Selling Your Property? You'll Need a Gas COC
If the property has any fixed gas installation — a geyser, a hob, a stove, a built-in braai — the buyer's transfer attorneys will ask for a Gas Certificate of Compliance issued by a registered gas installer. It sits alongside the other compliance certificates a sale usually requires, and transfers get held up over it every week.
What is a Gas COC?
It is a certificate confirming that the gas installation on the property meets the SANS 10087 safety requirements. Only a registered gas installer may inspect and issue one, and we are registered to do exactly that.
The inspection looks at the whole installation rather than the appliance alone:
- Cylinder placement and clearances from windows, doors, drains and anything combustible.
- Piping: material, sizing, supports, routing and condition, with the joints pressure tested.
- Valves, regulators, hoses and changeover gear, including whether isolation valves actually close.
- Ventilation and combustion air, and the flue routing on any indoor appliance.
- Appliance connections and how each unit lights and burns.
The full service, including what you receive at the end, is set out on our Gas Certificate of Compliance page.
When do I need one?
Four situations come up regularly, and only one of them is usually urgent — but that one has a deadline attached to somebody else's money.
- A property sale. The urgent one. Attorneys ask for it during transfer and everything waits on it.
- A new installation. Every geyser, stove or hob we fit is certified as part of the job, so you are covered from day one.
- Changes to an existing installation. Moving a cylinder, adding an appliance or re-routing pipework changes what was certified before.
- Insurance requests. Insurers increasingly ask for proof of a compliant gas installation, particularly after a claim.
What if my installation fails inspection?
Then you get told what is wrong, what it costs to put right, and it gets fixed before anything is signed. A certificate is never issued on an installation that does not comply — that is the whole point of it.
The findings that hold up transfers most often around George are predictable:
- A cylinder standing too close to a window, door or drain, or under an opening it should be clear of.
- No cage or proper securing where the installation calls for it.
- Perished or out-of-date hose, and regulators well past their useful life.
- Poor ventilation, usually because an appliance has been boxed in during a renovation.
- Non-compliant piping — wrong material, unsupported runs, or joints that will not hold a test.
Most of these are small jobs. we fix them first and certifies afterwards, so you deal with one person rather than juggling a plumber and an inspector. If the installation also needs a general once-over, a gas safety inspection covers the wider condition of the system.
How fast can it happen?
Fast is normal for us, because almost every COC call is urgent. Same-day or next-day is what we aim for, and we know what attorneys and estate agents need in their hands.
Phone 071 551 2108 or send a WhatsApp with the address, the transfer date and a note of what gas is installed. If a photo of the cylinder and the geyser comes with it, even better — we can often tell before arriving whether anything obvious will need attention.
“Responded on the same day”
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Gas COCs and Property Sales — Common Questions
A COC certifies the installation as it was on the day it was inspected — it is a snapshot, not a licence with an expiry date printed on it. In practice, attorneys and banks handling a transfer want a recent certificate, and they will also want a new one if the installation has been changed or added to since the last one was issued. If you have a certificate from a previous sale sitting in a file, send it through and we will tell you whether it will hold up or whether a fresh inspection is the safer route.
Transfer date looming? Get the gas signed off.
Send the address and your transfer date to 071 551 2108. we will inspect, fix anything that needs fixing and issue the certificate — usually inside a day or two.