COVID-19 Reportedly Bringing About A Rise In UK Boiler Breakdowns
We’re sure you’ll agree
with our Beckenham, Kingston and Guildford plumbers here at PGS Plumbers, when we say few
things have been more indispensable over the past year than our home boilers.
After all, you might be reading this right now, during a quick break from work
while at home, mindful of the fact that if your central heating suddenly
failed, this would be a massive inconvenience.
But is the greater dependence that many of us
have had on our boilers since the start of the coronavirus crisis leading to a
higher number of boiler breakdowns? Recent statistics – reported by the
installers’ magazine Heating, Ventilating & Plumbing – indicate this may
well be the case.
What do the
newly released figures show?
The magazine and news website cited
figures from a home and boiler cover specialist, which showed boiler breakdowns
in the UK had gone up by 12% over the winter on a year-by-year basis.
Now, there aren’t too many Hampstead, Purley or
Guildford plumbers – or residential property owners in these areas of South
East England – who would be greatly shocked by this increase in failing
boilers. More of us spending more time at home since the beginning of the
COVID-19 outbreak has meant heating being left on all day in many cases – and
that puts extra pressure on anyone’s boiler.
Which? has stated that more than half of all
boiler breakdowns happen during the winter, which would work out as
approximately 2.5 million or so households across the UK. That’s an awful lot
of property owners discovering that their boiler has faltered at the very time
of year when they can least afford it. And when the aforementioned 12% increase
is applied to this, the estimated number of affected households across the
country rises to almost three million for this past winter.
If one was also to assume that these households
are forking out an average of £200 each to get their boilers working again,
this would amount to approximately £60 million in repairs.
Don’t get
complacent about your boiler during the pandemic!
Clearly, then, we all need to be
vigilant about the state of our boilers at the moment. And while we’re heading
into the warmer months, you might be tempted to take advantage of the fact that
heating engineers aren’t receiving so many callouts from stressed homeowners
right now, by calling us to arrange a boiler service.
This will help you to identify any emerging
issues with your boiler in good time and have them suitably addressed, before
the boiler has a chance to break down entirely. Indeed, it’s thought that
regular maintenance can help prevent as many as 75% of situations
necessitating boiler repairs.
Don’t, then, take the risk of thinking that your
boiler will ‘probably be fine’ without being checked ahead of the autumn and
winter. Call PGS Plumbers’ Camden, Esher or Guildford plumbers now on 0203 370
0066, or send us an email, to receive free advice and a competitive quote for boiler
servicing.
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