Tips To Maintain Your Combi Boiler And Heating System

If you have recently had a combi boiler installed, you will know that the combi boiler prices are not cheap and if possible, I imagine you would prefer not to pay that kind of price ever again or for at least a  very long time. Plus many reports and manufacturers claim a new efficient boiler will save you upto £240.00 per year.  It will only save money if it is working properly and the only way to ensure this, is to maintain your combi boiler heating system so its keeps to its optimum efficiency (over 90%), SEDBUK band A rated.

Over the winter your boiler is in use most of the time and will work exceptionally well unless it has been poorly maintained.  During the summer months the combi boiler will be used mostly for the hot water and the heating will probably never be put on.  It is essential that the heating is put on at least once a month to ensure all the moving parts within the combi boiler do not seize up.

When a combi-boiler or any boiler is first installed, a inhibitor is added to the system water to lubricate pipes and parts so that sludge and debris do not build up and clog important parts of the heating system. However, this inhibitor will only last for 3 years, so if you have not recently topped up your system, today could be a good day to do so.

Further, if you have recently drained your heating system DID YOU REMEMBER to replaced the inhibitor with new inhibitor as the existing inhibitor would have drained a way with the old system water.

It is a very good idea as recommended by all boiler manufacturers to have an annual service.   A service could pick up an underlying problem that had not shown itself in the installation process or while your boiler has been functioning. Sods law dictates the PROBLEM will show itself in the middle of the coldest winter.

Also a service will clean your boiler and test for nasty carbon monoxide leaks (the silent killer), which kills up to 30 people a year.  It is also a very good idea to install an audible carbon monoxide alarm.

A new study estimates up to 81% of UK households do not have a carbon monoxide detector installed !

Some times, problems occur which are not anything to do with Boiler at all.  For instance, TRV's or Thermostatic radiators can seize up over the summer months and when you come to turn them on in the Winter they will not budge.

Try to remember to turn each of your TRV's at least once every two months.

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