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15% Of Home Owners Don’t Pre-empt Boiler Problems

Posted: Thursday 03 December, 2009

Around 15%of home owners fail to recognise boiler problems before they escalate according to Boilerguide, the UK's leading online resource for homeowners and heating engineersregarding all boiler-related issues.

A largenumber of home owners find themselves left without heating and hot water eachyear due to a lack of knowledge regarding their boiler and how it works.Boilerguide has indicated that by being more aware of the symptoms involved inboiler problems, home owners can ensure that their boiler is kept in goodcondition and significantly reduce the risk of a large expense following boilerfailure.

A failure canoften require a full boilerreplacement, which can result in a home owner having to investhundreds of pounds on a new heating system. By pre-empting a boiler relatedmalfunction and having it attended to sooner rather than later, home ownerscould save as much as 90% on the total cost of repair.

DavidHolmes, Founder of Boilerguide, said: "Many home owners are unaware of howtheir heating system works, and what signs they should look out for to pre-emptany potential issues. In this day and age most households are dependent on centralheating boilers for providing warmth and hotwater, so it is important that boilers are kept as healthy as possible in orderto prevent the loss of these necessities."

Homeowners can use Boilerguide as a valuable tool for sourcing heating engineers intheir locale. Engineers can join the website for free, giving them access toany requests for work in their area, and only pay a small percentage of theoverall profit of any leads generated, effectively guaranteeing a return oninvestment.

Boilerguide.co.uk is also host a well of information regarding a wide variety ofdifferent forms of central heating. Home owners can use Boilerguide as aresource for information specific to their boiler, and can learn more aboutwhich boiler type is best for their home.

For moreinformation, please visit Boilerguide.co.uk.