Gas Safety Week 2013

Gas Safety Week is upon us again, the annual event highlights Gas Safety and the importance of taking care of the Gas Appliances in your home. Promoted by the Gas Safe Register, we at Dalzell’s of Markethill, as a responsible retailer fully support the campaign.

Despite there being a good general awareness that gas appliances need to be safety checked annually 43% of people don’t do it and 10% have gas appliances which shockingly have never been checked (Gas Safety Week Research 2011).

Gas Appliance Safety

Only Gas Safe Registered Engineers are accredited to Service, Fit or Repair Gas Appliances in the UK. It’s the law. For each piece of work they do in your home they will provide you with a Reassuring Certificate. A Gas Engineers who is not registered is working illegally and possibly unsafely, as such they should be reported immediately! 

Gas Safe Register estimate that there are a hard core of around 7,500 Illegal Gas Fitters operating across the UK and up to 250,000 Illegal Gas Jobs may be carried out each year (Gas Safe Register Research 2009). Always inspect you engineers Gas Safe Register ID Card before they begin to work.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – The Signs

Every year thousands of people across the UK are unfortunately diagnosed with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. It is a highly poisonous gas. You can’t see it, taste it or smell it, but it can KILL quickly with no warning!

Apart from having your Gas Appliances checked annually by an accredited engineer a prudent measure for any home or business is to fit a Carbon Monoxide Detector. Costing less than £20, these small devices will save lives!

To spot the important signs associated with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning watch our short video below. It could save your life!