Did your heating boiler service look similar to this
Did your heating boiler service look similar to this
So your gas boiler has packed in and disreputable gas engineers are lining up to take your money out of your hands. As the helpless owner of a broken central heating boiler, you can do nothing more than to become a victim of another dodgy engineers mindful games. You use the boiler practically everyday for so many different purposes, yet you know nothing about it; this ignorance gives chance to the engineer to play the trick. More pertinently, how about your engineer? If you want to avoid the slick maneuverings of a con artist masquerading as an plumber, then you should heed our basic guide to boiler servicing. Our basic guide may not qualify you as a CORGI expert, but you will be able to talk about gas boilers like a pro, and that will ensure the ‘RipoffMan’ does his job properly and at reasonable cost.
As the plumber starts working on your heating boiler, use the checklist in the guide to find out whether he working properly or not.
- Did the engineer check the heating boiler vent?.
- Has he inspected the pipework and ventilation of the boiler?.
- Defective parts should be substituted with new ones, not second hand central heating boiler spares.
- Has the engineer tested all the components of the heating boiler and evaluated their functionality?.
- Key parts should be removed and reinstalled after cleaning.
These main points are the minimum that the central heating engineer should do as a matter of course and for you to be certain that they are acting professionally. Make sure that the repair company holds CORGI certification even before you call them up. If they have an advert in the Yellow Pages, the CORGI logo will be displayed there – larger adverts generally indicate the depth of the company’s capital, experience and reputation. At the end of the day, disreputable plumbers can only be so successful. 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 central heating boiler. If you need forther information or guidance please have a check of the information in this site where you can learn of the latest boiler and heating protection plans which are available, their benefits and what you should check.