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MEET OUR GAS SAFE REGISTERED ENGINEERS
Gas Safe Register has replaced CORGI in Great Britain and the Isle of Man.
The register exists to protect you, your family, and your property from
dangerous gas work.
By law, anyone carrying out work on gas
installations and appliances in your home must be on the Gas Safe Register. Be
gas safe – always use a
Gas Safe registered engineer.
Always ask to see their Gas Safe Register ID card.
Last year, 14 people died from
CO poisoning related to
gas and, 234 people suffered serious health problems. Be gas safe in your home
and never DIY with gas, even if you think it might save you money.
If someone other than a
Gas Safe registered engineer does
the gas work in your home, you could be risking the safety of your family and
your property.
If gas appliances are incorrectly fitted, badly
repaired, or poorly maintained, they can produce
carbon monoxide which can
kill.
Make sure that you always use a
Gas Safe registered engineer
to carry out gas work and service appliances in your home.
Make sure the Company Name is the same as the one
you are employing and make sure that the card date is valid. Always turn
the card over to check the details on the back of the card.
From the back of the card you can see the
categories of work that the engineer is qualified to do. There are
two columns headed Gas and LPG. If he is at your property to work on your
gas fire and you have gas bottles of a gas tank in the garden, look down the
left hand column to Fires and then look across to the column headed LPG to see
if a date appears and that the date has not expired. If it is all correct,
you are safe to let him continue.
Don't forget........You can be liable to a fine if
you let someone work on your gas installation without them being qualified.
Never ask an engineer to do private work.
An engineer is only qualified and insured if he is
engaged on work instructed by the Company employing him.
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