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The Real Reason You’re Paying So Much for Gas & Electricity
The cost of living crisis brings Roger back with another rant on the huge issue of energy costs and looks at why and how it is happening.
Read More »Heat Pump Bill a Third Higher Than Gas Boiler!
Roger looks at the analysis of Ofgem figures by the Energy and Utilities Alliance. Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) 🔗 https://eua.org.uk Founded in 1905, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) is a not-for-profit trade association that provides a leading industry voice to help shape the future policy direction within the sector. Roger discusses air source heat pumps on Radio 2 …
Read More »Watch This Video if You Have a Gas Boiler
Martyn Bridges from Worcester Bosch Group returns to talk about the future of gas boilers with Roger. Worcester Bosch Boilers 🔗 https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/products/boilers Worcester Bosch Heat Pumps 🔗 https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/heat-pumps A heat pump is a relatively new technology in the UK although they are widely used in Scandinavia and many parts of Europe where there is an abundance of renewably sourced electricity. …
Read More »Safety io’s new Grid Fleet Manager streamlines gas detection management
Safety io has introduced a series of features to improve its customers' user experience when it comes to gas detection and management.
Read More »Climate Change Committee Report to Expert Scrutiny says Gas Users
Climate Change Committee experts should scrutinise the economic and technical feasibility of zero-carbon pledges, says the Gas Users Organisation.
Read More »U-Turn on Gas Boiler Ban in 2023 Welcome Say Gas Users
Government U-turn on gas boiler ban in new homes welcome but further clarity needed, says Gas Users Organisation.
Read More »How Safe is Your Gas? Paris Gas Explosion Thoughts
After reading the reports from the recent gas explosion at a bakery in central Paris, Roger talks about staying safe with gas cookers, gas safety devices and tests his own gas hob to see if it cuts out properly.
Read More »Birmingham Builder Fined for Unsafe Gas Work
A builder has been fined after carrying out unsafe gas work at a property in Hall Green.
Read More »Ilfracombe Landlord Sentenced After Endangering Tenants With Unsafe Gas Work
The landlord of a property in Ilfracombe has been given a suspended sentence for risking the lives of his tenants by undertaking dangerous gas work.
Read More »Suspended sentence for unregistered gas worker
A man has been fined and given a suspended prison sentence after working on a number of boilers without being Gas Safe registered. High Wycombe Crown Court heard how Philip Locke carried out work on a boiler in 2013 without being registered, faults were later found with the boiler. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuting issued a letter to …
Read More »Landlord Prosecuted for Gas Safety Failings
Gas safety failings of a Preston Landlord lead to a suspended prison sentence after failing to ensure gas appliances were checked for safety.
Read More »Fine for unregistered gas fitter
An unregistered gas fitter from Farnborough has been prosecuted for carrying out illegal gas work which was found to be unsafe. Basingstoke Magistrates’ court heard how Mr Fergus Leask, who also trades as Eldan Plumbing, had assured the homeowner that he was Gas Safe Registered. When he was unable to supply the gas safe certificate months after installing the boiler, the …
Read More »Day in the life: Gas Man God
Skill Builder’s ‘Day in the life’ feature takes a look at a typical day in the life of different tradespeople. In the first in the series we talk to a plumbing and heating engineer who goes by the name of Gas Man God who is one of the co-founders of the Gas Safety Super Heros campaign.* Name: GasManGod Trade: Gas …
Read More »Builder handed suspended prison sentence and community service following unsafe gas work
A builder has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service for putting a home owner at risk following renovations to their house in Cardiff. Cardiff Crown Court heard that Brian James was hired to carry out renovations to a bungalow in Cardiff specifically to install new plumbing and heating, including a boiler. Brian James admitted in court that although …
Read More »Landlord Given Suspended Prison Sentence Over Gas Failings
A Durham landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence following his failure to maintain or check the gas fittings in one of his properties.
Read More »Torbay Plumber Sentenced After Illegal Gas Work
An illegal gas work fitter has been prosecuted after he installed a gas boiler and left it in a potentially dangerous state because he did not commission it.
Read More »Newquay gas fitter sentenced for unregistered gaswork
An unregistered gas fitter has been ordered to complete 250 hours of community service for illegally installing a LPG gas boiler and hob at a Newquay home as well as producing fraudulent documentation. Dean Marshall, aged 47, of Dukes Way, Newquay, installed the gas boiler and gas hob at a property on Chynowen Lane, Newquay several years after his registration …
Read More »Gas engineer fined for unsafe installation
A Gas Safe registered engineer from Middlesex has been fined for safety failings after he carried out an unsafe installation. In a one day trial at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court it was heard how Michael Efthymiou, a self- employed gas engineer, carried out an unsafe installation of a gas combination boiler and flue at a domestic property in Crossfield Road, Clacton-on-Sea. An investigation …
Read More »False Gas Safety Checks – North Devon Engineer Fined
A gas engineer undertook gas work despite his registration with Gas Safe Register (GSR) lapsing and produced false gas safety checks.
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