The good, the bad and the ugly

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We want your pictures

Registered Gas Engineer wants to see your pictures – whether you’ve come across some horrors or instances of really good work. And there’s a prize for the best one: so go on, get writing and email your stories and pictures to editorial@registeredgasengineer.co.uk or via Twitter @RGEMag

This month’s winner

Ali Abbasi was horrified to find this boiler in a takeaway restaurant: the chimney was not connected to the boiler correctly and a takeaway menu had been used to discharge the products of combustion to outside. Ali made safe and a new boiler has since been installed.

Graham Wheeler came across this blatant misuse of a chimney liner in a roof space. He made safe following guidance from the Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure (IGEM/G/11). Steve Sayers was installing a new fire and surround and discovered a rather large pigeon blocking much of the flueway. Steve removed the obstruction and carried on with the installation.

Jonny Pocock found plumbing pipe material used on the gas installation pipework. He made safe and replaced the pipework using the correct materials. Sean Foster traced the cause of a reported smell of gas – a cracked piece of pipework buried in the concrete floor. The pipework has since been replaced.

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Jenson Hadley was about to install a kitchen, when he smelled gas. He traced the source to incorrectly capped gas pipework. Jenson removed and capped the unneeded pipework at a suitable point, using correct fittings.

Carl Linwood discovered this treasure trove of toys behind the fire when he was on a service visit. The customer’s two-yearold had been using the gap between the fire front and the wall as a toy postbox. Robert Speight found a DIY plume displacement kit to divert the products of combustion away from the property’s extension. Robert made safe and rectified the situation.

Photo prize Win

There’s a prize for the best photos sent in (in our opinion). Please remember to take pictures at high resolution and email them to editorial@registeredgasengineer.co.uk

This month, Anton by Crowcon is giving away a Clip CO personal carbon monoxide alarm – a tough, lightweight, reliable and durable fixed-life, maintenance-free personal CO protection alarm with pocket clip.

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Details of the Clip CO alarm and many more products – as well as fast two-day turnaround on FGA servicing – can be found at

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This month’s winner is Ali Abbasi from Glasgow. Congratulations!