Mrs Tara Plumbing

You might not be aware of how dangerous it can be to be a plumber. This is a brief run through the main risks.

Working with gas, explosive stuff - of course this is dangerous.

Occasionally heating engineers and/ or other people are injured in gas explosions.

Even if no-one is hurt, the last corgi-registered engineer to work on the appliance or in the house may be held responsible for ensuring gas safety. This is why, much to the annoyance of some customers, if a corgi engineer works in a house he may point out faults which are nothing to do with the work he was employed to do. This is also why a gas inspection of an appliance may take a long time and be costly. This is also why gas engineers may be reluctant to work on appliances that they did not fit or which have not been regularly serviced.

A gas engineer cannot afford to have an ‘off day’. Sloppy, negligent work could result in injury, death and a prison sentence

There is always the risk of accidental damage to a building whilst on the job, any plumber should always be fully insured, just in case. Obviously, a water leak can do a lot of damage. Mr T.P. has seen a plumber set the loft insulation in a roof ablaze. He has also witnessed a case where there was an attempt to blame a fire on a plumber, the fire was actually started by the property owner for a fraudulent insurance claim.

What I found most surprising was that plumbers occasionally have to attend jobs in pairs, for their own safety! These are houses where workers are greeted at the door by housewives in negligées… some of these women are very scary! The men require a chaperone to protect their reputations.