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Supplier City Plumbing reports that freezing temperatures in early January have driven a surge in demand for boiler spares as heating systems are put under sustained pressure.
During the first two weeks of the month, City Plumbing recorded a 21% increase in boiler spares sales and a 25% increase in items picked from branch stock compared with the same period last year, reflecting a rise in breakdowns, emergency call-outs and urgent repairs. The increase follows a noticeably colder start to the year.
Managing director for Spares at City Plumbing, Roz Kane, comments; “Our figures show just how quickly breakdown demand rises when temperatures fall. Engineers are under pressure to get systems back on fast, and delays caused by missing or incorrect spares quickly become the biggest frustration on a job.”
“The Met Office is suggesting further cold weather could arrive later in January and into early February, so this is exactly the time when installers need confidence that the spares they need will be available when they need them,”
