How to do practical honeycomb cleaning at home? or how to care for the radiator (heater) at home? If you are looking for an answer to the question, we have simple solutions for you. Whether it’s a combi boiler or central heating system, if you haven’t vented your radiators, you will never get a good efficiency. Moreover, your heating costs increase.

PRACTICAL COMB CLEANING AT HOME Add some liquid soap to the warm water you fill in a bowl and lather the mixture. Wipe the outside of the heater with a clean cloth soaked in the mixture. Then do not forget to dry the combs with a dry cloth. Otherwise, the honeycombs may rust. To clean the rusted radiators, drain the dirty water from the pads and rinse the inside with clean water.

IF THE RADIATOR (HEATER) IS NOT HEATING, SOLUTION IS IN THESE STEPS If your radiators do not get hot, probably there are air bubbles in them. At the same time, you can understand that there is air in the radiators. For example, if the top of your radiator is cooler than the bottom, this gives a clue that there is air in it. Similarly, if the radiators in one area of your home are colder than the others, this indicates that there is no balanced heat distribution between the radiators and that there may be air in them. Breathing the air of the radiator is a process that you can easily do in 10 minutes:

HOW TO BREAK A RADIATOR? One of the practical honeycomb cleaning steps at home is the bleeding of the radiator.

1. Open the radiator valves fully. Including your towel radiators in the bathroom. Run your boiler for 10 minutes and then turn it off.
2. Insert the key in the valve and turn it counterclockwise. When loosening the valve, be sure to put a cloth under it because if your floor coverings are wooden, water may swell as they will spill. Do not forget to have a deep bowl with you as the amount of water will increase gradually.
3. If there is definitely air in the radiator, a “hiss” sound will be heard. Meanwhile, the water continues to flow. Wait for the water to stop flowing completely. After the sound stops, you can tighten your valve again. After performing this process for all other radiators in the house, you can start your heating system again.

DO YOU HAVE A RADIATOR SWITCH?

You need a switch to vent the radiator (heater). This key is given to you when installing the radiators. Sometimes it is integrated into the heater. If not both, you can get them from DIY stores. Besides, you will need a bucket and a cloth during the process.

HOW FREQUENTLY BREAK THE RADIATORS?

If you vent your radiators once a year, you will not have a heating problem. Moreover, this prevents your bills from rising.

There are three types of boilers: chimney, hermetic and condensing. So how do you choose the right combi boiler for your home? What should you pay attention to when buying a boiler?

• WHICH HOUSE AND WHICH COMBI?
• There are three important criteria in the selection of the combi boiler. The square meter of the house, its direction and the floor. But the fact that the radiators heat the house, not the boiler, should be taken into account.
• Therefore, proper radiators should be chosen so that the radiator can be heated with the thermal value taken from the combi. 17 thousand kilocalorie combi boilers are considered appropriate for an area of 80-90 square meters, 20 thousand kilocalorie combi boilers for an area of 90-150 square meters, and 24 thousand to 6 thousand kilocalories for places above 150 square meters.
• COMBI DICTIONARY Chimney boiler: o Chimney combi boilers; They take the necessary oxygen from the environment during the combustion and discharge the waste gases formed at the end of the combustion through a suitable chimney. Here, it is very important that the chimneys are made in accordance with the standards and that they are sealed.

Hermetic combi boiler:

• In hermetic combi boilers, the air required for combustion is taken from the outside atmosphere with a fan kit and the waste gas generated as a result of burning is thrown into the atmosphere with the same system. Since ambient air is not used during combustion, there is no need to ventilate the environment.

Condensing boiler:

• With the turbo exchanger system, the waste gas temperature is reduced and the energy of the water vapor generated as a result of the combustion is recovered to the system. While the efficiency obtained from normal combi boilers is between 80-90%, it is between 105 and 109% in condensing combi boilers.
• BOILER FAILURES AND WAYS OF TROUBLESHOOTING
• Boiler breakdowns may be caused by reasons such as failure to do maintenance on time, external factors or wear of parts due to heavy use, as well as installation and user errors.
• BOILER INSTALLATION ERRORS
• Installation errors directly affect the combi boilers operating as a part of your installation. Such faults usually occur due to installation leaks, wrong plastic pipe welding, narrowing of the pipe diameter as a result of incorrect application, and not using quality radiator valves. However, it is difficult to detect deficiencies in flush mounted installations. For this reason, the source of the circulation and therefore heating problem caused by the installation errors is usually the combi boiler.
• ELECTRIC INTERRUPTIONS
• If the on / off switch of the combi remains on during power cuts, it may cause your combi to malfunction due to voltage fluctuations that may occur when the electricity is switched on again.
• For this, in case of power failure, if you are near your boiler, it is a good precaution to turn the on / off switch to the “off” position and turn it back on after a while. Voltage fluctuations can damage electrical and electronic parts on the device, causing costly problems.
• Voltage regulators should be used to protect all electrical equipment in areas where such voltage fluctuations occur frequently or are suspected. Not all voltage regulators provide healthy protection. Regulators that will provide protection at low voltages should be preferred.