The Importance of gas fire servicing
The Importance of gas fire servicing. All gas appliances should be serviced once a year for your safety.
A Gas fire service will ensure your fire is set up properly and that all the products of combustion are being extracted into the chimney correctly. Not spilling dangerous carbon monoxide (CO) into your room. It will also ensure that your fire continues to provide the maximum heat it can. Fires that are not serviced will suffer a drop in heat production, as they won’t burn cleanly.
Over time, with the constant expansion and contraction. This affects the coals as they settle and the fire flame picture suffers. The service will include removal of the coals and burner bed also a repaint of the coals to make them look as new. The fire will then be relaid and tested so that it looks as good as it did the day it was installed.
Some of the signs to look out for when your gas fire needs servicing are;
- a build up of soot on the coal
- black streaks on the wall or fireplace from the top of the fire
- difficulty in lighting
- the fire won’t stay alight for long
Gas fire servicing MUST be carried out by a GasSafe registered engineer, details of your local engineer can be found on the GasSafe website. Should you live locally to Beckenham and Bromley, Orpington, Dulwich Eltham then we also carry out gas fire servicing.
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