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Is water safety being overlooked? In the PHAM News article below, Kevin Wellman of CIPHE talks about how seriously water safety is taken, looking at the level of training required compared with the mandatory level of training necessary for gas installers.     Water safety can often be overlooked or taken for granted, but potential risks should not be underestimated...

HVP have published an article about Alisdair Cumming's move from the automotive industry to become research development manager at Baxi. The article explains how Alisdair believes drawing comparisons between boilers and cars can help installers encourage homeowners to commit to a regular maintenance programme. It's a familiar story, where installers warn of the need for regular servicing and maintenance, but...

We are pleased to announce that due to our increased workload, over the last few months we have been busy recruiting and training new staff so that we can continue to provide the best possible service and the quickest possible turnaround on all orders. A little bit about our history Most of you will already know Ray and Linda Thomas...

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...

BESA calls for air quality measures It is reported that proposals for a new Clean Air Act should include measures supporting the role of buildings as a 'safe haven' from pollution, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). "People spend more than 80% of their time indoors and there is still a lot more we can do to improve...

  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...

All pipework containing water should be clearly marked to show where the water comes from and whether it is potable or non-potable, to avoid Full banding by R M Labels Limited for pipework containing water contamination of drinking water. This is clearly described in the BS 1710:2014 specification for Identification of Pipelines and Services. Below is an extract from the...

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...