Gas Engineers Newport

What is a Gas Safe engineer? 

A Gas engineers Newport is someone who has been through the relevant training, and then has gone on to be registered with one of the main Gas Safe Register bodies in the UK. The primary role of a gas safe engineer is to carry out gas safety checks on domestic and commercial properties that have gas appliances or systems.

A gas safe engineer is an individual who is qualified under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 to inspect, test and maintain gas appliances in order to ensure that they are safe to use. They are also known as a gas installer or gas fitter.

The competencies required by the regulations are prescribed in order to ensure the safety of consumers who use gas and include the design, manufacture, installation, repair, testing and maintenance of natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and mains-pressure piped products used for space heating and water heating purposes. In addition to these core competencies, there is a requirement for periodic inspection of installations – usually every five years – in order to ensure that they remain safe to use.

Gas engineers carry out their work in the domestic, commercial and industrial sectors and work with boilers, cookers, gas fires and gas stoves. They are responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing and replacing gas appliances.

Tasks of a Gas Engineer

Gas engineers typically carry out the following tasks:

• Servicing and repairing gas heating systems, including boilers, water heaters and radiators
• Servicing and repairing gas cookers and hobs
• Installing and maintaining flues, vents and chimneys
• Servicing and maintaining oil-fired central heating systems
• Installing fireplaces 
• Installing gas central heating systems in new homes 
• Extracting gases from sewers to measure the quantities entering buildings or to remove excess gases that pose a hazard to health
• Replacing faulty parts of gas appliances such as gas fires
• Installing gas safety checks into households where a new appliance is being installed or existing appliances are being repaired or replaced.

What else should you consider when replacing your boiler?

Flues can come in three different types: Standard chimney, high-efficiency condensate or high-efficiency non-condensate. A standard chimney flue is suitable for most boilers, but you may wish to consider using a condensing boiler if you want to receive the full FiT payment for your renewable electricity generation. If your boiler is not capable of producing condensate (the technical name for steam vapor) then a non-condensate flue is required. This type of flue is much less common than the other two and will likely require a building surveyor’s approval.