Need For The Gas Boiler Service

By Jamal D White


For people who have a gas boiler at their home, to keep their house warm and have hot water for other household uses. It becomes very important for them to have the annual boiler service done to make sure it keeps offering the service that it is meant to. There are several reasons why a boiler should have regular services done.

One of the most important reasons why you need to do the boiler service is done for the safety of the house and the people living in it. Gas boilers are known to produce products of combustion, which gets dispersed from a duct that is connected to the boiler.

When you install a gas boiler into your house, the gas service provider shall be able to guide you with the amount of space it is going to need. There has to be optimum space in between the wall and the unit. There are different types of gas boilers available in the market and sometimes it can really be very confusing, when buying a gas boiler is concerned.

In the annual boiler service, the technicians are also known to check the combustion test with a gas analyser, which helps them to known about the performance of the boiler and how is it burning gas. This inspection is checked under the specifications stated by the boilermaker's technical specifications.

Also proper check must be done about the pressure in the boiler. There are gas boilers available that do not come with an inbuilt pressure reducing valve. At such situations that gas boiler service provider shall need to do it manually by allowing water flow into the boiler till it reaches the desired pressure.

The modern day boilers are known to be high efficient condensing boilers and produce condensed water. The condense water is acidic and has to be drained if possible protect from cold weather. There is also condense trap present in the boiler, which needs to be checked on an annual basis. It is important to do so, because the pipe and the condense trap form a part of the boilers duct. If there is leakage found in the duct it can leak carbon monoxide, in the area where it is placed.

Nowadays, boilers are known to come with pressurised units, which means the water and heating is pressurized in a sealed system. The water from the main supply enters the boiler, till it gets completely filled up. If you are able to find continuous fluctuation in the boiler pressure, there is a definite problem in the boiler. A part of the boiler service is also to check if the pressure in the boiler has been changing regularly and find out the reason too.

If your gas boiler needs any repair, you must allow the professional technician to do it. In case there is a problem in the circulator, a new pump seal shall be required, the pressure valve is leaking and then the tank will have to be filled with water. Very often it is found that the valve does not close them the technician might release the relief valve and close the boiler water valve. If there is no further discharge of water then the valve is fine, or else you might need to replace the valve.




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