Hiring Boilers for Care Homes and Nursing Homes

To ensure these temperatures are kept up, it is essential that the fixed boiler in each home is reliable and regularly serviced. But the reality is that so many of these boilers are old and often defective, particularly boilers that have been in place for decades in a mature property. This means that a drop in room and water temperature (or no hot water or heat at all due to a complete boiler breakdown) is something numerous homes experience each year. For residents and patients, this can be a potentially fatal situation.

The good news is that hiring boilers from a specialist boiler rental company is quick and easy to do. And it is not only in the event of a boiler failure that specialists can help...

Supplementing an existing hot water supply

During a particularly cold spell when a hot water and heating supply at a care home or nursing home can prove insufficient, the option to hire additional boilers (to supplement a fixed boiler that is probably running over and above capacity) can prove invaluable. 100kW to 550kW mobile boilers (and multiples thereof) are most commonly supplied. They can also be coupled together to meet higher requirements.

Heater hire will also be available

As well as mobile boilers, portable heaters can be rented from most boiler hire specialists, to boost the existing heating provision, and also where a catastrophic boiler failure occurs at a home. In such situations, small rented heaters (e.g., oil-filled radiators, 3kW DE-25 units...) are usually best as they have simple controls, are safe and unobtrusive, and are easily powered.

About specialist boiler rental companies

Specialist boiler rental companies recognise the importance of sufficient hot water and heating provision at care homes and nursing homes in winter, and so will do their utmost to provide a stop-gap boiler solution until a fixed on-site boiler is repaired and operating fully again.

At their depots located nationwide, boiler rental specialists will have a wide range of portable boilers in stock, and will know which hireable boilers are best for a care home or nursing home environment.

So many benefits to hiring boilers

As well as being the ideal emergency back-up option, hired portable boilers are energy efficient, and can be:

- Rented on a short contract basis

- Used immediately (for both dual circuit hot water and heat)

- Run on diesel or mains gas (with gas being the much cheaper option)

- Rented during planned servicing or maintenance work to a fixed boiler at a home

- Added to an existing boiler solution when a boosted hot water (and heating) supply is required

- The perfect stop-gap between the removal of a fixed boiler system at a care home or nursing home, and the installation of a new one

What is more, managers at care homes and nursing homes can enjoy peace of mind by safeguarding themselves against the consequences of a boiler failure in winter. When formulating a contingency plan with a boiler hire specialist (during the autumn months), a site survey can be performed by the specialist who will consider crucial factors, such as:

- Their fastest possible response time in the event of an emergency call-out

- Building access (and available space there)

- Best positioning on site (noise and diesel fumes can be a factor, so a boiler rental expert will always look to position mobile boiler units away from any open windows)

- Available power supply (and if connections to the main boiler system are readily available as an emergency connection point can be installed at a home in readiness for a boiler crisis.)

- Budget

With all this information clearly logged (and quickly accessible), the boiler hire specialist team will be fully prepared and primed to respond immediately to an emergency call-out to a care home or nursing home, should 'the unthinkable' suddenly occur.