A plumber who was suspected of having undertaken dangerous gas work while unqualified to do so was fined for failing to answer questions put to him by a Health and Safety Executive inspector. In February 2020 Luke Rodgers was alleged to have carried out unlawful gas work to replace a boiler at a house in […]
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A letting company and its director have been fined for gas safety failings
A letting agent company and its director have been fined for failing to carry out essential safety checks on gas appliances in their rental property. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard how the landlord, Belleview Property Limited (Belleview), failed to carry out the annual gas safety check at their rental property in Colchester, Essex. Belleview were served […]
A self-employed gas fitter from Burnley has received a 15-month community order after carrying out gas work without being Gas Safe registered.
Preston Crown Court heard that Adam Kilbride carried out work at two properties in Burnley in December 2018 and January 2019, whilst falsely claiming to be Gas Safe registered. Following notification of installation defects by the occupiers of the properties, Gas Safe inspectors visited one of the properties and found the work to be of […]
Unregistered gas engineer sentenced after multiple breaches
A self-employed gas engineer has been sentenced after carrying out illegal gas work and breaching a HSE Prohibition Notice. Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Dean Coslett trading as Dorset Boiler Company, undertook gas work at a number of properties in Dorset between December 2017 and April 2019 whilst he was not registered with the Gas […]
Company director fined after residents exposed to carbon monoxide
A construction company director has been fined for leaving a gas boiler at a domestic property in a dangerous condition as he worked to build an extension. During the building work, the residents of the property in Newcastle were placed at a serious risk of ill health, including carbon monoxide poisoning. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Magistrates’ Court heard that […]