Homeglow2910 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 1. Have all your gas appliances, including boilers, gas cookers and gas fires, safety checked annually. 2. Always use a Gas Safe registered engineer to fit, fix and check gas appliances in your home – it’s the law and will help keep you safe. 3. Always ask to see an engineers Gas Safe ID card and check the back of the card to ensure they are qualified to carry out the specific type of gas work you need. 4. Find a Gas Safe registered engineer in your area or call the free helpline on 0800 408 5500 5. Recognise the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning – headaches, dizziness, nausea, breathlessness, collapse and loss of consciousness. 6. Check gas appliances for warning signs that they are not working properly e.g. lazy yellow flames instead of crisp blue ones, black marks or stains on or around the appliance and too much condensation in the room. 7. Buy an audible carbon monoxide alarmfor your home and make sure it is located near to your gas appliances in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidance. Carbon monoxide can leak from appliances and kill. 8. Only use gas appliances for their intended purpose e.g. don’t use a gas oven to heat a room or use a gas barbeque inside the house. 9. Always ensure there is enough ventilation for your gas appliances to allow them to burn correctly and make sure you are not blocking any air vents that provide an air supply to the gas appliance. 10. Anybody working with gas has to be Gas Safe registered by law.Report someone working without registration or call Gas Safe Register on the free phone number 0800 408 5500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Touting for business perchance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Dunno about gas, but they've got the old Cutting and Pasting off a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeglow2910 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 I am not very good at touting for work when there are numbers you can phone to get the nearest engineer closest to your postcode. Just a genuine concern for people, I have seen many unsafe appliances. I have got to admit that its from the Gas Safe website, it’s a brilliant website and it can give you a lot of advise, check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 7. Buy an audible carbon monoxide alarmfor your home and make sure it is located near to your gas appliances in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidance. Carbon monoxide can leak from appliances and kill. 8. Only use gas appliances for their intended purpose e.g. don’t use a gas oven to heat a room or use a gas barbeque inside the house. 9. Always ensure there is enough ventilation for your gas appliances to allow them to burn correctly and make sure you are not blocking any air vents that provide an air supply to the gas appliance.. Those are valid points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeglow2910 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 I will always type my posts into word first as Grammer is not my strongest asset but it was a genuine post in the sense that I was trying to keep people safe. sorry if this offended you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bypassblade Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Touting for business perchance? If the person was; then I'd say fair play to them for using initiative, not much out there these days for skilled people. Just looks like someone offering free general keeping safe advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeglow2910 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 If the person was; then I'd say fair play to them for using initiative, not much out there these days for skilled people. Just looks like someone offering free general keeping safe advice. Thanks for that, at least you can see it as nothing Sinister! Have a great weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Not a problem. Just polite/etiquette to acknowledge your sources: http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/learn/gas_safety_tips.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Non of the Op's comments will be known to the general public, as will how to recognise when a fire is burning incorrectly (for instance), which can be fatal. We need more of these wake up calls, and public information to make sure we are all up to speed on this kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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