Heating & Plumbing for HMO Properties
A licensed HMO usually has more appliances, more bathrooms and more people relying on hot water at once than a standard let.
A licensed HMO usually has more appliances, more bathrooms and more people relying on hot water at once than a standard let. Gas safety records still apply under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, and coordinating access with several occupants takes more planning.
Multiple appliances, one certificate visit
Where an HMO has several gas appliances, such as a communal boiler and individual cookers, we check each one during the same visit and record them together.
Coordinating several occupants
Getting a whole HMO accessible on one day is harder than a single let. We work with you to find a slot that catches as many rooms as possible and note which were missed.
What we need from you to quote
A room-by-room list of appliances, occupant contact details, and whether the property has any shared kitchen or bathroom facilities affecting hot water demand.
What we check across an HMO
- Every gas appliance in communal and let areas
- Hot water recovery under multiple simultaneous demand
- Ventilation to any room containing a gas appliance
- Emergency isolation points and their labelling
Who does the work
- Gas Safe registered engineers — registration 554328
- Worcester Bosch accredited installer
- John The Plumb Ltd, company registration 10026483
Book an HMO gas safety visit
Tell us how many rooms and appliances the property has and we will plan a visit that covers as much as possible in one call.
Questions we get asked
Does every room need its own gas check?
Every gas appliance needs checking wherever it is located, whether that is one communal boiler or several individual room heaters.
Can you work around occupants coming and going?
We plan the visit to catch as many rooms as possible in one day and arrange a return for any that were unavailable.
Does an HMO need a bigger hot water system?
Often yes, since several occupants drawing hot water at once puts more demand on recovery than a single-family home. We can advise once we see the current setup.