I have a good friend who was involved with a boiler explosion just last year.
Considering this could potentially happen to any family who has a boiler and maybe misses out on important HVAC maintenance, I thought I would explain what happened so perhaps people can learn from my friend’s mistake.
Honestly, the explosion probably would have never happened if his little one wasn’t messing with the thermostat. In certain cases, a boiler can explode if there is too much pressure build up. If you were cranking the boiler system to max heating for example and the system is old, it might not be able to withstand the pressure that is built up. In my buddy’s case, his baby cranked the heating system without knowing what she was doing. Kids tend to love to play with things they are not supposed to like thermostats. It was more than just that though, it was the fact that my buddy didn’t get his HVAC system maintenance for years. He didn’t get a tune-up or anything and this could be why his heating system had more wear than it should have. Fortunately, nobody was hurt when the boiler system exploded as nobody was in the basement and nobody was near the boiler. There was no fire, it was just an explosion of water. Now he had to get an emergency HVAC team out right away to take care of the mess and make sure there wasn’t a real explosion through the fuel line, but he turned off the gas asap before even calling for HVAC help.
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