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Plain-English guides to the questions we get asked most: what a boiler service involves, how hot water cylinders differ, what cover plans actually cover, and what the law expects of landlords in Kent.
Boiler Repair Gravesend
A fault code names the symptom, not the cause, which is why the same part gets fitted twice. What actually breaks, what each fault means, and what should happen before anything is replaced.
Read more →Heating a Tonbridge Home
The Medway shapes more than the view in Tonbridge. Where heating equipment should sit in a town with a flood history, and why a terrace, a family house and a village property need three different answers.
Read more →Repair or Replace My Boiler
Age is the worst reason to replace a boiler and the one given most often. What actually decides it, what a repair is worth on an older appliance, and the number nobody checks before quoting.
Read more →Signs Your Hot Water Cylinder Is Failing
Cylinders rarely fail without warning. What discoloured water, lost capacity, noise and a warm cupboard each point to, and the one check that tells you whether the cylinder is even involved.
Read more →Vented or Unvented Cylinder
A vented cylinder takes its pressure from a tank in the loft. An unvented takes it from the main. Which suits your house, and why only one of them is notifiable work.
Read more →What Makes Plumbing in Faversham Different
Faversham's housing is older than most of Kent's, and it changes the job. What conservation status, solid walls and off-grid villages mean for a boiler, a bathroom or a leak.
Read more →Why Is My Shower Going Cold
The timing is the diagnosis. Whether it goes cold after two minutes or after ten tells you whether the fault is in the boiler, the cylinder or the shower itself.
Read more →Boiler Service Maidstone
What a boiler service costs in Maidstone, what should actually be measured while the engineer is in front of it, and how to tell a thorough service from a quick one.
Read more →Why Has My Water Pressure Dropped
Mains pressure and boiler pressure are two different things sharing one name. How to tell which of them has dropped, the usual causes of each, and what is safe to check yourself.
Read more →Hard Water in Maidstone
Maidstone sits on chalk and greensand, so the water is hard and limescale is a fact of life. What it actually does to a boiler, a cylinder and a bathroom, and which of the fixes earn their money.
Read more →How Often Should You Service a Boiler
Once a year, every year, whether the boiler is two years old or fifteen. What a proper service covers, when you need one more often, and what we most often find once the casing is off.
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