Gas leaks

Help1234

Hello,

I recently had to call the national emergency gas helpline because I could smell gas in my living room. An engineer came out and fixed two leaks coming from my gas fire.
On Thursday I had a gas engineer come to change the pilot unit for my gas fire as I was having trouble getting it to light (would often take 20-30 times of turning it on and off). My question is, should this engineer have checked to make sure there were no leaks before he left? Should he have used the gas monitor thing that the emergency gas man used?

southcoastrgi

You were lucky if grid fixed your leaks as that not their remit which is to just make safe, if the 2nd guy just replaced the ignition then he probably didn't need to touch the gas side so no need to test it

tacpot12

I recently had to call the national emergency gas helpline because I could smell gas in my living room. An engineer came out and fixed two leaks coming from my gas fire.
On Thursday I had a gas engineer come to change the pilot unit for my gas fire as I was having trouble getting it to light (would often take 20-30 times of turning it on and off). My question is, should this engineer have checked to make sure there were no leaks before he left? Should he have used the gas monitor thing that the emergency gas man used?

Yes, he should have checked for leaks before he left. You should check the Gas Safe register to see if he really was Gas Safe registered.

Use the links on this page to report the engineer: https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/help-and-advice/complaints-report-an-illegal/

Reporting the engineer is the best thing to do, as the investigation will determine what if anything he did wrong. If he needs further training, this can be provided. If you do nothing, he will probably end up killing someone. Please report him.

TELLIT01

He wouldn't necessarily have used the same gas monitoring equipment, but I would expect him to check if the work he was doing had any effect on the gas supply. In this case I can't see how changing and testing a pilot light would not affect the gas supply.

southcoastrgi

tacpot12 wrote: »

Yes, he should have checked for leaks before he left. Reporting the engineer is the best thing to do, as the investigation will determine what if anything he did wrong. If he needs further training, this can be provided. If you do nothing, he will probably end up killing someone. Please report him.

How do you know what he changed ?
What or where would you expect him to check ?
You want to report him for what exactly ?

Help1234

He caused the gas leaks - I have lived in my house for a couple of years and it is only after he completed the work did I smell gas. We regularly light candles so I do feel this could have been dangerous. Surely there is a requirement to ensure you don't leave gas leaks after completing work?

southcoastrgi

Help1234 wrote: »

He caused the gas leaks - I have lived in my house for a couple of years and it is only after he completed the work did I smell gas. We regularly light candles so I do feel this could have been dangerous. Surely there is a requirement to ensure you don't leave gas leaks after completing work?

That is not what your post says, the way it's written I assumed you had a gas leak & then you had the fire repaired afterwards, yes if he/she did work on the gas supply then it should be tested or at the very least anything they touched should be checked

jefaz07

Did the engineer from grid deem it necessary for a RIDDOR report to be made? He is the one that would report it if he felt that way and has a
Duty to do so.
As for the gas detection equipment, you’ll not find many, If any engineers, with a gascoseeker as they cost 1000’s and require calibration every 28 days.