Boiler Maintenance: Reasons You Would Need To Reset Your Boiler

Boilers are the most common way to keep homes and businesses warm with a constant supply of hot water. But machinery like boilers have many parts that make the boiler work and to keep it running in top condition you will need to maintain it regularly. There’s a lot to be said for preventative maintenance, and it could save you a lot of money in the long run. Having an annual boiler service will keep it running smoothly. If you do not have regular services, you will run into a problem where the boiler is not working and you will have to call an engineer to fix it or try to fix the problem yourself.

If your boiler ever shows an error code asking you to reset the boiler or push it back, you can do it yourself with the need to call an engineer. Your user guide may show that you have to reset the boiler. If our user guide is missing, just type your boiler type into Google and you should be able to find help downloading a user guide or having one sent to you.

There will be times when unexpected mechanical failures occur, this is frustrating, but it is likely that one of the boiler’s operating or safety devices is preventing the boiler from starting. Most safety devices have manual reset buttons that must be reset before the boiler can run again. But it’s important to know that continually resetting these safety devices is not good, so you should contact a boiler technician if you’ve had to do it more than twice in a short period of time.

Sometimes it is necessary to restart the boiler when there has been a power outage or better known as a power outage. This can alter the configuration and cause an error. This is easily fixed by restarting the boiler.

Sometimes high winds can blow out the pilot light. Resetting the boiler will turn the light back on on most modern boilers. Some boilers have a burner controller that pressing reset will restart the boiler.

Modern boilers have emergency shutdown systems that will shut down the boiler when there is a problem. They also turn the boiler off if they are tied to clocks and outside temperature so that doesn’t necessarily mean you have a problem. Some of the reasons a boiler uses emergency shutdown can be something as simple as low water pressure. There is a pressure bar in the boiler and the needle should be between the green section. If the pressure has dropped to the red section which is below 0.5, it means that water has been lost from the system and needs to be re-breeded. Most new boilers have a pressure relief valve that turns to re-pressurize the heating system. This is simple and can be down by anyone. When using the pressure valve, just be sure to remove enough air so that the needle on the pressure bar is well within the green safe section.

If you are constantly losing pressure in your heating system, you may need to consult a heating fitter as some parts may have worn out and need to be replaced.