Gas Safety Checks were established as a legal precaution to help individuals protect themselves against carbon monoxide poisoning in their homes. A Gas Safety Check is essential for protecting the residents of your house if you are a homeowner or a landlord. Every year, homeowners are highly encouraged to have a Gas Safety Check performed in their homes, and landlords are legally compelled to have one performed in the houses they rent out.
Most of us would be lost without our gas appliances, and we don't even think about them when they're running properly and safely.
It needs to be said that there is a possible threat it poses to you and your family. This is because there is a chance of a carbon monoxide leak if one of your appliances fails or if something isn't linked properly. Carbon monoxide is an extremely deadly and hazardous gas. Its effects can range from sleepiness to death, but because it is colourless and odourless, you will be unable to detect a leak.
What Happens in a Gas Safety Check?
A Gas Safe registered engineer performs the following inspections during a Gas Safety Check:
- All gas appliances' heat input and pressure. This is to ensure that they are operating at their best.
- The flue or chimney that connects your boiler or gas burner to the outside. These are necessary to keep you or your renters safe by allowing gas fumes to exit the premises.
- The gas appliance's setup, such as ensuring that your boiler is properly installed, connected, and burning as it should.
- The air supply: ensure that the air supply to each device is adequate, as gas requires it to burn cleanly and efficiently.
- To check that the safety devices are in excellent working order.
Who should conduct a gas safety inspection?
A skilled and qualified engineer with the necessary abilities and experience working with gas appliances must conduct a Gas Safety Check. Otherwise, the check would be worthless and will not protect your property or family.
A Gas Safety inspection should only be performed by a Gas Safe qualified heating engineer. Being Gas Safe registered demonstrates an engineer's skills and expertise, and employing someone without it puts your safety in danger and renders the check legally void.
Why Choose East Midlands Boiler Servicing?
We're well-positioned to carry out your Gas Safety Check since we're gas professionals and local to Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. We have a lot of expertise and are Gas Safe registered, so your safety is always a top priority for us.
In addition to the above mentioned legally required inspections, our team also provides specialised landlord gas safety checks, which you can learn more about on our dedicated service page.
We give you a Gas Safety Certificate that is valid for a year after we have completed your Gas Safety Check. This document serves as verification that your gas appliances and flue or chimney have passed an authorised inspection and are safe to use.
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We understand that it can be difficult to know who to trust with something so important, and we’re happy to say we’re independently verified to offer our customers additional peace of mind. East Midlands Boiler Servicing have been assessed and endorsed by Checkatrade directory, and have heaps of independently verified reviews from our customers, which you can read here.
Gas Safety Inspections in Derby, Nottingham & Mansfield
We're glad to answer questions from existing and new clients at East Midlands Boiler Servicing, so if you'd like to learn more about our Gas Safety Checks or get a quotation, please give us a call or send us an email.
We're situated in Denby, and we're delighted to serve our community by assisting both homeowners and landlords in the region. You can phone us on 07727 663791 or 01773 691000, send us an email at emboilerservicing@gmail.com, or leave us a note using our website's simple contact form.
