We’re sure you’ll agree with our Beckenham,Kingston and Guildfordplumbers here at PGS Plumbers, when we say few things havebeen more indispensable over the past year than our home boilers.After all, you might be reading this right now, during a quick breakfrom work while at home, mindful of the fact that if your centralheating suddenly failed, this would be a massive inconvenience.
Butis the greater dependence that many of us have had on our boilerssince the start of the coronavirus crisis leading to a higher numberof boiler breakdowns? Recent statistics – reported by theinstallers’ magazine Heating, Ventilating & Plumbing –indicate this may well be the case.
What do thenewly released figures show?
The magazine and news website cited figures from ahome and boiler cover specialist, which showed boiler breakdowns inthe UK had gone up by 12% over the winter on a year-by-yearbasis.
Now, there aren’t too many Hampstead,Purley or Guildford plumbers – or residential property owners inthese areas of South East England – who would be greatly shocked bythis increase in failing boilers. More of us spending more time athome since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak has meant heatingbeing left on all day in many cases – and that puts extra pressureon anyone’s boiler.
Which? has stated that more than half of allboiler breakdowns happen during the winter, which would work out asapproximately 2.5 million or so households across the UK. That’s anawful lot of property owners discovering that their boiler hasfaltered at the very time of year when they can least afford it. Andwhen the aforementioned 12% increase is applied to this, theestimated number of affected households across the country rises toalmost three million for this past winter.
If one was also to assume that these householdsare forking out an average of £200 each to get their boilers workingagain, this would amount to approximately £60 million in repairs.
Don’t get complacent about your boilerduring the pandemic!
Clearly, then, we all need to be vigilant aboutthe state of our boilers at the moment. And while we’re headinginto the warmer months, you might be tempted to take advantage of thefact that heating engineers aren’t receiving so many callouts fromstressed homeowners right now, by calling us to arrangea boiler service.
This will help you to identify any emerging issueswith your boiler in good time and have them suitably addressed,before the boiler has a chance to break down entirely. Indeed, it’sthought that regular maintenance can help prevent as many as 75% ofsituations necessitating boilerrepairs.
Don’t, then, take the risk of thinking that yourboiler will ‘probably be fine’ without being checked ahead of theautumn and winter. Call PGS Plumbers’ Camden, Esher or Guildfordplumbers now on 0203 370 0066, or sendus an email, to receive free advice and a competitive quotefor boiler servicing.
