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These are the reasons that we have gas safety inspections carried out yearly.

The majority of gas work carried out by illegal gas workers has been found to have serious safety defects. By using a trades person who is NOT CORGI registered, you are putting people at risk  literally taking your life, your family's lives &/or your tenants lives in your hands.

What is Carbon Monoxide?

Carbon Monoxide is a colourless, odorless, tasteless, toxic gas that has the molecular formula CO. The molecule consists of a carbon atom that is triply bonded to an oxygen atom.

Carbon Monoxide is produced by the incomplete combustion of the fossil fuels - gas, oil, coal and wood used in boilers, engines, oil burners, gas fires, water heaters, solid fuel appliances and open fires.

Carbon Monoxide is a commercially important chemical. It is also formed in many chemical reactions and in the thermal or incomplete decomposition of many organic materials.

Dangerous amounts of CO can accumulate when, as a result of poor installation, poor maintenance or failure or damage to an appliance in service, the fuel is not burned properly, or when rooms are poorly ventilated and the Carbon Monoxide is unable to escape.

Having no smell, taste or colour, in today's world of improved insulation and double glazing, it has become increasingly important to have good ventilation, maintain all appliances regularly and to have absolutely reliable Detector alarms installed giving both a visual and audible warning immediately there is a build-up of CO to dangerous levels.

NO SMELL and NO TASTE and NO COLOUR

What are the effects of Carbon Monoxide?

Carbon Monoxide produces the following physiological effects on people exposed to the concentrations shown:

Concentration of CO in air	Inhalation time and toxic developed
50 parts per million (ppm)	Safety level as specified by the Health and Safety Executive
200 PPM	Slight headache within 2-3 hours
400 PPM	Frontal headache within 1-2 hours, becoming widespread in 3 hours
800 PPM	Dizziness, nausea, convulsions within 45 minutes, insensible in 2 hours

Carbon Monoxide poisons by entering the lungs via the normal breathing mechanism and displacing oxygen from the bloodstream. Interruption of the normal supply of oxygen puts at risk the functions of the heart, brain and other vital functions of the body.

The above information is for a healthy adult. Persons suffering from heart or respiratory health problems, infants and small children, unborn children, expectant mothers and pets can be affected by CO poisoning more quickly than others in the household and may be the first to show symptoms.

You must have your gas appliances safety-checked by a CORGI / GAS SAFE  registered installer every year. This is the only way to guarantee that they are working correctly. Never allow anyone without a valid CORGI / GAS SAFE  registration number to work on any of your gas appliances.

Appliances that are properly installed, serviced and adequately ventilated are efficient and safe. To avoid the accidental production of carbon monoxide and to ensure that you and your family are safe, you must:

• Get your gas appliances checked annually by a CORGI  / GAS SAFE registered Installer.

• Make sure rooms and heaters are well ventilated.

• Have your chimneys and flues checked regularly.

• Buy a carbon Monoxide alarm. A carbon monoxide alarm will measure the concentration of carbon monoxide in a room and sound an alarm if the concentration is higher than permitted.

A CORGI / GAS SAFE registered installer is a gas expert. He or she will have undergone extensive training to qualify for registration.