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Ulverston · Barrow-in-Furness Magistrates' Court
An unregistered and unqualified gas fitter installed a combi boiler and pipework at a family home, after which the occupiers detected a gas smell near the meter box. Inspectors found three separate gas leaks, and the gas supply had to be shut off for six weeks, leaving the family without heating or hot water.
Injuries: no injury: gas leak risk, supply disconnected as a precaution
Regulations 3(1) and 3(3) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
“an unregistered gas fitter in Ulverston knew he was unqualified and not Gas Safe registered yet still took on this work, putting a family in very real danger.”
Never engage a gas engineer without checking Gas Safe registration first; unregistered work risks undetected leaks and carbon monoxide danger.
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