The increasing number of reports of unsafe gas work being carried out is shocking. Families are being left at high risk every time an unregistered Gas Safe engineer carries out any gas work.
Anyone working on gas appliances needs to be a member of the Gas Safe Register to prove they are competent to work on gas appliances and their supply. Anyone can flash their card to you, you can be easily fooled by a confident engineer on your door step flashing you a card, but not always are they up to date. Every gas engineer has to by law up date and re-new their cards and certification annually to prove they are still competent to work with gas.
There is an increasing amount of engineers not renewing or even applying to be on the Gas Safe register, whether it be down the financial implications, or just sheer idleness, these people are putting your families or tenants at risk. It can be a fairly long winded and costly process to become a Gas Safe engineer but these measures are put in place to ensure all people working with gas appliances are competent and safe to do so.
If an unsafe gas work is carried out and reported then the persons responsible for this can be prosecuted and fined, jail sentences are also given out for this serious offence, but the implications for the people living with the unsafe appliances are much greater. Poorly serviced gas appliances can cause fires, explosions, gas leaks and carbon monoxide poisoning; these can, and still do result in fatalities.
We would always encourage the public or anyone needing gas work to be carried out to spend some time looking and investigating any company they wish to contact regarding the gas work, but also to check the card and certification properly, and if you are unable to feel totally satisfied and eliminate all the doubt then call the Gas Safe Register to give you peace of mind. Every year thousands of reports on illegal gas work are investigated all over the UK.
Absolute Property Services ensure all their gas engineers a vetted to provide you with Absolute peace of mind that the engineers we send to carry out your gas work is competent to do so and most importantly Gas Safe Registered.
If you require any work doing whether it is gas boiler servicing or gas safety checks, give the experts a call and let us do the work, we will provide a competent engineer with years of experience in the field.
Call now 01733 375900 or email sales@absolutepsg.co.uk