Introduction

As a house-owner you have a responsibility to yourself and the residents in your home to ensure that your gas fittings and appliances are safe.

• It is very important that gas appliances are installed and regularly checked for safety by a CORGI Registered Gas Installer. CORGI recommends that you arrange safety checks on an annual basis.

Although these recommendations are not enforceable, there are around 30 deaths in the UK every year, and hundreds of serious injuries caused by Carbon Monoxide poisoning due to faulty gas appliances and flues.

Why use a CORGI Registered Installer?

When contacting a gas installer to carry out your annual check or install a gas appliance for you, you must always use a CORGI Registered Installer. This is because;

• CORGI Registered Installers have to undertake high levels of training in order to work with gas.
• Non-registered installers are breaking the law.
• If your installer is not registered then you have no guarantee that they have the necessary competencies or gas safety awareness that are required to carry out the job safely.
• A significant amount of gas work carried out by non-registered installers has been found to have serious safety defects.

And if those aren't good enough reasons, then using a non-registered installer can also jeopardise the validity of your home insurance, in the event of an incident caused by a faulty gas appliance. This is subject to the individual conditions set by your insurance company.

The CORGI id card

• The card contains a photograph of the operative, their employer's trading title and the CORGI-registered installer logo. The reverse of the card contains details of the different types of gas work the operative is competent to undertake.

Further information and useful links

• Hot water systems
• Choosing a new boiler
• Current wiring regulations

• Find a CORGI Gas Engineer near you

• Check your CORGI Installer (corgi-gas-safety.com)
• Gas Regulations (odpm.gov.uk)