LPG Mobile Home Service

What is an LPG Mobile Home Service?

An LPG mobile home service involves carrying out a thorough inspection of all the gas appliances installed.

This will include all the gas pipework, appliance flues and ventilation requirements.

The very first thing we do is to carry out a gas tightness test, the results will tell us if any gas leaks are present.

Any gas leaks found will be fixed before the LPG Mobile Home Service is carried out.

During the service, all gas appliances will be tested to ensure they are operating at the correct gas pressure.

Appliance gas pressures can be found on the appliance data badge which is most of the time located within the appliance.

Any gas adjustments will be made if needed to get the correct pressure.

Next, we need to check that there is an adequate fresh air supply to each appliance.

Every gas appliance be it LPG or natural gas needs oxygen (Fresh Air) to work efficiently.

Some gas appliances take the air from the outside, whereas others take the air from the room they are located in.

This is why it is so important to ensure the ventilation grills are clean with nothing blocking them.

Now we move on to testing any flues and chimneys.

It ensures they are safe and removes the products of combustion from the mobile home.

Checking the chimneys and flues as well as the ventilation grills is one of the most important checks that need to be done.

If the gas supply comes from gas bottles, they are checked to ensure that they are secured to the building correctly and cannot fall over.

Gas bottle safety seems to get overlooked they must be in an upright position and secured.

The LPG changeover valve if installed will be tested to ensure the correct amount of gas is flowing to all of the appliances when in use.

LPG changeover valves and the hoses (Pigtails) that connect to it will be checked to ensure they are not out of date.

The changeover valve should be replaced every ten years whereas the hoses every five years.

Both the changeover valve and the hoses have date stamps on them.

The date stamps will tell us when they need replacing.

Because they are exposed to hot and cold weather, they could deteriorate over time and may need replacing sooner.

When the LPG changeover valve needs to be replaced, the new valve must now incorporate an OPSO ( Over Pressure Shut Off).

So what is OPSO?

Put simply, it stops too much gas from reaching the appliance should the changeover valve become faulty.

Any gas appliance that is not operating safely can be very dangerous for you and your family, tenants or employees.

Any dangerous gas appliance could be leaking carbon monoxide poisoning which, as we all know, can be fatal if left.

The importance of having carbon monoxide and smoke detectors fitted within the property is vital.

Now we have checked over all the gas appliances and they are working in a safe manner.

WEe now carry out another gas tightness test.

Because we have been checking the gas appliances and pipework we may have disturbed something that may have caused a gas leak.

Now that everything has been checked on the LPG Mobile home Service.

We issue a homeowner’s Gas Safety Inspection Certificate.

Details of the appliances inspected and faults found will be entered on the certificate.

Should any major faults be found we will then issue a warning notice and disconnect the appliance in question.

We will then discuss your options on what you would like to do with this appliance.

You can find a Registered LPG Gas Engineer on the Gas Safe Register.

Residential Park Home properties usually have LPG for cooking, central heating and domestic hot water.

An LPG qualified person is needed to check and certify the safe operation of the appliances.  

Maintenance should be carried out on a regular 12-month basis. 

We hope you find this information useful and that it gives you an insight into the safety of an LPG Mobile Home Service.

PS Only use a registered gas engineer for your gas work.

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