Are we safe in British Gas hands?

idaho

We all know about the diesel scandal and the harm it causes to the public’s health but what about when a multinational energy company arrogantly disregards your safety. Endangering your health and then tell lie after lie to avoid taking any responsibility for their actions. This is what happened to me with the said company, claiming to have investigated the matter and giving false information to their insurers, which as far as I know is a criminal offence and also trying to look for every reason apart from themselves to blame.




When you have symptoms of toxic poisoning from a leak that they have left in your home for 2 months, they refuse to disclose what the chemicals are in the makeup of domestic gas and claim it is safe but show no research to back it up even though researchers around the world research and continue to research this toxic substance on the body including the eyes, my body especially my legs felt as though I was having my blood pressure taken with a belt, like the ones used by medical staff in a hospital and for those of you who have ever had your blood pressure taken that sensation you feel when the arm belt is at its tightest is the closest description that I can give to describe the sensation and any health issues you have had in the past are used as an excuse to avoid the carcinogenic and toxic effects of domestic gas poisoning.

Sadly it seems they still have not learnt their lesson or have even tried to review their procedures as my incident happened in 2012 and it was only this year, in an edition of the daily mail online
which the consumer magazine who I had contacted around the time of my incident went undercover to investigate several energy companies, this article was on the 20th of august 2015, all but 2 failed in certain standards, British Gas and another did the bare minimum while all failed in other work undertaken, so really guys your safety is neither a priority or their concern?
It was only this year in 2015 nearly three years to the date of the incident that British gas admitted liability but not causation, they even stated that the reason they did not change the meter was because I had a leak so in other words we did not bother to tell you and left you to it, you couldn’t make this up! The lies would be so laughable if it was not so dangerous; laughing gas can make you severely ill with side effects an aspirin may have a side effect in certain conditions but British gas has assured me that breathing in gas for 2 months has no long term effects even though they refuse to show the evidence.

Well I have managed to obtain the information on the ingredients on the composition of natural gas under the heading, national grid, although the question we have to ask is why is British gas refusing to give out any information, they use the excuse we are a private company, so think about this, an energy company has the right to put a substance into your home but you in this democratic country have no right to ask any questions about what is in it???? The engineers in my case clearly made a mistake which cost my health but it is the way British Gas dealt with it afterwards that should make us as consumers very wary about having this company in charge of such a toxic substance,it would be so nice if British Gas put in as much energy into their safety standards as they do chasing consumers for paying their bills, the excuse that different departments may not communicate in these incidents does not wash with me as their departments communicate exceptionally well when we owe them money so British Gas I have one question? What exactly are the Health Benefits of Gas inhalation over the course of 2 months??? GAS IS ONLY SAFE IN SAFE HANDS!!!!
Unfortunately due to me being a new member I cannot post any links to show the letters of denials by british gas which includes the fact that after the initial incident, that 2 months later british gas then sent an engineer to my home who stated that he was not qualified to exchange the meter even after they had left me with the initial leak, so this inexperienced young man was going to be allowed to meddle with my gas supply, really! and also the listed ingredients in natural gas, hopefully I can post it on this site soon.

MeterMan

Your wall of text is hard to read and doesn't give any facts.

Its not British Gas' fault that you had a leak, its not even British Gas' fault that the British Standards say that you're allowed a leak.

National Grid put gas into your property, not British Gas or any other supplier.

I have breathed in a lot more gas than you have and I am fine.

Have you now had the gas supply removed from your house, and changed all of your hot water and heating arrangements to electrical dependency?

Not sure what your post is even about.

Glad you got money for nothing though, Just what this country needs more of.

