What is Gas Safety Week?
It is Gas Safety Week (8th-14th September 2025), and the week’s success can only be achieved with the help and support of local Gas Safe registered engineers.
This year, and every year, here at South London Heating, we're striving to raise awareness about Gas Safety and we're always focused in keeping our customers and the nation safe by supprintg Gas Safety Week and reminding everyone of the importance of staying gas safe.
‘Looking after your home, friends, family’ is this year’s theme. It emphasises that everyone has a part to play in keeping each other safe, whether that is looking after or simply sharing advice with immediate family, extended family, friends, neighbours or tenants – we can all do our part to keep the national safe.
What does Gas Safety Week do?
The main aim of Gas Safety Week is to promote that poorly maintained gas appliances can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
Carbon monoxide is known as the ‘silent killer’ because you can’t see, smell or taste it. Therefore, it is important to have your gas appliances checked by an engineer who is listed on the Gas Safe Register and who is qualified to work on the type of gas (e.g. mains gas or LPG) and the appliances that needs checking.
Mark Gallagher, owner of South London Heating, said: “Thousands of organisations from across the industry rally behind Gas Safety Week each year and we're proud to show our support and in doing so help our customers, their families, friends and wider community stay gas safe.”
Rob Denman, Director of Gas Services at Gas Safe Register said: “This is the fifteenth Gas Safety Week and the 2025 theme ‘Looking after home, friends and family’ centres around the desire for us all to keep those we care for safe. Each Gas Safety Week, our partners, stakeholders and Gas Safe Register share information to help everyone be gas safe and I’m thrilled [insert name of organisation] is helping to share the message and the importance of ensuring everyone only uses an engineer that is Registered and qualified.”
The theme changes each year, but the gas safe messages remain the same. As ever, here is some simple tips and checks that you can do at home and share with your friends, family, colleagues, neighbours, tenants.
Here's our tips on how to stay Gas Safe:
Arrange your annual gas safety check.
Gas appliances should be safety checked once a year and serviced regularly by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Tenants, make sure your landlord arranges this.
Check your engineer is Gas Safe registered.
Always use a Gas Safe registered engineer and ensure they’re qualified for the work that needs doing via the Gas Safe Register website and the engineer’s ID card.
Look out for warning signs that could indicate your gas appliances are not working correctly.
Signs may include lazy yellow/orange flames instead of crisp blue ones, black marks on or around the appliance, a pilot light that keeps going out, too much condensation in the room, or error messages on the appliance’s control panel.
Ensure your home’s vents and/or flues are not blocked.
Vents and flues are there to ensure your gas appliances work safely. Blocking them could prevent this.
Check your knowledge.
Remember the six main symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning: headaches, dizziness, breathlessness, nausea, collapse, and loss of consciousness.
Purchase and regularly test an audible carbon monoxide (CO) alarm.
Regular testing ensures that alarms are operational and capable of alerting you to the presence of deadly CO. Also, check they are marked to standards EN50291 and still in date (if applicable).
Never DIY gas work.
Before drilling or hammering, check that there is no risk of hitting a gas pipe. Never DIY on a gas appliance; if you suspect there is something wrong with your appliance or it is not working correctly, call a Gas Safe registered engineer. All our engineers at South London Heating are Gas Safe registered, so please call us on 02036205800 with any questions.
Gas Safe Register is the official register for legally qualified engineers. You can find a registered engineer in your area by visiting the Gas Safe Register website at GasSafeRegister.co.uk.
Learn more about Gas Safety
Give us a call on 0203 620 5800 or email us at hello@southlondonheating.co.uk to learn more about how we can help you stay Gas Safe!
Gas Safe Register is the registration body appointed by the Health and Safety Executive to manage the register of qualified gas engineers in the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. It is a legal requirement for anyone carrying out domestic and commercial gas work to be registered and comply with the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998. The register of more than 150,000 gas engineers held by Gas Safe Register aims to protect people from unsafe gas work. Gas Safe Register assesses the competence of engineers by inspecting the gas work they have carried out to make sure they are safe to work on gas. Gas Safe Register is focused on gas safety and campaigns to raise awareness of gas safety risks associated with using illegal gas workers.
Gas Safe Register deals with all aspects of the downstream gas industry covered by the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. It covers both piped natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk.
