Each year, the annual Gas Safety Week takes place in September. This year, it’s from 8th - 14th September and we are proud to support the gas safety awareness week at Able Skills.

What is Gas Safety Week?

Coordinated by the Gas Safe Register (an official list of gas engineers who are legally allowed to work on gas), it aims to raise awareness of the importance of gas safety by reminding people about the importance of annual gas appliance checks by a qualified Gas Safe registered engineer.

Badly fitted or poorly serviced gas appliances can be unsafe and can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions, and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning – a highly poisonous gas that you can’t see, smell or taste, that can kill quickly and without warning.

This year's theme: Looking after your home, friends, and family because everyone has a role in gas safety.

Whether you’re a Gas Safe registered engineer, a trainee gas engineer, a landlord or a homeowner it’s an important but simple step to share safety advice with people around you. By raising awareness, we can make a difference.

Gas Safety is everyone’s responsibility

Help your customers and community take steps to stay gas safe:

Look out for warning signs that may indicate their gas appliances are unsafe

Signs that a gas appliance may be unsafe:

  • Lazy yellow/orange flames instead of crisp blue ones
  • Black marks on or around the appliance
  • Pilot light that keeps going out
  • Too much condensation in the room
  • Error messages on the appliance’s control panel

Learn the six main symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning

  1. Headaches
  2. Dizziness
  3. Breathlessness
  4. Nausea
  5. Collapse
  6. Loss of consciousness

Suspect CO poisoning? Get fresh air immediately and call the national gas emergency helpline 0800 111 999 available 24/7.

To purchase, use and regularly test an audible carbon monoxide alarm

Alarms should bemarked EN50291 and display the British Standards Kitemark.

Arrange a gas safety check of all gas appliances on an annual basis

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.

Use the Gas Safe Register website to find local engineers, and check they are qualified for the work that needs 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 ID card before they ask for it.

If you’re a gas engineer or landlord and need resources and content to show your support for Gas Safety Week, search "Gas Safety Week" for tips, a toolkit, and safety materials to share with your customers and community.