{"id":1727,"date":"2024-12-02T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2024-11-30T08:41:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T13:41:26","slug":"its-amazing-how-long-a-home-heating-boiler-can-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/heating-service\/its-amazing-how-long-a-home-heating-boiler-can-last\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Amazing how Long a Home Heating Boiler Can Last"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it comes to having to heat a home, those of us in the coldest climates in the US can\u2019t afford to make foolish choices. We need good, reliable heating systems. They must be effective and efficient, and they can\u2019t break down left and right. And since we demand so much hard work from them, it\u2019s best if they\u2019re able to withstand all that for many years. Enter the boiler!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a boiler<\/a> to heat your home is not very common in the southern United States, where homes have been built to accommodate air conditioning\u2014and thus have the ductwork for forced air furnaces\u2014since the 1970s. But here, boilers are very popular, and for good reason! They\u2019re great systems, rarely need repair, and can last a long time. How long? You might be surprised!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Boiler History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In past centuries, boilers were a bit different from what we have today. They were huge and heavy, made of cast iron, and thus very difficult to move around and install. They also didn\u2019t circulate hot water. They actually boiled the water to steam, which forced itself through radiators. This meant much higher temperatures and pressures, and thus some alarming safety hazards!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These antique boilers were pretty impressive and could last for fifty years. Often the radiators were intricate and beautiful. Sometimes they even had built-in food-warming cabinets. But they would be completely impractical for today\u2019s streamlined homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern Boilers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, your boiler will be much smaller and lighter in weight than its ancestors. It\u2019s easier to install and fits better into your home. It also keeps the water hot, but not actually boiling, despite the name. The hot water itself is what circulates through your baseboard registers or subfloor radiant piping, which is much safer than pressurized steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be disappointed to hear that modern boilers aren\u2019t designed to last half a century anymore. But let\u2019s make a comparison to furnaces, instead. A gas furnace\u2019s expected lifespan is just 10-15years, and an electric furnace can chug along for a little longer. But a boiler is likely to last as much as 20 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long Life, Few Repairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The reasons that boilers last so long are also the same factors that make them so much less likely to require repairs than furnaces. There are two main differences that have a huge impact on longevity and reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, furnaces have a lot of moving parts, and moving parts accumulate wear and tear quickly. A boiler has hardly any moving parts, really just the circulator pump. This means issues like friction, vibration, components coming loose, and other things that lead to repair needs and shortened lifespans are hardly ever a problem for boilers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, gas furnaces in particular are very susceptible to corrosion. The condensation that occurs from gas combustion leaves moisture in the furnace, and that moisture isn\u2019t just water. It\u2019s actually quite acidic and rusts the metal. Boilers always contain water, but it has a neutral pH, and the tank is specially coated to protect against it. It takes much longer for corrosion to occur in a boiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a great heating system! But they do require maintenance and, occasionally, repair. Don\u2019t neglect your boiler in Woburn, MA<\/a>. 
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Reach out to <\/strong>Cooling Unlimited, Inc.<\/strong><\/a> to speak with qualified heating experts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But here, boilers are very popular, and for good reason! They\u2019re great systems, rarely need repair, and can last a long time. How long? You might be surprised!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[153,141],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-boiler","tag-woburn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1730,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}