate. PARAGAS carries out thousands of these along the Kent and Sussex coast.

If your park home or static caravan runs on LPG, an annual gas safety check is one of the most important things you can do to keep your home safe and warm. LPG behaves differently to mains gas, and the appliances, regulators, and pipework in a park home or caravan need someone who knows the systems inside out. At PARAGAS we are a family run, Gas Safe registered firm based in Kent, and LPG is our speciality. We carry out these checks for park home and caravan owners right across the Kent coast, from Folkestone and Hythe through to Romney Marsh, Dymchurch, New Romney, Greatstone, and Lydd.

What an LPG Gas Safety Check Involves

An LPG gas safety check is a proper inspection of every gas appliance and the installation that feeds it. It is not a quick look and a signature. A Gas Safe registered engineer works through your home methodically to confirm everything is safe to use.

• Appliance inspection: Every LPG appliance is checked, including the boiler or space heater, cooker, hob, and any water heater. The engineer confirms each one is fitted correctly and operating within safe limits.
• Combustion and flue checks: The engineer tests that appliances are burning cleanly and that flues and chimneys are clearing the products of combustion to the outside. This is where dangerous faults like carbon monoxide are caught.
• Ventilation: LPG appliances need the right air supply. The engineer checks that vents are present, correctly sized, and not blocked.
• Tightness testing: The installation is pressure tested to make sure there are no gas leaks anywhere in the pipework, joints, or fittings.
• Regulators and cylinders: LPG runs from bottles or a bulk tank through a regulator. The engineer checks the regulator, the pigtails and hoses, and the changeover gear where fitted.
• The certificate: Once the check is complete, you receive a gas safety record that lists what was inspected and confirms the appliances are safe, or flags anything that needs attention.

Why Kent Sites Now Require the Certificate

More and more caravan parks and residential park home sites across Kent and Sussex now ask owners for an up to date LPG gas safety certificate. This is tied to the site licence the park itself holds. Site owners have a duty to keep the whole park safe, and a leaking or badly maintained gas appliance in one unit puts neighbours at risk too.

• Site licence conditions: Many sites make an annual gas safety certificate a condition of keeping your home on the pitch, in the same way a landlord must have one for a rented property.
• Insurance: Some home and site insurance policies will only pay out if you can show the gas work was maintained by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
• Selling or letting: If you ever sell your park home or let out your static caravan, a current certificate makes the process far easier and reassures the buyer or tenant.

If your site has asked you for a certificate and you are not sure where to start, give us a call. We deal with park owners and site managers regularly and know exactly what they are looking for.

What Happens If Appliances Are Unsafe

Most checks pass without any problems. Now and then the engineer finds a fault, and the way this is handled is designed to keep you safe rather than leave you in the dark.

• Immediately Dangerous: If an appliance is judged immediately dangerous, it presents a risk of injury right now. With your permission the engineer will turn it off and label it so it is not used until it is repaired.
• At Risk: An at risk appliance has a fault that could become dangerous. Again with your permission it is turned off and clearly labelled until the problem is put right.
• Warning notice: You are given a written notice explaining what was found and why. Nothing is disconnected without talking it through with you first.
• Making it safe: Because we carry a large stock of LPG spares in the van, many faults can be fixed there and then rather than waiting days for parts. That means your heating and hot water are often back on the same day.
• Emergencies: If you ever smell gas, do not turn anything electrical on or off. Turn the gas supply off at the cylinder or tank, open windows and doors, get everyone outside, and call the National Gas Emergency line on 0800 111 999. Then call us and we will attend under our 24/7 emergency cover.

How Often You Need a Check

For park homes and static caravans running on LPG, an annual gas safety check is the sensible standard, and it is what most sites and insurers expect. Booking it at the same time each year makes it easy to remember and keeps your certificate current.

• Every year: A yearly check keeps small faults from turning into bigger, more expensive problems, and keeps you compliant with your site licence.
• Before the season: Many owners book their check in spring or early summer, before the heating season and before the busy holiday weeks if they let the caravan out.
• After any work: If you have had a new appliance fitted or any gas work done, it is worth having the installation checked so everything is signed off correctly.
• When you move in: If you have just bought a park home or caravan, get a check straight away so you know exactly what you have taken on.

Why an LPG Specialist Matters

Plenty of engineers work on mains gas, but far fewer are set up for LPG and even fewer specialise in park homes and caravans. PARAGAS is one of only a handful of Kent firms that focus on LPG, and that experience makes a real difference on the day.

• We do thousands of these: We carry out LPG safety checks and repairs along the Kent and Sussex coast all year round, so the systems in park homes and static caravans are second nature to us.
• Large LPG spares stock: We keep a big stock of LPG parts on the van, so where another engineer would order in and come back, we can often make it safe and working the same visit.
• Properly qualified: We are Gas Safe registered and Refcom F-Gas qualified, so we can look after your heating, hot water, and any air conditioning under one roof.
• Local and family run: PARAGAS is a family business run by John Lucas, a former British Army paratrooper, alongside his son Jack, who is also Gas Safe qualified. When you call, you deal with the family, not a call centre.
• Full local coverage: We cover Folkestone, Hythe, Ashford, Canterbury, Romney Marsh, Dymchurch, New Romney, Greatstone, Lydd, and the wider Kent coast, with 24/7 emergency cover when you need us.

You can check any engineer at gassaferegister.co.uk. When you book with PARAGAS you get a local specialist who does this work day in, day out.

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