Wantirna – Dave's Plumbing and Gasfitting

For many, many years it has been law that a hot water safety valve must be installed on every new home, unit, bungalow etc.. Or on an existing home the moment any plumbing work has been altered in the home, or the hot water unit has been changed.

This law is not meant to be annoying its meant to protect our most vulnerable , the young, the elderly and the disabled.

There is still millions of homes that do not have a tempering valve installed.

At 50 deg it takes 5 min to cause a 3rd deg burn

At 55 deg it takes 10 sec to cause a 3rd deg burn

At 60 deg it only takes 1 sec to cause a 3rd deg burn

The average temperature of a domestic storage hot water unit is “70 deg”

A tempering valve mixes cold water with hot water after it comes out of the water heater so it can not come out of your tap any higher than 50 deg.

If your hot water service has not been supplying enough hot water for your family’s needs DO NOT turn it up! If you do not have a tempering valve you are flirting with danger.

Children are curious and like to explore there surrounding. If they don’t know that hot water is dangerous a severe scald can result, and require painful skin grafts and years of treatment.

A tempering valve is not a big expense and most of the time can easily be retro fitted to your existing hot water unit. Call us today for a free quote.

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My local girl guides, like many hard working community groups have a constant struggle fund raising for the bare necessities. Which made me think that they probably hadn’t had those old potentially dangerous heaters service in a very long time.

So I decided to donate my time and service both of those heaters for free. Carbon Monoxide is very dangerous! It has no smell, no taste and you cannot see it, your red blood cells absorb it faster than oxygen.

Energy Safe Victoria highly recommend servicing your heater every two years by a qualified gas plumber who is licensed for gas servicing.

Even a new heater in a new home can emit Carbon Monoxide. An exhaust fan without enough room ventilation can draw dangerous flue products back into the room. A bird nesting in your flue can cause fumes not to draw away from the appliance.

No heater new or old should be left untested for more than 2 years. Luckily for these girl guides, these heaters had seen very little use and were in great shape for their age. After a good clean and service they passed the Carbon Monoxide test.