The Importance of Servicing Your Gas Heater Before Winter

Gas heaters are a staple of many households and especially in colder months. Getting your gas heater serviced every year before winter arrives is an excellent idea for all homeowners to keep your house comfortable and functioning without any risk. While you can regularly clean a gas heater yourself, servicing should only be done by a professional plumbing or gas heating expert.

How Do I Know My Gas Heater Needs Servicing?
What Parts of a Gas Heater Need to be Serviced?
Only Use a Professional, Licensed Gas Fitter to Service Your Gas Heater

How Do I Know My Gas Heater Needs Servicing?

While a lot of symptoms of a faulty gas heater can be hard for an ordinary person to detect, there are certain issues that are easy to spot. When you turn on your gas heater, it may have some obvious differences that can signify a bigger problem. Some faults are hard to detect therefore a service is a wise choice regardless however, if you find any faults do not delay contacting your local gas heating expert for advice and a fix.

What Parts of a Gas Heater Need to be Serviced?

A professional and qualified gas heating expert will give your gas heater a full service. This includes hose and connection inspections for any issues, checking the age of the heater, and the heater itself. Gas heaters have a general lifespan of around 15 years, but this can change and the best thing to do is make sure to get an expert gas fitter’s opinion on your system. It is recommended to have them serviced yearly before winter arrives.

Only Use a Professional, Licensed Gas Fitter to Service Your Gas Heater

Something like carbon monoxide leaks can be hard to detect because the poisonous gas is colourless, tasteless, and odourless – but it can be fatal. A licensed gas fitter is trained and qualified to check and assess your gas appliances to make sure they are safe and working efficiently.

Get Your Gas Heater Serviced by the Experts at Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas Today.

The team at Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas pride themselves on offering a friendly, reliable and professional service to Bunbury and the South West.

If your gas heater is ready for its service or you have any other plumbing, gas or hot water issues, call the team for expert advice on (08) 9791 1608.

The Benefits of Having Your Gas Heater Serviced

The long and hot summer days are behind us as the crisp and cool weather starts to set in. It’s time to pack away the fans and air-conditioners as we will are now looking for ways to keep our home warm.

The lead up to winter is the time to be pro-active and have your gas heater serviced by a professional. Before it’s used to warm your home this winter, it’s important to ensure your gas heater is working safely, effectively and efficiently. Gas heaters should only be serviced by a licenced gas professional.

Read on to learn 3 reasons to have your gas heater serviced regularly including:

Peace of mind your gas heater is safe
Identify and repair damages before they escalate
Extend the life of your gas heater

Peace of mind your gas heater is safe

A gas leak is serious and dangerous. As natural gas is odourless, a distinctive odour is added to warn of a gas leak. If you suspect you may have a gas leak or can smell gas, act straight away. If you suspect your gas heater has a leak, turn the heater off and call a licenced gas professional immediately. It is recommended to have your gas heater serviced yearly. Having your gas heater serviced before using it will give you peace of mind it is in proper working order.

Identify and repair damages before they escalate

As with most appliances, regular servicing helps to minimise the risk of small issues turning into larger, more costly issues. Hazards and faults that may not be able to be identified and repaired by someone other than a trained professional can be dangerous and lead to bigger problems if left and not repaired.

Extend the life of your gas heater

Servicing your gas heater regularly makes it work efficiently. If not serviced, dirt, hair and dust can build up in your gas heater preventing it from working efficiently or worse still stop it from working at all. It’s recommended to check the warranty conditions when purchasing a new gas heater. Many warranties state the gas heater must be serviced regularly, such as every year, for the warranty to remain valid.

Wanting your gas heater serviced? Call Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas in Bunbury and the South West

Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas are fully qualified licenced gas plumbers who are fully trained and experienced in servicing gas heaters. Known as the ‘trusted name in the plumbing industry’ the Mainline team are reliable and happy to answer any questions relating to any of your gas or plumbing needs including hot water service and repairs

Keep your house warm this winter with peace of mind knowing your gas heater has been serviced. Call Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas Bunbury team on (08) 9791 1608 or Dunsborough on (08) 9759 1317.

How to Maintain a Safe Gas Heater?

Winter has settled in through Bunbury and the South West with brisk mornings, cool days and chilly nights making us all trying to keep cosy and warm. There is no denying heating is a luxury many can’t do without during a South West winter. If your homes heating source is a gas heater it is imperative to ensure your families health and safety by following the recommended precautions.

While there are many ways to maintain and ensure your gas heater is safe read on to learn 5 tips including:

Have your gas heater serviced regularly by a licenced gas professional

Don’t ignore the smell of gas

Avoid hazards

Ensure adequate ventilation

Don’t use outdoor heaters indoors

Have your gas heater serviced regularly by a licenced gas professional

To ensure your gas heater is working safely, effectively and efficiently it should be only serviced by a licenced gas professional. Hazards and faults that may not be able to be identified and repaired by someone other than a trained professional can be dangerous and lead to bigger problems if left and not repaired.

Don’t ignore the smell of gas

As natural gas is odourless, a distinctive odour is added to warn of a gas leak. If you suspect you may have a gas leak or can smell gas, act straight away. Turn the heater off and call a licenced gas professional immediately.

Avoid hazards

Make sure your heater is placed in a suitable position in the room. Avoid placing a heater close to furniture or in a place it can be knocked over by children or pets. As tempting as it may be to hang clothes over your heater to dry or warm them, this is a serious hazard and should never be done.

Ensure adequate ventilation

Although the purpose of your heater is to keep a room warm, you should ensure there is adequate ventilation in the room you are heating. It may be nice to keep warmth in a small room, but the lack of air circulating can cause issues. Heaters have permanent ventilation openings and it is important to ensure these are also open and are not blocked.

Don’t use outdoor heaters indoors

Never use heaters designed for outdoor use inside your home. Doing so is extremely dangerous and extremely risky.

Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas can service your gas heater in Bunbury and the South West

Keep your house warm this winter with peace of mind your gas heater has been serviced. Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas are fully qualified licenced gas plumbers who are fully trained and experienced in servicing gas heaters. Known as the ‘trusted name in the plumbing industry’ the Mainline team are reliable and happy to answer any questions relating to any of your plumbing needs.

To book in your gas heater service or for any of your plumbing needs including hot water service and repairs call the team today on 9791 1608.

Some information are from Kleen Heat

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