Gas Safety Week

Gas Safety Week started yesterday and has been set up by Gas safe to aim to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of your gas fires. Badly fitted and poorly serviced gas fires can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a highly poisonous gas. You can’t see it, taste it or smell it, but it can kill quickly with no warning. Gas safe have therefore created this week to highlight the importance of taking care of all your gas appliances including gas fires.

Follow these top tips that Gas safe have stated on there website to help keep you and your family gas safe:

• make sure only a Gas Safe registered engineer works on your gas appliances
• make sure gas appliances have a regular service and an annual gas safety check,
• always check the engineer's Gas Safe Register ID card

As part of Gas Safety Week, gas safe are going around the country raising awareness of gas safety and giving out essential advice to help people keep safe in their homes to find a location close to you click on this link.

Many people that buy gas fires are not aware that it must be fitted by a Gas Safe registered engineer, if this is not carried out you are actually breaking the law and it will nullify any manufactures guarantee that comes with the appliance. To find a gas safe registered fitter in your area click on this link and on the right hand side of the gas safe registered website you can put in your postcode and it will bring up gas safe fitters in your area.