Gas Engineer
How to choose the best gas engineer for your home.
When it comes to gas work that needs to be done on your home, it’s crucially important that you hire only the best gas engineer. Gas work is such a specialized type of work on your home that there are many things to take into consideration as to whom you hire to do said work.
Find the right gas engineer for your home requires that you do look for certain things in the process of meeting with potential engineers. We spoke with some of our highest rated and most reviewed gas engineers on ClickATrades to find out exactly what you should be looking out for to find the best gas engineer for your home:
- Find out if they are Gas Safe registered, and verify it.
- Be sure to hire only someone that has plenty of specialized experience.
- Get detailed quotes from at least three gas engineers.
- Ask them what exactly they will be doing for the job and why they’re doing it.
These are a few things to be looking for when you’re meeting with potential gas engineers for gas work that needs to be done on your home. Let’s take a deeper dive into them now.
Find out if they are Gas Safe registered, and then verify it
When it comes to home repair work, there are many different types of tradesmen here on ClickATrades to choose from. Whether it’s DIY type craftsman, or professional tradesmen, there are plenty of options. But when you’re dealing with any gas work that needs to be done on your home, you want to ensure that you hire only a gas engineer that is Gas Safe registered.
This means that they are legally registered on the Gas Safe Register, which is the official list of gas engineers who are authorized to work safely on things like boilers, cookers, fires, and all other types of gas appliances. Do not hire anyone who is not on this register for gas work around your home.
Once you find out that they are Gas Safe registered, then verify it for yourself by asking for their Gas Safe ID card. Every gas engineer that’s registered will carry it with them, they have to. Be sure to write down their license number from the card and then you can check it online after they leave.
Be sure to hire someone that has plenty of specialized experience
Once you’ve ensured that they’re registered Gas Safe, now it’s time to verify their experience. You want to be sure to hire a gas engineer that has experience within the specific problem that you are having in your home. Ask to review some of their previous work to find out the quality of work that they do.
You want to take time and review their customer reviews on ClickATrades as well so you can see firsthand customer reviews. There are many different types of gas engineers who have different areas of this specific type of work that they focus on. For instance, you may find someone that only deals with gas stove repairs, or another that only deals with gas furnace installations. Be certain to hire someone who has plenty of experience within the exact type of gas work that you need for your home.
Get detailed quotes from at least three gas engineers
Once you’ve sorted out the type of specialist that you need for the gas work in your home, you need to get quotes for the work to be done. We recommend, especially for such specific type of work, that you get three separate and thoroughly detailed quotes for the work need.
When you have the three quotes, line them up side by side and look at each line to see where there may be differences in cost and why.
Ask them exactly what they will be doing for your job, and why
There are many inherent dangers that come with gas work on your home, which is why it’s incredibly important before you hire anyone to find out exactly what they’re going do to. Find out what kind of safety precautions they’re going to be taking during the job. Find out what they’ll be doing for the repairs and what that process looks like. Don’t be afraid to ask questions about their work.
These are some of the more important things to keep in mind when you’re looking at hiring a gas engineer for any gas work on your home. You can find more information in our gas engineer listings on ClickATrades.