Robin9

Where was this leak - on your appliance - or on the gas supply to the property - and what has the changing of the meter got to do with anything?

idaho

In answer to your questions robin 9 and meter man, I would never give an answer to a wall of writing as you claimed if I did not understand it, so it's a bit of an oxymoron don't you think? If I did not make my self clear within a week of British gas being in my home I was ill and saw my doctor, I was not aware I had a gas leak till 2 months later when national grid had found that British gas had failed to turn off something properly by the meter, then eventually lied when they said they never touched anything even though I was in the kitchen with them when they did, you are totally missing the point a gas company should not lie about working on a gas supply it breaches all regulations, and they have only nearly 3 years later admitted to it, you may not be ill from gas but as an anaemic person it does not help with the haemaglobin ? Your loyalty to British gas is very admirable as you seem to pop up from your computer on the watch for posts such as mine and I dare you to defend why you think it is appropriate for engineers to lie about ever working on a gas appliance.

vuvuzela

idaho wrote: »

In answer to your questions robin 9 and meter man, I would never give an answer to a wall of writing as you claimed if I did not understand it, so it's a bit of an oxymoron don't you think? If I did not make my self clear within a week of British gas being in my home I was ill and saw my doctor, I was not aware I had a gas leak till 2 months later when national grid had found that British gas had failed to turn off something properly by the meter, then eventually lied when they said they never touched anything even though I was in the kitchen with them when they did, you are totally missing the point a gas company should not lie about working on a gas supply it breaches all regulations, and they have only nearly 3 years later admitted to it, you may not be ill from gas but as an anaemic person it does not help with the haemaglobin ? Your loyalty to British gas is very admirable as you seem to pop up from your computer on the watch for posts such as mine and I dare you to defend why you think it is appropriate for engineers to lie about ever working on a gas appliance.

(Re the first bit in bold). You posted on a public forum. Why then get angry about a response to it which you have clearly misread if you think it was in any way 'loyal to British Gas'.

(Re the second bit in bold). That particular poster did not say ANYTHING about your claimed misbehaviour of an employee. I am struggling to see how you could have misread the post so badly.

MeterMan

You gave a wall of text and offered no specific information. Give us the details and let us make our own mind up.

As you seem to have gone through the posts in which I have made, You might also realise that I reply to posts in which I feed I can offer advice.

So I shall ask, What needed to be capped off at the meter? What was the size of the leak?

WannaBLoaded

if british gas have done some dodgy gas work you should be suing them.

idaho

Meter man and robin 9, my reply was not an angry reply, the post was to make people aware of the lack of safety standards and for someone to say just what this country needs another claim was rude. I have attended the House of Lords about this issue with the co-gas safety charity and you may not think safety is an issue but I am sure other people on this site do and as I said before its business as usual as ritual gas were stung in an undercover report in their lack of safety standards 3 years after my incident on 20th of August this year, would you let a drunk driver drive a school bus, no you would not so why would anyone want such irresponsible companies endangering our lives and health and not reviewing their procedures to improve their safety standards.

samsmoot

In my experience British Gas employ a lot of lying scumbags.

MeterMan

idaho wrote: »

Meter man and robin 9, my reply was not an angry reply, the post was to make people aware of the lack of safety standards and for someone to say just what this country needs another claim was rude. I have attended the House of Lords about this issue with the co-gas safety charity and you may not think safety is an issue but I am sure other people on this site do and as I said before its business as usual as ritual gas were stung in an undercover report in their lack of safety standards 3 years after my incident on 20th of August this year, would you let a drunk driver drive a school bus, no you would not so why would anyone want such irresponsible companies endangering our lives and health and not reviewing their procedures to improve their safety standards.

Have you been told not to talk about your 'case'.

You come on, rant, offer no specifics and carry on ranting.

How was your life endangered, specifically, what happened?

idaho

Who are you meter man, British gas father, you seem so peturbex, as I said in my first post I will be sending a link to the letters which explain in great detail what happened when money savings expert replies, British !!!, excuse me gas have been fined before for their bad behaviour and what a strange question to ask " have I been told not to discuss my case" ???? It's my case I will bring it to everyone's attention and unless you are a medical doctor I suggest yourself I suggest you research exactly what natural gas does to the human body and stop trying to convince us the consumers that it is safe ???????