BOILER MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST

Even though not all of these steps apply to every boiler design, we thought they might prove helpful in designing a planned preventive maintenance check list for your facility.


CHECKLIST:

  • Open front and rear doors. Clean and vacuum fireside surfaces as required.
  • Inspect all refractory. Patch and wash coat as required.
  • Inspect all gasketing on front and rear doors and replace as necessary.
  • Seal and close front and rear doors properly.
  • Remove low and auxiliary low water cut off controls, clean and inspect. Then re-install using new gaskets.
  • Remove plugs in control piping, inspect, clean and re-install.
  • Remove all hand hole and man hole plates. Flush boiler with water to remove loose scaled and sediment.
  • Replace all hand hole and man hole plates with new gaskets.
  • Open feedwater tank manway, inspect and clean as required. Replace manway plate with new gasket.
  • Clean burner and burner pilot.
  • Check pilot electrode and adjust or replace.
  • Clean air damper and blower assembly.
  • Clean motor starter contacts and check operation.
  • Make necessary adjustments to burner for proper combustion and record all results in service report.
  • Perform all flame safeguard and safety trip checks and record results in service report.
  • Check all hand hole plates and man hole plates for leaks at normal operating temperatures and pressures.
  • Troubleshoot any boiler system problems as requested by on-site personnel.

3 comments:

  1. I only do half of these tips so thank you for sharing it. I think some of the maintenance scheme that I missed is the primarily reason I keep on bring it to boiler repair shop.

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  2. Sometimes I follow those tips to maintain my boiler. But most of the time I forget to follow those tips. For that reason if my boiler can get any problem then the boiler replacement is necessary for me.

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  3. We all know about the importance of boilers that's why the above tips is so much magnitude for maintenance the boiler. I attempted most of the above tips because all are support me for my boiler repair . All tips are truly meaningful.

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