The template to a practiced gas boiler service

Another central heating system on the blink, another rogue waiting to ride into town and relieve you of your scarce cash. And what are they getting paid for? People with faulty central heating boilers are easy targets for untrustworthy engineers trying to cash in on your lack of knowledge. Even though your heating system is an integral part of your home, there is a fair chance that you know very little about how it works. The question is, does the gas engineer? If you want to ensure that the only thing being taken for a ride by the latest cowboy is his old white van, then follow our basic guide to gas boiler servicing. It won’t earn you a CORGI registration, but it will furnish you with enough knowledge and information to ask questions as they work, and make them think twice about ripping you off.

When the plumber begins work, follow the this guide as a checklist.

- Has the gas boiler flue output been analysed?.

- The pipework and ventilation should be thoroughly checked.

- Has he replaced all the faulty parts with new purchased parts?.

- Has the plumber tested all the components of the gas boiler and evaluated their functionality?.

- Main heating boiler parts should be taken apart and cleaned.

At the very least, your boiler engineer should fulfill these requirements before you can be satisfied that they are doing their job properly. Make sure that the repair company holds CORGI certification even before you call them up. You will be able to see a CORGI symbol in any certified company’s advertisement and you will usually find that the larger the advert, the greater the repute of the company. After all, gas boiler cowboys can only go so far with shoddy work. But a new generation of cons will move in to take the place of the old ones, so our checklist will assist you to identify such dangers when you bring in an engineer to work on your boiler. You can seek further gas boiler maintenance advice from this site where you will find the latest offers on central heating products and servicing by trusted heating engineers.