Powys is supporting Gas Safety Week 2025
03 September 2025
Gas Safety Week is here to remind the public and businesses how to keep themselves gas safe, and organisations across the nation are working together to raise awareness of the dangers of poorly maintained and badly fitted gas appliances, which can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
This year for Gas Safety Week, the theme is 'Looking after your home, friends, family', emphasising 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 nation safe.
Cllr Richard Church, Powys County Council's Cabinet Member for Legal and Regulatory Services, said: "We're proud to be supporting Gas Safe Week 2025, helping to look after our home, friends, and family, and keeping our communities safe.
"I urge all Powys residents and businesses to be vigilant. Please follow the advice and guidance that Gas Safe Register has issued as this will help ensure your gas appliances are free from leaks and other hazards, and that they're safe to use.
"Please ensure you always use a qualified Gas Safe registered engineer to service your appliances, and if something doesn't look right, please contact Gas Safe Register who will be able to support you."
Rob Denman, Director of Gas Services at Gas Safe Register, said: "This is the fifteenth Gas Safety Week and the 2025 theme 'Looking after your 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 Powys County Council is helping to share the message and the importance of ensuring everyone only uses an engineer that is registered and qualified."
Keep up to date with Gas Safe Register's updates and advice throughout Gas Safety Week by following @GasSafeRegister on Facebook, X and Instagram and search #GSW25.
The theme changes each year, but the gas safe messages remain the same. As ever, here are some simple tips and checks that you can do at home and share with your friends, family, colleagues, neighbours, and tenants:
- 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. You can find one at GasSafeRegister.co.uk or call 0800 408 5500.
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.
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