SERVICING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF GAS APPLIANCES
A recent survey revealed that as few as 50% of home owners have their Gas Appliances serviced by a Gas Safe Registered installer at least once a year.
As with anything, to book and pay for a boiler or fire service while your system appears to be working can seem like an unnecessary expense. However, annual maintenance is the safe and most cost-efficient way to run your heating and hot water systems, and can have a number of helpful effects:
Significant increase to the life of the Appliance (Fire, Boiler etc).
Improves efficiency of system.
Early diagnosis of potential problems.
Reduces energy costs.
Help Save costly and untimely repairs.
Detection of fatal carbon monoxide leaks.
Those who neglect to regularly maintain their boiler and central heating system will experience reduced efficiency and increased costs. Regular maintenance can extend component life by as much as 30%. This could increase the life expectancy of your boiler by an additional 5 - 10 years.
Most heating engineers will tell you that about 50% of all repairs they do could have been avoided with regular maintenance. Heating system repairs typically run into hundreds of pounds, yet many people will only consider calling an engineer when the problem has developed and their boiler or fire has ceased to operate.
Crucially, annual service calls can save your life and the lives of your loved ones. Small cracks in a boiler heat exchanger or problems with the flue system, or blocked chimneys, could allow deadly carbon monoxide gas to seep into your home - accidental carbon monoxide poisoning causes a reported 50 deaths every year in the UK. A trained service engineer knows how to spot danger signs in the system and JPD Plumbing engineers also carries essential equipment to ensure the gas appliances are burning the correct amount of gas, mixed with the right amount of air for that perfect combustion.