There are so many things you can take a DIY approach to when it comes to home improvement and maintenance. Whether you need to repaint your living room or upgrade your doorknobs, with the number of resources we have available to us, the sky really is the limit.
There are however certain things that should not be undertaken using a DIY approach, and boiler installation is one of them. From safety concerns to maintaining your warranty, here’s why professional boiler installation is absolutely crucial.
Safety concerns
The main reason why it’s so important to get a boiler installed professionally is safety. Most boilers need to be linked up to the electrical, gas and water systems in your house, all of which can be incredibly sensitive and dangerous if dealt with in the wrong way.
An engineer from somewhere like Able Plumbers will have years of training and experience when it comes to dealing with these systems. Doing it yourself with nothing but YouTube to guide you is a recipe for disaster, and will likely result in a serious accident occurring.
Ensuring longevity
Boilers definitely aren’t cheap, as you’ll likely have noticed after even minimal amounts of research. If installed properly and serviced at regular intervals, they can last you for several decades before you need to buy a new one.
To get this kind of longevity, you need to make sure that they’re installed by a professional who knows what they’re doing. Even if you end up saving a tiny bit of cash by using an unqualified plumber for the installation process, if that substantially reduces how long the boiler lasts, you won’t save money in the long run.
Optimum efficiency
For a boiler to function at optimum efficiency, it needs to be installed and set up perfectly. Even if someone with some plumbing knowledge can throw the system together in a way that works, and it somehow doesn’t result in any safety concerns, it’s highly unlikely that it will then function at optimum efficiency. Even if this is the only negative result associated with the whole process, this could mean that you end up spending far more on your energy bills as the years go by, resulting in a false economy.
A valid warranty
Lastly, while most boilers nowadays will come with a warranty, in order for that warranty to remain valid you’ll need to have the boiler installed properly. If you get it installed by someone who isn’t professionally qualified, and the boiler then breaks after a year or two, you likely won’t receive any compensation for the fault. This will typically apply whether the damage was the fault of the installer or as a result of a factory issue – it simply isn’t a risk worth playing around with.
If you were tempted to get your boiler installed by a non-professional, we really hope this has changed your mind. For the minimal benefits in terms of saving money on the installation process, you expose yourself to a wide range of future risks that will likely end up costing you far more in the long term.
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