In this article we are going to give you some tips that may help deal with a boiler breakdown during the winter. The most common action that you should take is to call a plumbing expert to fix your boiler, but oftentimes there isn’t one available right next door to help you immediately so you’ll need these tips to deal with a broken boiler in the meantime.

  1. Call an expert: If your boiler breaks down search for an engineer near you that can fix it as quickly as possible.
  2. Save up heat: Keep the curtains in your house closed and you can also use towels and pillows to cover up cracks in the windows and doors to keep the heat from leaving your house.
  3. Layers of clothes: Wear more clothes to help you retain your body heat, so dress a couple more sweaters, socks , underpants, whatever helps you keep warm
  4. Warm food: eat warm meals like soup, also, hot chocolate is very used when trying to keep your body warm. Also holding those cups or bowls in your hands while warm , also help keeping yourself warm.
  5. Alternative heat source: While you don’t have your boiler up and running, if you are using an alternative heat source , don’t try to warm your whole house , because it is going to consume a lot of energy and the bill is going to be huge. Try to only warm certain rooms , that you know you are going to spend most of your time there
  6. Ask for help: If you don’t have any source of heat in your house , don’t forget to ask for help from your neighbors, maybe some of them have a spare heater that they can lend you in this time of crisis.
  7. Innovation: The last resort is for you to invent your own heat sources. An innovative way to make our own heating pad is to fill a sock with rice and lavender and heat it in the microwave and it should help keep you warm for some time.

While your boiler is broken , don’t worry about heating up water in washing machine or dishwasher because most modern washers heat up the water inside them so the boiler is not needed for their process of washing. If you need hot water to take a shower or a bath then it’s a trickier case, the most viable solution is to heat up water in kettles and transport it to your bathroom.

I hope that this article has helped you, and shed some light on future steps to take if you go through this situation.

 

For more information, contact Vinny’s Jersey Plumbing, located in Wayne, New Jersey.  We also service other towns in New Jersey, such as Hawthorne, Cedar Grove and Verona.