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News: Latest - distributed around Yorkshire September 19, 2016 11:59:05 AM
Rotherham Council will show their support for Gas Safety Week – 19 to 25 September - with a stall to promote gas safety awareness at the Effingham Street market on Tuesday 20 September.
The stall will see Council staff, in partnership with gas contractor Willmott Dixon, explaining to tenants and the public about why it is vital that people make sure their gas appliances are safety checked every year by a registered engineer.
Council tenants will also be reminded how important it is to keep gas safety check appointments with Willmott Dixon staff.
The Council has estimated the cost of access to properties being denied - despite letters and text messages notifying tenants of the appointment weeks in advance - as over £285,000 each year.
This is enough to pay for 96 kitchen upgrades, 159 bathroom upgrades, 63 full heating upgrades or 72 full rewires that the Council could undertake at properties.
Councillor Dominic Beck, Cabinet Member for Housing, said, “We appreciate many people have busy lives but it’s very important that tenants make a note of and keep appointments and give access to Willmott Dixon engineers on our behalf.
“This allows engineers to make the necessary gas checks to keep your home safe and give you and your family peace of mind that your gas appliances are safe."
Tenants who want to change their appointment time can do so by calling the Council on the number below.
This sixth annual Gas Safety Week will see organisations across the UK working together to raise awareness of the dangers of poorly maintained gas appliances, which cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning for all residents, whether they rent or own their home.
In the last year, at least 68,000 homes in the UK escaped deadly gas incidents by engineers switching off dangerous appliances. Almost half of these incidents were caused because a gas appliance had not been regularly serviced and had been left in a poor state.
With 20 deaths and 1,000 gas-related injuries in the last three years, it’s vital that people make sure their gas appliances are safety checked every year by a registered engineer. Anyone working on gas appliances while not being Gas Safe registered, is working illegally.
Jonathan Samuel, chief executive for Gas Safe Register, said: “We know from our own investigations that one in six gas appliances in the UK are unsafe, meaning far too many people are victims of preventable gas related incidents.
“It’s great to have the support of Rotherham Council this Gas Safety Week so that we can work together to raise public awareness of gas safety and reduce the number of dangerous gas appliances lurking in the homes of the UK’s 23 million gas consumers.”
Follow these three simple top tips to stay gas safe:
Get all of your gas appliances safety checked once a year by a registered engineer and sign up to a free reminder service online
Make sure your engineer is legal and safe, by making sure they are registered with Gas Safe Register, the UK’s official gas authority
Check for warning signs your appliances aren’t working correctly, such as a lazy yellow flame instead of a crisp blue one, black marks on or around the appliance and too much condensation in the room
Call RMBC: 01709 538811
Free reminder service: https://www.staygassafe.co.uk/
Enginner safety check: https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/
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