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Check your home for safety: Gas

6 Tips for a safer home

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Check: Before lighting our gas stove or lamps, I always light the match first before turning on the gas

Check: Our gas cylinders are stored far away from any direct source of heat, such as a lamp, heater or stove

Check: We buy our gas from a supplier who has a safety rating

This should be displayed on the outside of the supply centre.

Check: We ask our gas dealer to check our gas appliances if we are worried about them

Check: We regularly check the connecting pipes, rubber seals (washers), bottles and appliances for breaks or leaks, and replace them when we detect a leak

Check: The gas bottle key is kept safely away from children

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