The annual boiler service is a very important job that's best done in the warmer months of the year, but did you know around 90% of us never have the boiler serviced.
The boiler for reasons uknown appears to get forgotten until something happens, you head to have a shower and find you have no warm water. Then you start to panic trying to find you to definitely repair the boiler.
So why may be the annual boiler service important?
11 years ago the high efficiency-condensing boiler became compulsory in the United Kingdom.
With the boilers before condensing it had been not as vital that you have them serviced as it is now. The reason is that the boilers then didn't have so many parts inside because they do in the current condensing boilers, yes they went wrong but were easier and cheaper to correct, although it is definitely a recommendation by the boiler makers to really have the boiler and any gas appliance serviced annually.
It's more important now than previously with an annual boiler service and the boiler checked over to make sure it is performing as should be, and most important that it is SAFE.
Having an annual boiler service just about the most important checks may be the flue pipe, it has to be checked to ensure all joints and seals aren't leaking carbon monoxide or products of combustion into the room the boiler is located in.
The high efficiency or condensing boilers because they are known while running produce condense, that is an acidic water, since it is acidic, it can start to rot the flue-pipe, and really should this happen the flue will start to leak products of combustion (carbon monoxide), which as we all know can be very dangerous to life, this is one of the important elements of the service.
All condensing boilers have a condense trap built in, this must be washed and checked for leakage it's also portion of the boilers flue system.
Once the boiler is running the water it produces cleans the combustion chamber of any residue which ends up in the trap.
With many boilers of today they work under high pressure and have an expansion vessel linked to the pipe work, this could be either internally or externally.
The expansion vessel will as time passes will lose pressure and will should be recharged to help keep the boiler working to it's full efficiently.
The expansion vessel is a very important part of the annual boiler service that should be checked. After the vessel loses the charge it puts pressure on the pump, the internal water parts and the complete O rings within the boiler.
Perhaps you have noticed whenever your boiler is running that the pressure gauge either fitted on the boiler or on external pipe starts to go up then when the boiler cools down the pressure drops right down to zero. You may have noticed that the discharge pipe or overflow pipe as some people call it, is showing signs of water discharge. If you have then this is normally an indication that the expansion vessel has lost its charge.
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This is to make sure the boiler is burning gas as it was designed for, that is carried out using a flue gas analyser which is inserted in to the flue-pipe and a reading is taken, if the readings are within the boilers recommendations then no further action is required, if the readings are from the recommendations then further investigations are needed to get the problem.
With the old kind of boiler the burners were removed and the flue-ways were cleaned and checked, but with the condensing boiler the flue-gas reading tells us once the burners must be removed. In fact Vaillant boilers now say the burners may will never need to be removed if the boiler is established and maintained properly, they once suggested that the burners be removed every five years.
Having an annual boiler service they are just some of the checks that need to be carried out, and because many boilers now include long warranties, to help keep the boiler warranty valid you'll want an annual boiler service. After the service has been carried out, then the engineer needs to date and sign the warranty booklet to keep the warranty valid.
I have spoken to numerous customers with long boiler warranties, and for reasons uknown they appear to think they do not need an annual boiler service due to long warranty. This is simply not so, you must match the annual boiler service otherwise, should you need to create a claim under the warranty you may find you will have a large repair bill, all as you failed to keep up the annual boiler service.
One last thing before we finish, remember that any type of gas work, be it fitting your brand-new cooker, the annual boiler service whatever it may be has to be completed by way of a Gas Safe Registered person. If they're not gas safe registered then you could have no warranty on the boiler and most important you will see your house insurance also becomes void should something happen.