BOILERS have been working overtime during lockdown, research has revealed the worst places for breakdowns in the UK.

2020 resulted in less empty homes during the day, which meant a lot of boilers were running on overtime. But just how many boilers let their owners down during this homestay period? 

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With more than 1.5million authority owned homes in England, OnlineMortgageAdvisor.co.uk decided to analyse the government’s local authority housing statistics data for 2019 to 2020, and pinpointed which local authorities in the South West had the highest percentage of boiler replacements per number of dwellings.

The region is host to 73,440 local authority owned homes, 3.7 per-cent of which had to have their boilers replaced in this period.

This puts the South West as the region with the lowest percentage of boiler replacements.

However, Wiltshire was the area in the south west with the most boiler breakdowns between 2019 and 2020 according to the study.

Bournemouth came in second place as one of the top towns in need of replacement boilers after breakdowns in the south west.

Stroud came in third place with 215 replacement boilers needed in the area between 2019 and 20.

The number of boiler replacements in areas of the south west:

Bournemouth Echo:

Overall the east of england had the highest percentage of boiler replacements with 6.12 per-cent, followed by Yorkshire and The Humber with 5.98 per-cent.

The third highest rate of replacements was the West Midlands with 4.14 per-cent. 

Here are the regional rankings:

East of England - 6.12 per-cent

Yorkshire and The Humber - 5.98 per-cent

West Midlands - 4.14 per-cent

North East - 4.09 per-cent

London - 3.99 per-cent

North West - 3.84 per-cent

South East - 3.78 per-cent

East Midlands - 3.72 per-cent

South West - 3.70 per-cent

Have you had to have your boiler replaced recently? Let us know in the comments.