Get quick help with your central heating maintenance
Get quick help with your central heating maintenance
Keeping our homes warm from May to September is not a problem but unless you have the habit of taking cold showers and boiling the kettle after you bathe, you could be left without help or hope of recovery if your boiler breaks down. A boiler is that hidden part of the home which is rigorously used and not noticed until it stops working. Suddenly it becomes a very important and rather expensive piece of essential equipment.
Most of the repairs of your rented home are covered by your landlord including your boiler repairs so you could be lucky. Should anything go wrong when you are the homeowner the situation is different so you might think of putting a little aside to cover this risk.
New high-efficiency boilers can reduce your fuel bills dramatically so if your gas boiler is over ten years old it may be time to think about investing in a newer model. Depending on the amount of space in your home, the size of your family and the existing gas boiler, you would have a choice as to the type of boiler to go for. If you have a small home with few people and do not want to wait for hot water then a combi gas boiler is your best option. A combi boiler warms up the water as it flows through, removing the need to store the water in a hot water tank. Hot water can be produced any time and very quickly, but be careful as they have a limited capacity so the hot shower you are taking might suddenly become cold if several other hot taps are turned on at the same time.
A single storage tank is used in a sealed system gas boiler usually placed in an upstairs airing cupboard enabling a large number of people to have multiple showers and taps on the go at once, without compromising hot water accessibility or water pressure. It is quite easy to install the system central heating system and it can also easily fit into your home. However, because of the storage tank, hot water isn’t instant and can run out if used too quickly.
The most space is taken , two water tanks in the attic and a storage cylinder in the upstairs airing cupboard, by a open vent heating boiler normally found in older houses. An open vent gas boiler provides plenty of hot water that can be used simultaneously, just like a sealed gas boiler, but again here too heating takes time and the pressure is not as good as with a combi central heating system.
The fifth type is a back gas boiler which is bulkier, but can deliver hot water to several outlets under good pressure. The space inside a chimney breast is often used to accommodate a back gas boiler; but installing a new back central heating boiler system to replace another type of central heating boiler is not cost effective. But if your house already had a back boiler when you bought it, you can gain a lot of savings by replacing it with the same type; if it requires replacement, it’s much more cost effective to get a new back heating boiler than getting a totally different heating boiler system.
Whichever central heating system your home has, it can be costly to repair. You can get some peace of mind if you take central heating insurance because if any thing goes wrong with your heating system your costs will be covered by the insurance supplier or utility company. A central heating system insurance policy including coverage for yearly central heating boiler inspections and emergency servicing for repairs will go a long way in reducing your annual central heating system maintenance expenses.