Gas Safety Week 2018

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Gas Safety Week 2018

IBB Builders Merchants support Gas Safety Week 2018 taking place from 17th to 23rd September 2018. Gas Safety Week is an annual safety week to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of your gas appliances. It is co-ordinated by Gas Safe Register, the official list of gas engineers who are legally allowed to work on gas.

Badly fitted and poorly serviced gas appliances can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning. Every year thousands of people across the UK are diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning. It is a highly poisonous gas that can kill quickly with no warning, as you cannot see it, taste it or smell it.

Why not take the time to help your customers so they know to:

  • Check their gas appliances every year. Gas appliances should be safety checked once a year and serviced regularly by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Tenants should be aware that it’s their landlord’s responsibility to arrange this. Encourage your customers to set a reminder so they don’t forget at StayGasSafe.co.uk.
  • Check their engineer is Gas Safe registered and qualified for the type of work they need doing. Let them know they can find this information on the Gas Safe Register website and the back of the Gas Safe ID card. When you go to your customer’s home, be proud to show them your card before they ask for it.
  • Check for warning signs that their appliances aren’t working correctly, such as lazy yellow /orange flames instead of crisp blue ones, black marks on or around the appliance, a pilot light that keeps going out and too much condensation in the room.
  • Check they know the six main symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning – head- aches, dizziness, breathlessness, nausea, collapse and loss of consciousness.
  • Check they have an audible carbon mon- oxide alarm. This will alert them if there is carbon monoxide in their home.

In the August 2018 issue of IBB Builder you will find the article on Gas Safety.

For more information visit GasSafetyWeek.co.uk

MRosol
About the Magdalena Rosol
Currently, Magdalena is the chief editor of the company magazine IBB Builder. She is the finalist of Women in Construction- London Construction Awards 2017. Magdalena is ensuring that IBB Builder, newsletters and blog posts provide the most compelling content. She is playing a vital role in supporting and providing advice on tender preparation, quotations or materials selection. Magdalena was influenced by her father, who was the successful contractor in Poland. Since her teens, she was visiting building sites, and in her early 20s, she participated in the launching of the online platform www.informatorbudowlany.pl that connected all contractors, architects, manufacturers and clients in Poland. The platform aimed to inform, educate, advertise, provide connection and networking possibilities. In 2005 Magdalena came to the UK to start her university education in the financial sector, studying BSc Banking and Financial Economics at London Metropolitan University. At the same time, she was active in the UK construction industry, by being involved in the administrator and office roles in building and renovation projects and by participating as an apprentice in then IBB Polish Building Wholesale. From the tender preparation, being present on site to gaining knowledge about building materials, Magdalena’s experience in the sector was growing.
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