As a house-owner you have a responsibility to yourself and the residents in your home to ensure that your gas fittings and appliances are safe.   It is very important that gas appliances are installed and regularly checked for safety by a CORGI registered gas installer. CORGI recommends that you arrange safety checks on an annual basis.   This is not enforced but there are around 30 deaths in the UK every year, and hundreds of serious injuries caused by Carbon Monoxide poisoning due to faulty gas appliances and flues. As the house-owner you are responsible to ensure that this is not you or your family.

When contacting a gas installer to carry out your annual check, install a gas appliance or for another reason, always use a CORGI registered installer. CORGI registered installers have to undertake high levels of training in order to work with gas. Non-registered installers are breaking the law. If your installer is not registered then you have no guarantee that they have the necessary competencies or gas safety awareness that are required to carry out the job safely. 93% of gas work carried out by non-registered installers has been found to have serious safety defects.

Using a non-registered installer can also jeopardise the validity of your home insurance in the event of an incident caused by a faulty gas appliance (subject to individual conditions set by the insurance company).

Find a CORGI registered installer in your area

Before allowing anyone into your property to carry out gas related work, insist to see their CORGI ID card. The card includes a photograph of your installer and the reverse carries a list of the types of gas work that they are competent to carry out. If you have any queries then you can call the telephone number featured on the card (0870 401 2300) or use our website facility (check an installer)

Please also refer to Don’t DIY.