Gas safe engineer recommendations please

[Lodewicus]

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a gas safe engineer that deals with the Hemel Hempstead area please?

 

I need to have some work done for BSS. 

 

I've found one but would like to compare prices if possible. 

 

Many thanks 😊

[MtB]

I fear you are in 'gift horse' territory here.

 

I was only finishing my five-yearly LPG renewal exams yesterday and discussing with the others on the course the difficulties in finding a training school which offers the "Boats" category. None of us had been able to find one at a sensible distance and cost so all of us had elected to let our 'Boats" category drop.

 

"Boats" qualified LPG installers are getting rarer as its getting harder to stay qualified and its not nice work either, so if you've already found one willing to do the work I'd just get him booked up if I were you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kingdom Isambard Brunel]

Try on Checkatrade?  MyHammer?  Have you consulted the Gas Safe website, all registered fitters are listed along with what they are qualified to do.

[MtB]

41 minutes ago, Kingdom Isambard Brunel said:

Have you consulted the Gas Safe website, all registered fitters are listed along with what they are qualified to do.

 

What they are qualified to do and what they actually do, may not actually coincide.

 

With me for example, I fault-trace broken boilers. I get a trickle of calls for emergency gas leak repairs from my GSR listing which I don't seem able to remove and I invariably turn them down. Similarly with requests to fit new boilers. Not what I do.

 

Just because a business is listed as having "Boats" engineers on their books it doesn't mean the business actually does gas work in boats. They might be boiler-slingers with an engineer or two on their books with the "Boats" qual. Or BSS bods who got GSR so they could examine liveaboards to give another example.

 

The OP might well get lucky though after calling a few of them. 

 

 

Edited June 14, 2025 by MtB
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[Kingdom Isambard Brunel]

Phoowee!  Its a starting point.

[Lodewicus]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

I fear you are in 'gift horse' territory here.

 

I was only finishing my five-yearly LPG renewal exams yesterday and discussing with the others on the course the difficulties in finding a training school which offers the "Boats" category. None of us had been able to find one at a sensible distance and cost so all of us had elected to let our 'Boats" category drop.

 

"Boats" qualified LPG installers are getting rarer as its getting harder to stay qualified and its not nice work either, so if you've already found one willing to do the work I'd just get him booked up if I were you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah I kinda realised that. But at the same time felt the need to ask. 

 

Thank you 😊 

1 hour ago, Kingdom Isambard Brunel said:

Try on Checkatrade?  MyHammer?  Have you consulted the Gas Safe website, all registered fitters are listed along with what they are qualified to do.

Thanks, I'll have a look 😊

[cheesegas]

Are you heading south on the GU? Try Matt Miller at Bulls Bridge Dry Dock near Southall. He doesn't travel but there's plenty of mooring nearby, just don't leave your boat unattended for long as there's a lot of break ins around there.

[blackrose]

6 hours ago, Lodewicus said:

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a gas safe engineer that deals with the Hemel Hempstead area please?

 

I need to have some work done for BSS. 

 

I've found one but would like to compare prices if possible. 

 

Many thanks 😊

 

What's the job? You might find you just need a competent person rather than a gas safe engineer. 

 

Plenty of boat owners don't bother to employ gas safe engineers if they're capable of doing the job themselves. As long as the system is properly tested afterwards.

[Lodewicus]

On 14/06/2025 at 13:56, cheesegas said:

Are you heading south on the GU? Try Matt Miller at Bulls Bridge Dry Dock near Southall. He doesn't travel but there's plenty of mooring nearby, just don't leave your boat unattended for long as there's a lot of break ins around there.

Sadly I'm nowhere near there.

 

On 14/06/2025 at 15:30, blackrose said:

 

What's the job? You might find you just need a competent person rather than a gas safe engineer. 

 

Plenty of boat owners don't bother to employ gas safe engineers if they're capable of doing the job themselves. As long as the system is properly tested afterwards.

It was stuff for the bss and just needed to be done. It's done now and my wallet is crying 😭 

 

I don't know enough about it and don't know anyone who does.