If you aren’t sure what the Gas Safe Register is and why it's so important to hire a Gas Safe Registered engineer every time you call somebody to attend to gas appliances/pipework in your home, then we'd recommend you give this blog post a read...
What is the Gas Safe Register?
The Gas Safe Register is a list of all UK businesses/engineers that have been trained and are fully qualified to work with gas appliances (boilers,
cookers and fires). To be on the register, an engineer must stick to strict guidelines
regarding health and safety and must maintain extremely high standards of work.
The
Register regularly carries out inspections of jobs recently serviced to check that the business/engineer has performed to the high standards that are expected. If not, they have the register has the right to remove the business/engineer from the register or suspend them for a certain amount of time. Regular work-standard checks ensures that a customers’ safety is always put first!
Things to know as a homeowner...
By being on the register, engineers are required to carry
their membership card as identification and they are also required to show it
when asked by a homeowner. So next time you get a new gas boiler installed or your boiler serviced, be sure to ask to see
the engineers Gas Safe membership card as proof to ensure that you're in safe hands.
Additionally, if you have recently booked a boiler service with an engineer or a boiler
repair (or any other gas work) and you are worried about whether it has been
carried out correctly and safely, you can get in touch with the register and
they will check it out for you; it's always best to be sure!
Your safety is a Gas Safe Engineers’ top priority!
A potential risk with gas appliances is carbon monoxide; a
colourless, odourless gas that causes around 50 casualties every year and sends
4000 people to A&E. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include
dizziness, nausea and loss of consciousness.
By using a Gas Safe Registered engineer you can have peace of mind knowing that they have safely carried out all gas work and, if they have
spotted a problem regarding health, will do their upmost to rectify it for you.
Contact our Gas Safe Registered engineers in Stourbridge, Birmingham...
We hope this blog post has helped you understand what the Gas Safe Register is. If you are in Stourbridge, Birmingham, Wolverhampton or Dudley and need a new gas boiler installed or your existing boiler serviced/repaired by our qualified Gas Safe Engineers, please give us a call on 0330 113 2248 and we will be happy to hear from you.