Gas

Here's a little idea for Plumbing and Heating Engineers that like to go the extra mile. Try this quick and easy way to pick up extra work without having to be the hard salesman. And your customers will love you for it!! Click here to view the Valve Tags Once you have marked up your customer's isolation valves and stopcocks, your...

Back in December 2016 we posted about the Gas Safety Superheroes and following on from this, we saw the article below in last month's HVP about Peter Booth (@pbplumber on Twitter) who came up with the hashtag #regardthecard for the Gas Safety Superheroes campaign. Gas Safety Superheroes Here is HVP's article on Peter: A Good Influence Peter Booth is a...

  Dont't Ignore The Electrics This article was spotted in the 'Your Views' section of HVP: "The Gas Safe Register Technical Bulletin (TB) 118 issued in July last year, quite rightly intimated that all engineers working on electrical appliances should be working under the Health & Safety at Work Regulations and more specifically the Electricity at Work Regulations. This TB would...

Be Safe - Always use Gas Safe Registered Engineers! HVP reported this month that an unregistered installer has been fined and given a suspended prison sentence after illegally carrying out work on a number of boilers. Faults were found on one such boiler following work carried out by Philip Locke in 2013, despite not being Gas Safe registered, High Wycombe...

Last month we told you about the new Gas Certification Scheme launched by Capita, the company behind the Gas Safe Register. However, this month it has  been reported in PHAM News that following widespread criticism from gas installers the scheme has been scrapped. The UKAS gas safety certification scheme from Capita Gas Compliance Services (CGCS) was trumpeted as giving businesses...

Do your homeowners have their boilers serviced annually? When a heating engineer installs a new boiler, it is important to spend time with the homeowner explaining the terms and conditions of the warranty and stressing how important it is to register the product with the manufacturer. Boilers require regular maintenance to maximise performance, reliability and safety, meaning it is important that homeowners...

Every now and then we come across discussions regarding the interpretation of At Risk and Immediately Dangerous situations, so for our post this week we are referring to the information given by the Gas Safe Register, as detailed on the Help and Advice page of their website: WARNING LABELS A registered engineer’s left a warning label on your appliance – what...

HVP (Heating Ventilation & Plumbing) reported this month that a new gas safety certification scheme aimed to serve as a benchmark of best practice was launched on 3 February by Capita Gas Compliance Services (CGCS). This is a voluntary scheme that will give certified businesses, says CGCS, a competitive edge, as it will demonstrate their ability to deliver a high...

There are a large variety of products available for marking up pipework and sometime it is hard to know which product is the most suitable. Detailed below are some of the options available to you: Pipe Markers A quick and cost effective solution for marking up pipework that does not require full banding. We have a large range of standard self-adhesive...

We spotted this article on CO poisoning by Honeywell in PHAM News and felt it is well worth a read: "Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is still responsible for more than 50 deaths every year in the UK, yet only around one-third of UK households have a working CO alarm. Honeywell have highlighted five points that every installer should be telling...