Summer is the perfect time to service your boiler! Get your boiler in perfect working order for winter.
Summertime is the time to relax in the garden, tend to the plants, and enjoy a hard-earned cool drink in the shade. More importantly, it’s time for you to turn the thermostat down and give your boiler a break after a hard winter heating the home.
In the summer, it’s easy to forget how vital our boilers are to our comfort and health in winter. Out of sight, out of mind - but what happens if the boiler breaks down in that time?
Servicing Boilers in Summer
Over the really warm months of the year, your boiler should never need to kick in, because even the overnight temperature should be warm enough not to trigger the thermostat. This is the main reason that boilers are less likely to break down in the summer months; they simply aren’t switched on a lot of the time.
But that makes the summer months ideal for boiler servicing because you can be sure of a ‘rest period’ where your boiler can be safely decommissioned through the day while it’s being serviced.
If a problem is found, and a part is needed, you could probably cope without the boiler for a day or so if had to. In summer, that’d be altogether more challenging. Make sure you get a competent engineer and shop around for the best price. Keep the paperwork so you have proof that it’s been serviced.
After the service, it’s a good idea to run the boiler before the really cold weather hits. We recommend turning the heating on at the end of summer just to check it’s all working as it should be. You don’t have to turn it on at full blast; start around 15 degrees and work up to 20 over a few days.
It’s also a good time to bleed the radiators; this lets air out of the pipes so that the hot water can heat the radiator all the way up. If you don’t do this, you might find that you only get heat from the bottom of the radiator.
Does your boiler need servicing?
If your boiler is showing its age, make sure you get it serviced now and then once every year. This will stop the pipes from getting blocked and ensure that all the parts in the boiler are in good shape for a cold winter ahead.
After around 15 years, you may find that a new boiler is a sensible investment since old boilers start to break down more around this point. Parts become more difficult to find as a boiler age too.
Remember: no matter what make or model of boiler you have, you must get a Gas Safe engineer to service it. Don’t skimp on price, and don’t find companies from random ads on social media without checking their qualifications and paperwork.
Fast & reliable boiler servicing
After the service, if you find that your boiler develops a fault, you can contact Go Assist for a fixed price repair quote at any time of year. We can also help to arrange a boiler service, with the call-out fee and labour included in the price we quote. Find out more about our boiler servicing now.