For coffee drinkers
Are You Standing Next to an Unexploded Pressure Vessel?
Next time you queue for coffee, look at the machine. If it has never had its statutory examination, it is running on trust alone.
Just drinking the coffee? Ask to see the certificate. One question, and you will know how the place is run.
£265
what compliance costs the café
48 hrs
from visit to certificate
10 L
typical boiler under pressure
What is actually true
The fear is real.
So are the numbers.
An ad that overstates the risk is worthless, because the first engineer who reads it stops believing the rest. These are the facts behind the headline — nothing added for effect.
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Every commercial machine with a steam boiler is in scope of PSSR 2000, at any pressure and any size.
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The safety valve is the part that protects you when pressure climbs. It is meant to be tested every year.
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No certificate does not mean it will fail. It means nobody knows whether it will.
You would not ride a lift with no inspection certificate. You stand closer to the boiler than you think.
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