Boiler Maintenance
The boiler is a reliable and convenient source of hot water at home. However, regular cleaning and maintenance must be carried out for its efficient operation and long service life. This is the only way to extend its service life, as well as prevent breakdowns and other troubles. It is necessary at certain intervals to clean the coil, the inner tank, the heating element from scale and other contaminants that have accumulated inside, as well as replace the magnesium anode. It is better to call a specialist from Boiler Service Ballymena in order not to damage the equipment.
Why clean boilers?
Cleaning your boiler plays a key role in maintaining its efficient operation. For example, each boiler of the storage type is a large tank, where water is constantly heated by means of a coil or heating element. Dirt gradually accumulates on the walls, and scale forms on the heating element.
Clean your boiler periodically to:
- Eliminate the scale that accumulates during operation on the elements that provide water heating (coil in indirect type water heaters or in the heating element of conventional boilers).
- Prevent decrease in the efficiency of the water heater as a result of poor heat transfer of the coil or heating element.
- Do not allow the tank to collapse as a result of corrosion.
- Avoid the failure of an electric heating element as a result of overheating (this happens when the heating element is constantly running, but the water does not warm up enough, since much sediment in the form of scale formed on it.
- Reduce the cost of paying for electricity: – people often face increased electricity consumption, which is needed for heating, because of poor efficiency of the heating element or coil.
- Improve the quality of water: as a result of tank contamination, extraneous unpleasant smells are often formed in it, micro-organisms develop.
Only regular cleaning helps to prevent the formation of scale and maintain the optimal boiler functioning.
