UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers

UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers is the new name and brand to look for when getting your vehicle converted to LPG autogas. It replaces what was the LPGA Approved Installer Scheme but it is much more than just a new name and brand.

The change is not just cosmetic, but also provides improvements to quality, customer reassurance, and safety standards.

The benefits of choosing a UKLPG Approved Autogas Installer for your conversion are:

• Vehicles are added to a central online register - the UKLPG Vehilce Register - which is your proof to insurance companies and proof when you come to sell the vehicle.

• All UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers have signed up to a Consumer Code of conduct. 

• All UKLPG Approved Autogas Technicians are inspected to ensure competency with current industry safety standards. 

• All UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers have to sign up to strict terms and conditions that include a random vehicle inspection regime and premises inpections.

• Using a UKLPG Approved Autogas Installer provides peace of mind, knowing that there is a full complaints procedure run by UKLPG to assist you in the event of any problems. 

  A conversion by a non approved installer may be taken to any UKLPG Approved Autogas Installer to be checked and if satisfactory added to the UKLPG Vehicle Register. However rather than have a non approved conversion followed by a vehicle check for which remedial work may be necessary and costly, we would recommend having the conversion done by a UKLPG approved converter and get the assurance that UKLPG is behind you.

   

   

• About UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers 
• The LPG systems they fit
• How does a Company obtain approval
• Quality Assurance Programme
• Customer Satisfaction  

About UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers

UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers provide consumers with the assurance that they undertake a conversion in a safe and satisfactory manner. UKLPG operates quality assurance spot checks on customers' vehicles which have been converted, and a full procedure for dealing with complaints 

The approval process was established in 1999, by the then LPGA, in consultation with the Department for Transport, and has been the standard for the industry for over a decade. Only UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers receive official Government recognition.

Consumers should look out for the above logo which is only available to UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers. A check against misrepresentation can be verified by checking on "search for nearest autogas installer" tab above 

The LPG systems they fit 

There are many manufacturers of LPG systems and a conversion company will  specialise in one or more makes of equipment on which their technicians have received specific training. The details of which make of system an installer can fit  and also a sometimes wider range that they can service are available by clicking on the "search for nearest autogas installer" tab above 

UKLPG also approves LPG system suppliers. This means that:

• The supplier has been fully assessed by UKLPG, is a full member of the Association  and has signed up to the Articles  of Association and LPG Vehicle Equipment Supplier and Trainer Code of UKLPG - click here for a copy.
• They are: authorised by the LPG system manufacturer as the official UK distributor
• They are based in the UK and provide full technical support to the installer in case of any problems.  
• They have a national network of dealers to service and repair your car or van should you move or sell your car to someone in another part of the UK.  

• They provide a two year warranty on parts so if your installer ceases trading the equipment supplier can resolve any problems with the LPG system. 

The makes of LPG systems supplied by approved suppliers are:

How Does A Company Obtain Approval

Approval is obtained by a company in conjunction with a named technician(s) who is responsible for the quality of the conversion.

The technician will have;

• Had training in the installation of LPG conversion equipment by the manufacturer, or their agent, whose equipment is being installed.

• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of the UKLPG Code of Practice No.11, appropriate sections of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (as amended) and passed the UKLPG written "examination"

• Had a vehicle inspected to demonstrate the ability to convert a vehicle with the required skill and competence and that the applicant is able to demonstrate sufficient practical experience to handle conversion work on other types of vehicles.

Approval is given for a period of five years subject to standards being maintained and continuing compliance with the UKLPG Terms and Conditions.

Quality Assurance Programme
 

UKLPG operates a system of random inspections of vehicles converted by UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers. The Association will select a vehicle to be inspected and arrange for the installer to obtain the agreement of the customer for the Association to arrange direct with the customer for the inspection at the customer’s convenience. There is no cost to the customer and the inspections are undertaken at the customers chosen location.

Customer Satisfaction

In July 2010, UKLPG introduced a Consumer Code covering the service standards which UKLPG Approved Autogas Installers are expected to operate to (click here for a copy).

Disclaimer

UKLPG operates in good faith to try and maintain good standards of workmanship and safety. However, neither the Department for Transport nor UKLPG accepts any liability for any work undertaken by UKLPG Approved Autogas installers.
 

Details of the superseded LPGA Approved Installer Scheme

 The operation was formerly known as the LPGA Approved Installer Scheme with the following logo:

On completion of a conversion, the installers provided customers with an LPGA LPG Conversion Certificate signed by the approved technician. Only LPGA Approved Installers were authorised to issue LPG Conversion Certificates which were provided by the Association. These A5 size MOT style Certificates  had a number of unique features click here for details. These certificates have been superseded by the UKLPG Vehicle Register and are no longer valid.