Importance of gas safe heating engineers

The importance of using a gas safe heating engineer cannot be overestimated, after an unregistered Staffordshire gas fitter was jailed for installing a gas boiler in a customer’s home and leaving it with serious defects.

These could have been life-threatening if the customer, on smelling gas in their home, had not checked the rogue gas fitter’s credentials and found that he was not registered. They alerted the authorities and were able to get in gas safe heating engineers, like all those at AA Gas Services, to fix the problem before it became a whole lot worse.

The non-registered fitter was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 12 months, and was ordered to pay a victim compensation order of £1,275. He was also ordered to pay costs of £1,264, having previously pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Lyn Spooner said: “He put lives and property in danger by flouting the laws that are designed to protect people from substandard and defective gas work carried out by unregistered fitters.

“HSE would encourage all homeowners and landlords to ensure they only use Gas Safe heating engineers and to check whether an engineer is registered before any work commences.

“Gas safety remains a priority for HSE and we will continue to bring illegal gas fitters to justice when we become aware of those who place lives in danger and show a blatant disregard for the law.”

AA Gas Services only employs gas safe heating engineers, because our customers' safety is our priority.