December 12, 2024
Why is Servicing & Maintaining Your Biomass Boiler Important?
Biomass boilers are a great investment for any household or business that wants to reduce their carbon footprint and save money on energy bills. These boilers use renewable energy sources such as wood chips, pellets, or logs to provide heating and hot water. However, to ensure that your biomass boiler continues to operate efficiently and safely, it is important to have it serviced and maintained regularly. Innasol’s COO Colm Lawlor explains why regular servicing and maintenance of your biomass boiler can help to:
- Improve efficiency: Regular cleaning of the boiler’s components can help to remove any build-up of soot or ash, which can reduce the boiler’s efficiency. A well-maintained biomass boiler can operate at up to 90% efficiency, compared to around 70% for an un-maintained boiler.
- Reduce fuel consumption: A well-maintained biomass boiler uses less fuel to achieve the same level of heating output. This can help to reduce your energy bills and save you money in the long run.
- Prolong the boiler’s lifespan: Regular servicing and maintenance can help identify and fix any minor issues before they become major problems. This can help prolong your biomass boiler’s lifespan and reduce the need for costly repairs or replacements.
- Ensure safety: A poorly maintained biomass boiler can be dangerous, with the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, gas leaks, or fires. Regular servicing and maintenance can help identify potential safety issues and ensure that your boiler is operating safely.
Home and business owners can reap rewards by investing in a biomass boiler, but to maximise savings, it’s imperative to service and maintain the equipment properly.
WHY DO YOU NEED TO SERVICE & MAINTAIN YOUR BIOMASS BOILER?
Simply put, consumers should maintain their boiler to ensure they get the most heat from their boiler and fuel as possible. Maintaining the equipment also ensures the highest possible efficiency level, which leads to savings for the owner. On a technical level, the burning of wood pellets or chip which occurs within a biomass boiler produces by-products of ash and tar (from the tree sap). Over time these can build up, acting as an insulator and preventing heat from transferring properly – slowly making the boiler less efficient. This can be significantly reduced by cleaning your boiler regularly and ensuring you are burning the correct amount of fuel.
WHY SHOULD I HAVE MY BIOMASS BOILER SERVICED?
There are three main reasons to service your renewable heating technology regularly:
HOW OFTEN SHOULD MY BIOMASS BOILER BE SERVICED?
The answer is that the service intervals vary depending on boiler manufacturer. Innasol has exclusive rights to ETA biomass boilers, which have a long service interval due to their self maintaining and internal cleaning system – approximately once every 2,000 hours on average. This cleaning system means that the ETA boilers maintain a higher efficiency for a longer amount of time, thus saving consumers money on servicing costs.
That being said, it is very important that consumers read through the maintenance recommendations for their own specific boiler. Additionally, maintenance requirements should be carefully understood and considered prior to purchasing a boiler, as this can have huge long-term cost impacts.
WHO SHOULD OWNERS SPEAK TO ABOUT SERVICING AND MAINTAINING THEIR BIOMASS BOILER?
Here at Innasol, we recommend getting a boiler service and maintenance contract with a qualified biomass engineer and technician. This will guarantee owners that their biomass boiler will be maintained by a professional who is well versed in their particular manufacturer’s technology. Getting an ETA biomass boiler service contract can ensure you doesn’t have to keep track of servicing – the servicing expert will stay on top of this and alert the consumer as necessary. This is just of the many benefits of getting a boiler service contract with Innasol.
Servicing is an important part of Innasol’s offering and is closely monitored through the Customer Excellence Programme.
