A gas boiler is often used every day in your home. Even in the summer when you don’t have the heating on, you are likely to be heating water for showers, washing up etc. With this level of use, an annual gas boiler service is really import to ensure it remains safe, efficient and reliable particularly in the cold winter months when you really need it!

The service should be carried out by a qualified and experienced service technician.

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Why should I service my Boiler?

An annual boiler safety check and boiler service, carried out by a professional service engineer ensures that your boiler is functioning properly. Regular servicing of your boiler is important as it ensures that the boiler is working to the specifications designed by the boiler manufacturer. This will help prolong the life of the boiler as well as reduce the risk of faults and expensive repairs down the line.

The efficiency of boilers, both oil and gas fired, deteriorates with use. There are several reasons for this, the key ones being:

  • Soot production from the combustion process coats the heat exchanger surfaces
  • The critical air-to-fuel combustion ratio changes due to gradual component wear

A boiler service will remove any sooting and, by adjustment, will re-establish the optimum combustion conditions. But while optimising operating efficiency is paramount in these days of rising fuel costs, there are other important benefits in having your boiler serviced. By checking the safety controls, early failures can be detected and rectified in good time. A variety of operational systems and components will be checked including:

  • Gas
  • Boiler start-up performance
  • Noises that give an early warning signal of pending component failures
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How often should I service my boiler?

Most boiler manufacturers recommend an annual service, primarily on the grounds of safety but also to ensure reliability. On efficiency grounds it is well worth servicing oil boilers annually because the soot build-up is such as to significantly increase oil consumption. With gas, while soot build-up is not so much a problem because of its clean burning characteristics, an annual service would still be recommended.

Who should I get to service my boiler?

As with all heating appliances, your boiler should be serviced on a regular basis to ensure that it is operating efficiently and safely. The service should be carried out by a qualified and experienced service technician / service engineer.

What’s included in your gas boiler service

Visual Inspection:

  • Check boiler location (is it suitable)
  • Check for correct ventilation as appropriate
  • Check boiler for visual damage

Boiler Checks:

  • Check for flue spillage where appropriate
  • Check flue condition,routing and terminal location
  • Check condensate drainage system (Condensing boilers only)
  • Check appliance clearances from combustion materials
  • Check main burner and clean as necessary
  • Check pilot burner and probes/cables and clean/renew as necessary
  • Check heat exchanger and clean as necessary
  • Check/adjust main burner operation (as per manufactuer`s instructions)
  • Check operation of flame sensing control
  • Check effectiveness of flue with boiler running
  • Check for gas soundness of appliance with boiler ruinning
  • Check for elecrtical isolation and correct 3amp fuse is fitted
  • Inspect elecrtical wiring for damage and correct connection to appliance
  • Check operation of boiler thermostat
  • Check system pressure (as per manufacture`s instructions)
  • Check and charge expansion vessel (where required)
  • Check flue guard is fitted (where required)
  • Check correct boiler operation including consumer controls (time clock,zone valves and thermostats)
  • Carry out combustion efficiency tests (where appropriate)

It is illegal for any persons who is not a Registered Gas Installer (RGII) to service any gas appliances. On completion of an gas appliance service you must be provided with a Declaration of Conformance certificate.

Customer will receive a print out of the combustion efficiency test for their records.

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