Boiler servicing and repair

It’s a fact that if you service your boiler regularly, you will benefit in more ways than one. Our fully qualified boiler engineers can help with all boiler repairs.

Your boiler’s MOT £80+vat

Boiler breakdowns are an expensive business so maintaining your boiler will save you money in the long run. The best time to have your boiler serviced is in the warmer months when you do not need it to be switched on for the heating. Remember that service engineers are always busier in the winter months dealing with boiler repairs. Some people like to compare boiler servicing with getting their car MOT’d. Not only do you save money by properly maintaining your boiler, but also you can help to minimise the risk of the problems associated with carbon monoxide.

What happens during a boiler service

We will check your gas boiler, controls and components
Vital parts (Heat exchanger and ignition)
Boiler seal is tested
Visual inspection to check for corrosion and leaks
Flue analyser test (at an extra cost of £10) to check combustion and burner pressure. Specialist test equipment is used to enable the engineer to measure the concentrations of the pollutants present in the boiler and to adjust your burners for optimal combustion. This means that the correct amount of gas will go through your system and help to identify dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.

Boiler repairs

Our fully qualified Gas Safe registered boiler engineers are on call to repair your boiler. Our trained engineers carry a limited amount of stock and may need to collect any spare parts that are required.

Our Rates

£80 + VAT for the first hour (or part of), £40 + VAT per half hour (or part) thereafter (Monday - Friday 8:00am – 6:00pm)

The dangers of Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Monoxide comes from gas appliances that have been incorrectly installed or have not been serviced properly. Poisons expert Professor John Henry is a clinical toxicologist. He says that carbon monoxide poisoning is under diagnosed and under recognised.

Inside Out investigated the problem with carbon monoxide in people’s homes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/southeast/series11/week4_carbon_monoxide_poisoning.shtml

If gas burns properly, it gives off carbon dioxide which is not poisonous. If it doesn’t burn properly, it gives off carbon monoxide which is poisonous. Figures vary, but some claim that carbon monoxide kills up to 50 people each year. Dr Ben Croxford of University College, London has looked into the problem finding that 8% of all homes have a risk of carbon monoxide exposure.

3 things to check regularly:

It may help you if you do some simple things to keep an eye on your boiler.

Check the water levels in the boiler. That way, if the water level falls below the level that is adequate for the normal functioning of the boiler, you can top it up before it becomes a problem.
Check the temperature and pressure that the boiler operates. If it drops or undergoes any other kind of drastic change, then call us and we will send out our boiler engineer to resolve the problem.
Look in the manufacturer’s handbook as this will list the checks that you should do regularly. It is always useful to keep the handbook somewhere safe as this will help if we come out to work on your boiler.

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