Gas Safe Engineers play a vital role in keeping properties safe across the nation through the safe servicing, repair, and installation of gas appliances.
Whenever you are looking for Glasgow heating engineers it is essential that you use a qualified and certified Gas Safe engineer to not only ensure your own and your family’s safety but also to prevent your warranty and insurance from being invalidated and costing you many thousands of pounds.
To find a Gas Safe engineer look on the Gas Safe register or simply search for Gas Safe engineers in your area. Before an engineer carries out any sort of work on your property check their ID card to confirm that they are indeed Gas Safe Registered.
What are Gas Safe Engineers?
Gas Safe Engineers are qualified and registered engineers who possess the relevant qualifications to conduct services involving gas appliances. In order to receive a Gas Safe ID card, engineers must demonstrate, via a proven path of training and assessment, their competence to work on gas appliances.
Newly qualified engineers will then appear on the Gas Safe register and you can be confident that and job they perform on your property will be safe and effective.
What services do Gas Safe Engineers provide?
Gas Safe Engineers provide a range of different services in relation to boilers, heating systems, and other gas appliances.
Some of the most common services that they provide on day-to-day basis include:
Boiler Installation
If you have just moved into a new property, are building your own home, or your boiler has simply reached the end of its natural lifespan, the time has come to buy a brand new boiler.
There are a huge amount of options available when it comes to the model, make, and type of boiler that you get, but the one thing that should never be negotiable is that a Gas Safe Engineer should be the one to install it.
These expert professionals conduct these installations on a daily basis and will have your new boiler, up, running, and keeping you warm in no time at all.
Even better, many will offer flexible schedules allowing you to fit in the installation at a time that suits you best, making the whole process and stress-free and convenient as possible.
Boiler Servicing
All gas boilers should be serviced on an annual basis to ensure they are still in great, energy efficient and safe working order.
Not only will this prevent any issues that build up over time and can eventually lead to a hefty emergency boiler repair bills but annual servicing is usually a pre-requisite of most new boiler warranties and home insurance policies, so repairing a boiler that has not been services is far more expensive than one that has been.
As well as looking for faults a Gas Safe engineer will examine and clean all components of the boiler, helping to keep it in tip-top working order and maximising energy efficiency.
Boiler Repair
You can almost guarantee that your boiler will decide to breakdown at the least convenient time possible and during the winter months a swift repair is critical to protecting the health of the household.
Many Gas Safe engineers offer 24/7 emergency repair services throughout the winter and will usually be able to resolve common repair issues with a minimum of fuss, getting your heating back up and running before you know it. If, for any reason, they are unable to attend your property for a day or two, or the repair turns out to be more complicated than first thought, stay warm by adding extra layers and consider staying with a friend or family if needed, especially if your or someone else in the family is vulnerable.
How to check a Gas Safe ID card
When a Gas Safe Engineer comes to your home to work on your boiler, you should ask to see their ID card. This card will feature a 7-digit licence number and be valid for the current year. All Gas Safe Engineers are issued with a new ID card each year so older cards should not be accepted as proof of a current licence.
Some of the key features of a Gas Safe ID card to check for include a photo of the engineer, an expiry date, a licence number, and a security hologram. It will also include the name of the company that they work for so make sure this matches the name of the company that you hired to carry out work on your boiler.
On the back of the card, there will be some more details on the type of work the engineer is qualified for (not all engineers hold the same exact qualifications), so give this a look over as well.