People ought to install carbon monoxide (CO) detectors before the clocks go back on October 26th. This is the message of CO awareness campaigner Melissa Matthews, who told the Harlow Star that as the gas is invisible, odourless, tasteless and highly poisonous, it can “claim lives quickly with no warning”. Human senses cannot detect CO, and…
More than half (57%) of all Gas Safe engineers have had to turn off one of their customer’s gas appliances in the last 12 months after finding the appliance created an “immediate risk” to people’s property or safety, the Gas Safe Register has revealed. The research, which was published to mark Gas Safety Week –…
The Big Six energy suppliers have particularly poor standards of customer service, research from Which? has found. The consumer watchdog’s annual survey of 100 big UK brands had Npower in bottom place at 100th, with a customer service score of 57%. Scottish Power – which was at 62 in last year’s survey – plummeted to…
From July 1st 2012 to June 30th 2013, two British people died and 62 were injured as a result of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning associated with liquid petroleum gas and natural gas in the home, the latest Downstream Incident Report has revealed. This report, which was prepared by Downstream Gas and funded by the Gas…
An illegal gas boiler installation could have potentially caused serious harm to a young family, a court has heard. In a hearing at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on September 9th, Josephine Zielinski, a resident of Proctor Gardens in Leatherhead, admitted breaching Regulation 3(2) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations, and was fined £1,000 with…
Energy companies – particularly the ‘Big Six’ of British Gas, Npower, SSE, E.ON, EDF and Scottish Power – have overcharged 3.5 million Brits a total of £153 million in the last six years. When customers decide to switch energy supplier and are in credit when they make the switch, the energy giants can be less-than-forthcoming…
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An Accrington landlord ignored numerous warnings to arrange annual landlord gas safety checks, a court has been told. In a hearing at Trafford Magistrates’ Court on September 4th, Knotwood Court resident Tariq Ali admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, after being…
The UK is moving closer and closer to the Big Boiler Switch-On. The warmer months are drawing to a close, and people from every region of the country are preparing to clean the summer’s pollen and dust from their gas appliances and set up their central heating systems once more. Last year, HomeServe found that…
A gas engineer from Somerset has been fined for leaving a boiler in a dangerous condition following an annual boiler service. Bridgwater resident Mark Sampson, of Watermans Meadown, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Section 7(a), in a hearing at Exeter Magistrates Court on September 3rd. This regulation obliges employees to…
