gas appliances

• Hvca Urges Landlords to Service Gas Appliances

A RECORD number of students are attending UK universities this autumn to beat the large fee rises scheduled to start next year. Hundreds of thousands will share rented flats and houses and some of these will have older and potentially dangerous gas appliances. The Heating Helpline, an advice service operated by the Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association (HVCA), is reminding landlords and letting agents that they have a legal duty to have their boilers and other gas appliances checked and serviced each year and is advising students on what to ask the landlord for.

• Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK)
• September 29, 2011

• Gas Appliances Ltd

• The London Gazette Nbr. 59951, October 28, 2011
• Corporate Insolvency

• Helping Check Gas Appliances

Restaurants, pubs and hotels in Bath are going to get help to check their gas appliances are safe. Bath and North East Somerset Council is working closely with Gas Safe Register to make sure there are no hidden dangers. Councillor David Dixon, cabinet member for neighbourhoods, said the checks had come about after pilot tests had highlighted concerns.

• The Bath Chronicle
• August 11, 2011

• Inspectors to Check Firms' Gas Appliances

Unannounced checks will be made at dozens of catering and food businesses in Somerset to make sure people are safe from defective gas appliances. Sedgemoor district council's environmental health team and the Gas Safe Register will be checking the equipment and connections have been installed by qualified and registered engineers.

• Western Daily Press
• May 20, 2011

• Ten Legal 'Musts' for Rented Homes

andlords when renting out property must be aware of the following ten legal "musts" when renting out a property. Gas safety Where there are any gas appliances in the property, the landlord must ensure that annual gas safety checks are carried out.

• Grimsby Telegraph
• October 13, 2011

• Vulcana Gas Appliances Limited Life & Pension Scheme

• The London Gazette Nbr. 60029, January 13, 2012
• Regulation

• Killer Threat to Elderly ; Older People Have Been Warned of the Danger Posed by Faulty Household Gas Appliances.

Older people have been warned of the danger posed by faulty household gas appliances. Age Concern North Lincolnshire warned there was a serious risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from gas boilers and appliances using gas or solid fuel - if they have not been installed and maintained properly.

• Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
• December 23, 2008

• Vulcana Gas Appliances Limited Life & Pension Scheme

• The London Gazette Nbr. 60051, February 06, 2012
• Regulation

• Keeping Homes Warm and Safe As Gas Engineer

What does a career as a gas service technician involve? Gas service technicians, also known as gas fitters, work in customers' homes, installing, servicing and repairing gas appliances and systems, including gas fires, boilers and cookers, central heating systems and shower units. Your duties as a gas service technician could include everything from installing and connecting appliances to carrying out scheduled maintenance checks on systems.

• Daily Post
• July 28, 2011

• Is Your Property Gas Safe?

RESIDENTS are being reminded to make sure their gas appliances are correctly installed and serviced as part of the first national Gas Safety Week. Running until Sunday, the event aims to encourage residents to only use Gas Safe Register engineers to fit, fix and service their gas appliances, and also to raise awareness of the importance of having an annual gas safety check. One local trader who is backing the awareness week is Scott Watts, owner and director of Grimsby- based The-Handyman.co.uk He said: "Gas Safety Week gives us the opportunity to put gas safety at the top of everyone's priority list. "Making sure your gas appliances are safe to use could save your life. "Alongside Gas Safe Register, we want people to understand the real risks gas poses and help people to take care and ...

• Grimsby Telegraph
• September 13, 2011