Boiler Maintenance: When Should it be Done? What Needs Doing?

Regardless of a steam boiler’s make or model, it will always need regular maintenance. Here’s a comprehensive boiler maintenance checklist:

• Boiler Construction: Choosing a boiler that is designed for safe maintenance checks is an important consideration. While modern-day boilers all comply with rigorous industry safety codes and standards, some boilers are more infamous for causing injuries to staff than others, which largely has to do with their design. Miura’s low water content boilers operate with less water in the tubes, which greatly reduces the risk of a catastrophic failure. They are also smaller in design, meaning performing maintenance procedures require less effort and are much safer.
• Check Water Quality and Treatments: Any boiler will develop scale inside over time if feed water is not correctly treated. This can become a real problem if left unchecked. But regularly checking your water quality and deploying the correct water treatments can stop boiler scale from causing bigger problems. Watertube boilers require similar water treatment practices to traditional fire tube boilers.
• Give Your Boiler Space: Steam boiler heating systems can produce lethal carbon monoxide fumes if they aren’t given enough space for safe air circulation. So it’s important to clear as much space around your boilers as possible. This also makes maintenance easier, especially with Miura’s compact watertube boilers.
• Regular Inspections: Besides the regular checks your staff perform on a steam boiler, you must schedule state inspections from professionals every year. These specialists are able to spot issues developing before they become a big problem.
• Utilize Advanced Boiler Monitoring: These ingenious systems allow you to remotely monitor several important aspects of your boiler’s performance. Tools such as Colormetry Hardness Detection systems and Miura Connect can make it easier to alert staff of potential problems before they turn into a bigger problem.