Boiler Servicing & Breakdown

We can offer you a first class service for a gas boiler service and oil boiler servicing in Belfast & throughout Northern Ireland. Having your boiler serviced is very important, entailing all the cleaning, checking and fault-finding that’s vital in minimizing the chances of anything going wrong with your boiler in the future. Not only this, but a clean, serviced boiler is more efficient, using less fuel and therefore saving you money, that's why Solv promise to...

Check your boiler, controls and components.
Clean vital parts, help prevent carbon monoxide incidents and improve efficiency.
Check for scale damage to your boiler and system
Check your radiators, radiator valves and exposed pipe work for leaks and corrosion (if contracted).

“All consumers are advised to have appliances checked for safety at least every 12 months by a Gas Safe Registered or Oftec Engineer”

As a Solv Group customer we shall send your boiler a birthday card every year as a reminder that it is due for a service, so you don't have to worry about its next due date, you simply call us and arrange a time that is suitable to you...

Regular boiler servicing extends the working life of your boiler, and our highly skilled engineers will check controls and components, look for scale damage to the boiler and its system, and check the radiators, valves and exposed pipe work for leaks and corrosion, helping you enjoy many years with a boiler in good, safe working order.

We specialise in all makes and models of boilers.

Our Team at Solv know how important this is to our customers, so why not let one of our fully accredited Gas Safe and Oftec engineers help to drive your costs down, you can use our online service for a hassle free service booking.

If your boiler breaks down unexpectedly our experienced engineers can be with you same day to Solv your heating dilemmas. All our engineers carry the latest equipment to identify faults quickly and efficiently.

A regular service of your boiler will ensure that it remains safe and runs efficiently and correctly.

Landlords Safety Checks

As all landlords should know the checking of all heating appliances once a year is important, under gas regulations it is a legality. At Solv we aim to keep your job as a landlord as simple as possible when it comes to Managing your Gas safely, we shall load your sites up onto our computerised system and keep them at all times within their legal due dates.

Tips and advice

Check your water levels regularly, if you have a sealed system your pressure should be sitting between 1 and 1.5 bar, if you find it is dropping too often- Call your Solv Team for advice....
If your boiler starts making strange noises- Call your Solv Team for advice....
If you notice any smells, bad staining or burner marks, turn the appliance off immediately and- Call your Solv Team for advice....
Check overflows and discharges for drips or leaks, usually found on an outside wall near your appliance, if anything is found- Call your Solv Team for advice....
Try to keep your manufacturer's hand book and or benchmark book in your home for future reference, if you have lost or misplaced these- Call your Solv Team and we can print you out new ones....
If your boiler trips out or locks out, you can try refiring the boiler by hitting the reset or lock out light, if it fails to fire- Call your Solv Team for advice....

What should be done on a gas boiler service?

At Solv we are very often asked the difference between a gas safety check and a gas boiler service, some gas service companies will simply come in and carry out a gas safety check and by putting an analyser on your flue and testing if the gas line is sound, this is far from a gas boiler service.

We have laid out in simple terms below what our engineers should do during a normal gas boiler service:

Introduce themselves and show Identification and Gas safe card
Check with client if the boiler and system have been running correctly
Check appliance location is suitable for the type of appliance installed
Ceck the appliance for any damage prior to commencing work on it
Take a set of combustion figures with flue gas analyser to ensure it is burning correctly
Check all electrics are conforming to current standards
Check for correct clearances from combustible materials
Check gas pipework that it is installed correctly
Check ventilation is correct- if required
Remove main burners, clean and inspect for signs of damage
clean and inspect gas injectors
Reassemble burner and pilot assembly
Clean out the heat exchanger
Check electrode and ignition lead
Refit burner assembly and check all seals
Soundness test gas line
Check all casing seals for wear or that they are correctly aligned
Check operation of thermocouple
Measure all gas pressure and flow rates
Check and test flue for faults or blockages including terminal
Check system by-pass
Check system pressure is correct
Check pressure vessel is charged
Take flue gas analyses
Show customer boiler/ readings and complete and sign any relevent paper work
Advise customer of any defects found
Apply the Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure if necessary.

As Gas Safe state - "Watch out for Cowboys" - if the are not doing the above they are not doing a service...