Finding a Good Gas Installation Engineer(Gas Safe Registered)
Gas is something that many of utilise in our homes and businesses in and around Belfast to provide hot water, heating and other amenities, which is perfectly safe to use 90% of the time. Occasionally though we may fall prey to an unqualified cowboy posing as a bona-fide gas engineer. Gas can kill so obviously all of us want to be careful when choosing your home or commercial gas specialist.
According to recent research illegal, unqualified gas installers are carrying out over 200,000 gas appliance job every single year and putting the lives of their customers at serious risk. Not only that but the general public are paying through the teeth to rectify these botched jobs, to the tune of 100 million per year.
Many of these dodgy gas fitters not only carry out gas installations but also plumbing, bathroom fitting and kitchen installations.
If you have ever has a gas engineer work on your boiler, gas fire or cooker who isn’t properly registered you could end up having the installation reinstalled at the costs of hundreds or even thousands of pounds. It is absolutely crucial that consumers check that any tradesman they use is on the Gas Safe register and therefore up to the standards to install or carry out maintenance on their boiler or other gas fuelled appliances.
Opting for the lowest price or even on the recommendation of friends or family isn’t always the best way to go especially when it comes to price as many of these rogue traders will offer lower prices because of the lower quality work that they provide and for the fact that they are unqualified to do the work safely. You are quite literally putting your life at risk for the sake of a few pounds.
When someones calls to your house or business to fit, install or service your boiler, cooker or gas fire, always ask to see their Gas Safe register identity before even asking for a price and definitely before you offer them the job or hand over any cash.
As stated above, it really in the best interests of you and your family to play safe when it comes to hiring a qualified heating engineer. Don’t take the risk get in touch with us today and be guaranteed that you are getting fully qualified, professional, gas registered tradesmen to do the job.