Safe electrics: The hidden dangers
With the growing prevalence and importance of electrics in modern gas boilers, electrical safety has become a hot topic in the heating industry. Neil Macdonald, technical manager at the HHIC, looks further at considerations that need to be made.
Gas Safe reacts to government lockdown, awaits further guidance
Gas Safe Register has updated its advice on the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
Elderly tenant put at risk from dangerous gas heater
Gloucester firm fined £15,000 after refurbished home put pensioner at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Gas Safety Week 2024 drums up awareness
The Gas Safe Register’s annual Gas Safety Week, which takes place from 9 to 15 September 2024, has begun
Cornish clean energy company fined after worker falls through roof
Employee suffers multiple injuries including several fractured vertebrae
Plumber fined just £500 despite causing an explosion
Catastrophic damage was caused to the property when a cylinder ruptured and the stored water suddenly became steam.
CIPHE renews calls for compulsory thermostatic mixing valves
The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) has renewed calls for the government to change its legislation surrounding thermostatic mixing valves on the back of latest admissions data
Plumber fined for sub-standard boiler installation
Oil boiler had potential to cause carbon monoxide poisoning
Gas safety campaigners and RSPCA join forces
New research released by Gas Safe Register found that 99% of UK pet owners were not able to correctly identify all of the signs that can indicate their pet could be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning
Sime launches stainless steel flues for high-rises
Yorkshire-based boiler manufacturer Sime has developed a stainless steel gas boiler flue suitable for use in high-rise buildings