What do you do to maintain your boiler? Annual boiler services may well have popped into your head. They are very important to do regularly – But that’s not the only thing you can do to help maintain your boiler. Looking after your boiler is something we see commonly overlooked by homeowners in the UK. […]
Boiler Issues & Repairs
How Do I Look After The Water In My Heating System?
If you take care of your heating system, it’s easier for it to also take care of you, keeping your house warm when you need it to. The water that travels around your home is a big, and very important, part of your heating system. So it makes sense that you should take care of […]
Help! My Boiler is Leaking Water – What Should I Do?
Whilst you can’t fix this yourself, there are a few things you can do to limit the damage caused by a leaking boiler. So, first things first – If your boiler is leaking: Switch off the water supply to stop the leak Turn off your heating so that water stops circulating around your heating system […]
How big should my boiler be?
When it comes to boilers, size really does matter. As consumers, it’s ingrained in us to always purchase the ‘biggest’ we can afford. But this logic doesn’t work when it comes to boiler size. There is no point in buying the biggest boiler for your buck, when it doesn’t match the pipework, radiators and demand […]
Why does my boiler fire up and then turn off?
This isn’t necessarily a problem – If you have a combi boiler and it fires up then turns off then it could just be ‘preheating’ so that there is always some hot water ready for when you turn on the hot tap. Where it becomes a problem is if it keeps on firing up and […]
My boiler is making strange noises – Do I need to call an engineer?
Most boilers will make noises now and again – But how do you know when that noise means something is wrong? If your boiler is making a new noise all of a sudden, then it’s a good idea to get a registered Gas Safe engineer to come and take a look. An increasingly noisy boiler, […]
