If you don't seat a toilet on the seal properly, you will have a mess to clean up and you will have to redo the job. If you mix the pipes when installing a sink, everyone, from that day forward, will find himself or herself turning on the hot tap when they want cold water and vice versa. If you make a mistake when dealing with natural gas or LPG, the repercussions will be a lot more serious. A large explosion is one possible result. Another possible outcome is carbon monoxide poisoning. Even those non-professionals who have successfully done gas plumbing work in the past may have not suffered any consequences yet only due to exceptional circumstances, which …show more content…
If someone dies or is injured in or near your house, including fire fighters called to extinguish your burning home, a liability claim could be filed if the gas plumbing was found to be at fault. With a bonded gas plumber, the liability will be theirs and not yours. Even your insurance company may turn on you if you file a claim with them and they discover damage was the result of not hiring a gas plumber. Gas plumbing is too important, too potentially dangerous to be left to