A week later a gas leak was detected and it was from the fireplace. Surprise, surprise David had not connected the pipes properly and also used the wrong pipe fittings and he had not lounged the gas fire onto the concrete. He even told us to just put the coal on and start the fire which is a wrong thing to do as they have to be placed a certain way, you see David was in a hurry as he was going away on holiday. Anyway, I called a professional who stopped the leak and then called out another gas safe person who specialises in fireplaces to check David’s work.

The fire place was not on properly and with one little push it moved. The guy immedisalry for to work and used the correct pipes for the gas fire, installed the fireplace correctly and then certified it all with his gas register.

Might I add that the gas leak was a severe one and during the day my wife and 6 month old son are at home so thank god nothing happened.

I called David several time and left him messaged until he finally picked up and said that he was going to come back and sort it all out after his holiday so he obviously knew he did wrong and when I told him he is not gas registered he didn’t disagree. I have called him after to discuss compensation and have not heard anything.

People, if you are looking for a chimney sweeper or fireplace installer please DO NOT contact David Dupre. He is not safe, not registered and has no respect for any human being or their life.

He is being reported to gas safe who are not working on a case to stop him trading.