If you smell gas, you should be rightly concerned. In this event, please follow these guide lines from The Gas Safe Register:

• Get fresh air immediately; make sure you open all doors and windows to ventilate the area.
• Turn off the gas emergency control valve (also called gas emergency shut off valve) at the meter, unless the meter is located in a basement or cellar or at the LPG bulk tank or storage vessels.
• Extinguish all naked flames and don’t smoke.
• Don’t operate electrical switches (including turning light switches on or off) because this can ignite escaping gas.
• Contact the National Gas Emergency service number for your area. We’ve listed this number below.
• If the attending emergency operative identifies an issue with any gas appliances, follow their advice concerning the use of the equipment. Where advised, contact a Gas Safe registered engineer to fix the appliance and check it’s safe.
• If you’re feeling unwell, visit your GP or hospital immediately and let them know you may have been exposed to carbon monoxide.
• Don’t turn the gas supply on again until it’s been checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer.

In England, Scotland and Wales, the Emergancy Nationals Gas Help line number is:

0800 111 999

As a Gas Safe Registered Company, you can conact Fen Property Services on

07832 090 988

What  physical symptoms could a gas leak cause?

One of the first indicators of a gas leak is often the smell, however there are some physical symptoms that may be experienced.

The most common symptoms include:

• Feeling lightheaded
• Nausea
• Dizziness
• Headaches

If you suspect a gas leak and have any of the above symptoms, please go outside into fresh air immediately and call the appropriate gas emergency helpline.

What does a gas leak smell like?

Gas is odourless in nature however the addition of mercaptan, a non-toxic and harmless artificial smell, helps to give it a unique smell to enable detection. Mercaptan gives off a strong sulphur-like smell which can be mistaken for the smell of rotten eggs. It’s often this smell that is the early warning of any sort of gas leak and you should take the appropriate measures to ensure the safety of yourself and others around you.

It should also be noted that carbon monoxide (CO) can also be leaked from gas appliances. This gas is a by-product of unsafe functioning gas appliances and has no smell. You’ll need a carbon monoxide or CO detector which will sound an alarm if CO is present.

Fen Property Services is a Gas Safe Registered Company