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When it comes to domestic gas appliances, we know how important it is to find the right tradesperson for the job. That's why GASWATCH provides gas installation and appliance service and offers the GASWATCH plan to give people complete peace of mind.
If you're looking for gas appliance technician, visit our website and see what we've got on offer or call GASWATCH on 1300 49 28 24. We can help you with reliable, qualified technicians to repair and service:
- Gas and electric hot water systems
- Gas ovens and cook tops
- Gas space and central heaters
- Domestic and commercial appliances
Free quotes
All jobs are quoted over the phone before any work begins, subject to site inspection. Your gas technician will also obtain your final approval of their work before you pay, to make sure you are completely satisfied - and may even offer helpful tips for preventing future problems!
GASWATCH guarantee
Before we leave, we'll hand you a certificate of compliance as required by law in situations where a coc has to be issued.
Gas appliance maintenance
When you buy a new gas appliance, it is essential to make sure it is installed by a licensed gas fitter. Ongoing maintenance of your gas appliances is also essential to keep them operating safely and efficiently. Call GASWATCH and we'll arrange for one of our gas technicians to install or service your gas appliances.
New appliance which one to get?
We have prepared an information pack for customers on what's involved when it comes to the installation of appliances. It's not always as straight forward as people may think.
Too often we hear that when the storage hot water cylinder goes on the blink we will have one of them instant ones, obviously meaning an instantaneous water heater. However people don't know that to be able to get the right flow of water you will have to get an instantaneous water heater with a high water flow.
It is not unheard of that a customer changed from a storage hot water cylinder to an instantaneous unit and within a couple of weeks back to a storage hot water cylinder again. The simple reason is that a storage hot water cylinder provides hot water at mains water pressure, for an instantaneous unit to provide a similar water flow at the tap as a storage hot water cylinder you will have to go for an instantaneous hot water heater with a minimum capacity of 21 litres per minute. In some of the situations explained the storage hot water storage cylinder was replaced with an instantaneous hot water unit with a capacity of 16 litres of hot water per minute.
Now in order to supply an instantaneous hot water unit with sufficient gas to heat that 21 litres per minute it needs a considerable amount of gas. The rating for a storage hot water cylinder is around the 36 Mj/h but an instantaneous hot water unit needs to have something like 170Mj/h that is well over 5 times as much gas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Now just to clarify this the storage hot water unit can heat over a long period of time whereas the instantaneous hot water unit needs it on demand. So, it simply means that if you want to change from a storage hot water cylinder to an instantaneous hot water unit, 9 times out of 10. you will have to have the gas installation pipe increased.
Also what is hardly ever taken into account is that the units of 17 litres per minute and higher are electronically controlled units and would need a power point in the vicinity of the unit. We from GASWATCH work closely with registered qualified electricians who can carry out that part of the job for you as well. This type of unit brings with it that a touch pad can be installed which can be set at say for instance 40°c, that is exactly what will come out of your hot water tap, no mixing with cold water and wasting energy.