Magnetic filtration pioneers, ADEY Professional Heating Solutions, are pledging their support for this year’s Gas Safety Week (September 14-20) by urging installers to follow best practice to keep their customer’s heating systems running safely and efficiently.
Gas Safe Register, introduced the awareness week to encourage consumers to get their gas appliances, including the household boiler, checked and serviced every year by a qualified Gas Safe registered engineer.
“It’s shocking that more than 250,000 illegal gas jobs are done every year by cowboys. Data gathered by Gas Safe Register also estimates that five times as many people would hire a gas engineer simply on trust rather than checking they’re safe, legal and Gas Safe registered,” says ADEY marketing director, Haimish Mead.
“The industry has a responsibility to support and raise awareness of gas safety and ADEY is pledging its support for this year’s Gas Safety Week, to help make it the biggest and best yet.
“It won’t be long before every home in the UK switches the heating back on, so we’re encouraging installers to talk to their customers and make sure they’re confident that their gas boiler has been checked by a Gas Safe registered professional, so it’s ready to perform safely and efficiently for the winter season.
Gas Safe check list for installers
- You must be Gas Safe registered to fit, fix and service gas appliances
- Ensure customers have an annual boiler service
- Look for warning signs; Lazy yellow/orange flames instead of blue, black marks on or around the boiler, excessive condensation
- Encourage customers to fit a carbon monoxide alarm in their home
- Advise customers to have all gas appliances safety checked every year
- If a problem arises, follow the Gas Safe Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure