I recently attended a call for a leaking hot water cylinder in Croydon. Its very normal for gas heaters and hotwater units be hidden up the sideway of the home. Out of sight out of mind. Fair enough too! However it is important to keep trees and grass away from them. When Summer time heat dries out the grass and leaves they become a big fire danger, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had too pull burnt grass out of the bottom of an appliance. Another issue is the more plant life there is around a gas apliance, the larger the spider and insect population is. Spiders and small insects love to clime into gas injectors and other import parts wich can causes the apliance to run poorly, and then stop working. So this Spring when your cleaning up your yard, don’t forget to give the area around your ducted heater and gas hotwater service a tidy up.
