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Gas Safety Trust highlights the safety of oil-fired heating and cooking systems
The Downstream Incident Data Report, which reviewed carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning incidents in Great Britain between 1st July 2010 and 30th June 2011, is the first to include comparative data from oil and solid fuel installations, as well as gas and piped LPG. During the period covered by the report, there were no reported fatalities caused by CO in homes using oil, and just three non-fatal incidents, the lowest of all the fuel types. Even al... [more]
Fire Station cutbacks create greater need for Fire Prevention and Gas Safety Building Codes
Recent cutbacks to fire department budgets across the country have increased the importance of modern household and commercial fire prevention techniques and devices. A new 2012 code proposed for the International Fuel and Gas Codes looks to provide inexpensive,automatic thermal gas shutoffs for gas appliances, reports TECO Americas. These thermal shutoff devices stop the flow of natural, propane, and butane gases in the event of a fire, decreasi... [more]
BCG responds to feedback to produce brochures
BCG, the UK’s leading kitchens, bathrooms and heating distributor, has responded to customer feedback to launch three premium quality brochures. The Q1 Easy Buyers Guide is 72 pages of the best products from the biggest brands, living up to its name with quick, easy access to star buys, pack deals and kitchen related offers on appliances, sinks and taps. The Retail List Price Book has returned in the original format – which retailers pref... [more]
The Stone Bake Oven company introduces its technically efficient wood fires oven
The Stone Bake Company highlights how important it is to support UK manufacturing, and tells how wood fired pizza ovens made in the UK are proving to be an investment during the current economic climate. The Stone Bake Oven Company, who hand cast a range of wood burning pizza ovens in England, use a modern aggregate, sourced within the UK which utilises reclaimed materials. The result is a technically efficient wood fired oven, which heats up... [more]
HVCA BECOMES B&ES ON 1 MARCH 2012
The Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association (HVCA) is rebranding and from 1 March 2012 will be known as the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES). The HVCA, established in 1904 as the National Association of Master Heating and Domestic Engineers, adopted the HVCA name in 1963. Bob Shelley, President of the HVCA comments, “ Back then, of course, that’s exactly how the majority of the members would have described themsel... [more]
