Cut your repair costs with a boiler insurance scheme
Cut your repair costs with a boiler insurance scheme
It’s easy to heat up your home during summers however you can meet a lot of problems if your central heating system stops working as winter approaches unless you are used to talking cold showers. No one remembers about the gas boiler in their house until that day when it breaks down. Right away it comes to the front of the agenda with a recognition of its importance and the costly nature of its maintenance.
You don’t need to save money for repairing your gas boiler if you stay in a rented home, that will be done by your landlord, check that they have landlords central heating boiler cover. However, for homeowners it is always a good idea to make sure you have a little money saved to pay for any unforeseen malfunctions.
It is advisable to buy a new model rather than getting your ten year old central heating system repaired, this will cut down the fuel costs too in future years. The type of gas boiler that you should buy would depend upon your existing heating boiler type, the size of your family and the amount of space in your home. A combi boiler is the most widely known, and is good for small homes with few people, or people who don’t want to wait for their hot water. A combi central heating system draws water and heats it through the mains, doing away with the need for a storage tank. Although it is a great luxury to have on demand hot water at the turn of a tap take care if you’re in the shower when someone runs the hot tap!, the system will have a limited hot water heating capacity.
Another type of heating boiler is the sealed system central heating boiler which has a hot water storage tank and is usually used for large families, as it allows several showers and hot water taps to work at the same time. Such a sealed system is convenient to install and also saves on space. The drawback with this gas boiler is that you cannot get hot water instantly as there is a storage tank which gets empty from time to time if a lot of hot water is used quickly.
However the boiler which is most commonly used in older homes is the open vent central heating system, it occupies huge space and consists of a storage cylinder and two water tanks. An open vent central heating boiler provides plenty of hot water that can be used simultaneously, just like a sealed boiler, but again here too heating takes time and the pressure is not as good as with a combi central heating boiler.
A back central heating boiler takes a lot of space but it allows multiple outlets of hot water without loss of water pressure. Typically the chimney breast was used to store the back boilers, however consider switching to a new one only if you are already using an old one as the installation may be a challenge if the house was not designed for this initially. However repairing an existing back central heating boiler or replacing it with a new back heating boiler can result in better efficiency and reduced long term costs.
Whichever boiler your home has, it can be costly to repair. Setting aside a marginal amount each month for a central heating boiler insurance can ensure speedy and professional repairs if a sudden failure should occur. Take out a central heating boiler breakdown policy that covers annual gas boiler inspections as well as call-outs and repairs and you could save yourself an extra amount per year.