Boilers are a mystery to most of us. Like driving a car, you only think about how it works when it doesn’t.

It’s never any fun when your boiler breaks down, especially when you’re relying on it to heat your home and hot water during the cold winter months.

Whether your property has a gas, LPG or oil-fired central heating system, you should have access to a full range of controls including a boiler timer or central heating programmer and thermostat.

Blowing a fuse or tripping a fuse switch is easily done – especially if you’re one of those people that likes to multi-task with their electricals. We’re talking ironing while watching the TV, charging your phone and microwaving your lunch. Unfortunately, powering several electrical appliances at the same time can overload your circuits and cause a fuse to blow. The good news is a blown fuse is pretty easy to replace.

A boiler service is a thorough assessment of your household’s boiler. It includes a series of checks and tests, and cleaning, to help the boiler operate correctly and safely. As a homeowner or landlord, getting your boiler serviced regularly is important and, in this guide, we’ll tell you everything you might need to know.

When it comes to replacing a boiler, there are a variety of factors that you need to take into consideration. We’ll explore the critical factors in the boiler replacement process and help you work out how to choose a new boiler that’s perfect for your home and satisfies your heating requirements.

What’s more annoying than getting into bed, ready for a good night’s sleep, only to be kept awake by a dripping tap? Drip, drip, drip, it goes on and on and as you’re lying there thinking about how irritating it is, you also start thinking about how much it’s costing you in wasted water. The good news is it’s not something you have to put up with and you needn’t spend money calling out a plumber. Fixing a leaking tap is usually a simple DIY task.

If you’ve purchased a boiler after 2005, chances are that it was a condensing, or high-efficiency, boiler. Rather than being a ‘type’ of boiler – such as combination, system, or conventional – the term ‘condensing’ refers to the way it functions. A development on traditional heaters, condensing boiler systems offer a compact, easily accessible unit that has become the industry standard for all newly fitted systems. Due to their design, condensing boilers are far more efficient, increasing output and saving you money!

Today homeowners have several different options when it comes to generating hot water for their property. Some opt for a combi boiler, others go for renewables and a small number of people choose an immersion heater.