Plumbers in Silchester
Overview
Silchester's houses run from cottages inside the conservation area to postwar homes along the lanes towards the common, and the plumbing varies with them. Lead pipe and low-pressure tanks in the older cottages, combi boilers in the newer ones, and a fair number of homes off the gas grid heating with oil, which is an OFTEC job rather than a Gas Safe one. The water is hard across this side of Hampshire, so limescale in immersion heaters and showers is the most common call, and a plumber who fits a scale inhibitor as a matter of course is worth having.
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6-6-S Home Improvements, Ecoace and Tadley Heating Services Ltd have signed up and confirmed their own details with us, and cover Silchester. Everyone else on this page is listed from public information and has not confirmed anything with us yet.
6-6-S Home Improvements
Decorating, kitchens, bathrooms and fitted wardrobes
Serves Silchester, Tadley and 8 more
Ecoace
Boilers, heating and plumbing
Serves Silchester, Tadley and 8 more
Tadley Heating Services Ltd
Boilers, servicing and gas safety checks
Serves Silchester, Tadley and 7 more
Home & Garden Handyman Services
Handyman - painting, electrical, plumbing, general
Serves Silchester and Tadley
Before you book a plumber
Plumbing and heating are usually the same trade round here, and the heating half is the regulated half.
Are they Gas Safe registered?
Anyone working on a gas boiler, hob or fire must be on the Gas Safe Register, and you can look a name or licence number up on the register's website. A plumber who only does water and drains does not need it, but a boiler service or a new gas appliance always does.
Do they work on oil, LPG and heat pumps?
Off the gas grid the boiler runs on oil or bottled gas, and neither is covered by Gas Safe. Oil engineers register with OFTEC; a heat pump installer should be MCS certified, which is also what a government grant requires.
Will they say what a call-out costs before they come?
A first hour or call-out charge, and an hourly rate after it, are reasonable to ask for over the phone. Anyone who will not give a figure at all is better avoided.
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