When times are rough you may be thinking, what is the point of having an annual boiler service. Considering it to be an expense you can do without. After all, your boiler seems to be working fine and the house is warm so why pay out for a service?
Unfortunately this would be detrimental and can lead to your boiler becoming badly maintained, resulting in carbon monoxide being produced and inefficient use of gas, thereby increasing your heating bills. All gas appliances need to be serviced regularly to keep them operating efficiently and safely. Whilst they operate unseen for the majority of the time you should not be flippant to their maintenance requirements and the need for an annual boiler service.
Efficient Boiler Servicing
Gas is increasingly expensive, and even a small reduction in efficiency can lead to a large increase in your annual gas bill, which could easily cost far more than the cost of a boiler service. If your boiler is not regularly serviced then the burnt gas can build up inside of boiler and gradually reduce its efficiency.
Also having a regular service will enable your heating engineer to identify whether any boiler parts are wearing and need changing, thus avoiding a boiler breakdown in the future. Whilst you may have to pay for the parts now, identifying these issues during the boiler service will save you finding you have no heating or hot water at the worst possible times and facing days before a heating engineer can attend to your boiler breakdown.
In this case the boiler servicing by your heating engineer can work out to be the better option.
Boiler Servicing for Safety
Today’s gas appliances using gas are safer in the home but their efficiency is reliant on an annual boiler service schedule. There is always a small chance and that the problems could arise, flue becoming blocked is an example where insufficient oxygen to the gas chamber will lead to the production of carbon monoxide. When it comes to the cost of your life or that of a member of your family the money saved in the going a regular boiler service plan is unthinkable.
Insufficient ventilation to a gas burner will lead to a yellow flame being produced and carbon monoxide possibly leaking into the room. Carbon monoxide is an odourless and tasteless gas which is lethal. We all can be affected by carbon monoxide and inhalation which over a period of time can lead to death.
Saving Expense on a Boiler Service
If you consider that if you have a central heating contract a boiler service is included as part of that contract, then you have the piece of mind that should your boiler or central heating fail, an engineer will be available to attend. It is inevitable that something will fail eventually, but does the cost of a central heating contract justify the annual expense? No. Having a local Central Heating Company , that you can rely on , to attend to your service and breakdown as and when they occur, will save you money in the long run. Put the money you are spending on a central heating contract into a savings account, and you’ll start seeing the benefits.
A good central heating company will attend to your needs promptly and notify you annually for you boiler servicing.
Philip
for P Moggridge Plumbing Services
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