PSSR 2000 · Greater Manchester

PSSR examination and written scheme in Manchester

Written Schemes of Examination and certified pressure system examinations by an independent competent person

Every sizeable Manchester building hides a plant room, and most plant rooms hide pressure: expansion vessels, pressurisation units and calorifiers keeping heating and hot water alive. Plenty sit inside the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000, and almost nobody has told the building manager.

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  • Independent & impartial
  • Competent engineer surveyors
  • Reports issued promptly

Pressure equipment we examine

Manchester, Greater Manchester

  • Steam boilers & calorifiers
  • Air receivers & compressors
  • Pressure & process vessels
  • Autoclaves & sterilisers
  • Safety valves & protective devices
  • Pipework & heat exchangers
Pressure equipment we examine

PSSR examination and certification for Manchester businesses

Pressure systems across the city run from commercial building plant rooms, expansion vessels, pressurisation sets and hot water plant, through workshop and production air to the receivers of the industrial estates.

Building services vessels slip through a familiar gap: maintained under an FM contract, serviced on a schedule, and never entered on any statutory examination programme because heating plant does not look like industry. The scope arithmetic decides, not the aesthetics, and pressurised hot water systems can qualify decisively. We bring plant rooms into proportionate compliance, scope worked out honestly vessel by vessel, Written Schemes certified for what qualifies, examinations timed around building operations, and 28 day reports that give facilities teams the statutory file the contract never created.

Expansion and pressurisation vessels
Scope arithmetic done honestly
Proportionate written schemes
Workshop air alongside
How it works

Booking your PSSR examination in Manchester

Send the plant room asset list, or let us walk it. We do the scope arithmetic honestly, scheme what qualifies and report within 28 days.

  • 1

    Written Scheme

    We prepare and certify your Written Scheme of Examination.

  • 2

    Examination

    We examine each part of the system to the scheme intervals.

  • 3

    Your report

    You receive a report on the condition of the system.

Why businesses choose SEIS

  • Independent and impartial: we examine, we do not sell the equipment
  • Competent engineer surveyors
  • Clear reports issued without delay
  • Single items or whole sites
Areas we cover

PSSR examination and written scheme across Manchester and nearby

Our engineer surveyors cover Manchester and the towns around it across Greater Manchester. If your site is nearby, we can almost certainly reach you, so just ask.

ManchesterAncoatsOpenshawGortonNewton HeathMiles Platting
Other inspections in Manchester

Related compliance for Manchester businesses

Many sites need more than one statutory regime. If you use lifting gear, pressure systems, work equipment or extraction in Manchester, we can examine all of it.

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PSSR FAQs

PSSR examination, written schemes and certification: common questions

Do you carry out PSSR examinations in Manchester?
Yes. Our engineer surveyors cover Manchester and the sites around it, examining plant rooms brought into daylight. Call us to arrange a visit.
How soon can you examine a pressure system in Manchester?
We keep availability across Greater Manchester, so a Manchester visit is usually within a couple of working days, sooner when a system is waiting on its examination before use. Call 0330 043 8191 to book.
What is a Written Scheme of Examination, and do I need one?
It is the legal document at the heart of PSSR: a scheme drawn up and certified by a competent person that sets out which parts of a pressure system are examined, how, and how often. A system within scope must not be operated without one, and the HSE sets the minimum content in its pressure systems guidance.
Is PSSR a legal requirement, and what does it cover?
Yes. PSSR 2000 applies to systems holding steam at any pressure, or other fluids above roughly 250 bar litres, so steam boilers, air receivers, compressors, autoclaves and many process vessels are caught. The duty sits with the user of an installed system or the owner of a mobile one.
How often must a pressure system be examined?
There is no single interval fixed in law. The competent person sets the frequency for each item in the Written Scheme of Examination, judged on the system, its contents and its duty, with many items examined around every 12 months. The examination report is issued within 28 days and carries the next due date.
Who can be the competent person for PSSR?
Someone with the right combination of training, skill, experience and knowledge for the system in question, and independent enough to judge it fairly. The competent person both draws up or certifies the scheme and carries out the examinations it sets.
Does servicing the equipment count as a PSSR examination?
No. A PSSR examination is a formal statutory examination of the system's integrity against its written scheme, and it is separate from routine maintenance. Maintenance keeps a system running; it does not satisfy the legal duty to examine it.
What happens if the examination finds a defect?
The report records the defect, any limit on continued use and the date the next examination is due. Where the competent person finds a risk of imminent danger, the system must be taken out of use at once and the enforcing authority notified, so a problem is acted on rather than filed.

Need a PSSR examination or written scheme in Manchester?

Talk to an engineer surveyor, get a quote and book your inspection in Manchester.

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