Cooktops, heaters and gas lines fitted, tested and certified in one visit, and appliances that ended up in rooms they should not be in dealt with properly.
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An unflued gas appliance burns gas and releases the products of combustion straight into the room it is standing in. That is how it is designed to work, and it is why an unflued gas appliance is not permitted in a bedroom or a bathroom.
In housing that has been around for decades, we still find them. Not because anybody decided to install a heater in a bedroom, but because the room used to be something else. A lounge becomes a bedroom when a family grows, the heater stays exactly where it was fitted, and nobody ever thought about it again.
Telling the two apart is not difficult. A flued appliance has a duct or a pipe taking combustion products outside, and you can usually see it at the back or above. An unflued one has nothing behind it at all. If you are not sure, a photo answers it.
This is not a reason to panic and we are not going to write it as one. It is a reason to stop using it and ring. Disconnecting properly and capping the point is licensed work, it takes one visit, and it comes with a certificate. Then we can talk about what heating is actually permitted in that room.


No switches, no phones indoors. Turn it off at the meter only if you can reach it safely, then ring from outside.
That is how the appliance works, not a defect in it.
Which is why one is not permitted in a bedroom or a bathroom.
A lounge becomes a bedroom and the heater does not move.
Nobody made a decision. It happened one renovation at a time.
A duct or pipe taking combustion products outside means flued.
Nothing behind it at all means unflued. A photo settles it.
Making a point safe is a gas job, not a favour from whoever is on site.
And it carries a compliance certificate like anything else.
Adding an appliance is a calculation against total demand.
The line and the meter both have limits, and both get checked.
Fixed price agreed before anything starts. These are indicative 2026 ranges.
Tested, made safe properly, and certified.
Connected, tested and certified in one visit.
Priced on the run rather than by the hour.
With the compliance certificate handed over.
Made safe at any hour, with the cause established afterwards.

Whether an appliance is flued, and what its data plate says, are both answerable from a picture before anybody drives out.

What is connected, where it sits, and whether the room it is in is a room it is permitted in.

Fitted to the Australian Standards, or properly disconnected and capped where that is what the situation calls for.

The Certificate of Compliance in your hand before we leave, including for a disconnection.
Get outside, leave the switches alone, and ring. A licensed gas fitter can be on the way immediately.
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If it is unflued, no. An unflued gas appliance burns gas and releases the products of combustion into the room it is in, and that is why they are not permitted in bedrooms or bathrooms. It is a straightforward rule and it exists for a straightforward reason.
A flued appliance has a duct or pipe taking the combustion products outside, usually visible at the back or above it. An unflued one has nothing: it sits against a wall with no external connection at all. If you are unsure, send us a photo and we will tell you.
Stop using it and ring. It is not a reason to panic, and it is a reason to act rather than to keep meaning to. We can disconnect it properly and cap the point, and if you want heating in that room we can talk about what is actually permitted there.
Because appliances get moved and rooms change use over decades. A room that was a lounge becomes a bedroom, and the heater stays exactly where it was. Nobody made a decision, it simply happened one renovation at a time.
A real job, and licensed work. Disconnecting and making a point safe is gas fitting, it gets done properly rather than by whoever is on site, and it carries a compliance certificate like anything else.
Everyone outside first. No light switches, nothing electrical, no phone used indoors. Turn the supply off at the meter only if you can reach it safely, then ring from outside.
Disconnecting an appliance and capping the point is $180 to $400. An appliance connection is $200 to $500. A new gas point is $500 to $1,200. A leak test and certificate is $180 to $350.
Tell us what the appliance is and what room it is in. If there is nothing connected behind a heater and it is in a bedroom, say so first and we will treat it accordingly.
Installed or made safe, tested and certified, at the figure agreed first.
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