M D Plumbing and heating

02/10/2024

No rats in the kitchen, this was a mouse 🐁. Don't hesitate to get rid of them. This is what we found when doing a gas hob replacement.

It's lucky this was picked up when it was, bare wires in multiple points of the supply to the electric cooker, due to little Jerry chewing through the cables. This could have been a terrible outcome for the tenants if the cooker had become live with electricity ⚡.

Worst of the situation is they have 3 cats

17/09/2024

Winter is drawing close and the good old energy suppliers are putting up your energy prices by 10% on average in October.
Make sure your boiler is tiptop. Don't wait for it to fail when you need it.

If you need any advice to reduce your energy bills with regards to your boiler, contact us.

It won't cost you anything for a quick phone call.

You may not be aware, but a lot of homes have TRV's. This is short for Thermostatic Radiator Valves. These control individual room temperatures.

Most people have them set to 5 or maximum. It's not necessary. Make the TRV's work for you.

Example, you have a 2 bedroom house with a kitchen/dining room and a living room.

Set the TRV's as below

Kitchen/dining room (2)
Living room setting (4/5)
Bedrooms (3)
A room that's not used or used infrequently, set that to 1, it'll keep the chill off.

Remember, heat rises, so downstairs heat will travel upstairs. You can also change the settings of your thermostatic radiator valves with a turn of the valve top.

So in a nutshell, this is about balancing your heating system, it ensures that all rooms are equally as warm the next and that you don't waste money.

This a very loose guide to the process (there's more to adjust) , but I hope it helps.

26/07/2024

Boiler removal, ready for the new one. Unfortunately this failed a gas safety check, due to damage. Tuesday is the day the new one gets installed

14/04/2024

05/04/2024

Pipe slicers are professional time wasters!

05/04/2024

We also cover all plumbing problems and work closely with Landlords. 🤣

05/04/2024

Ever wondered what's inside your boiler, well look no further. If you have any of the Baxi manufactured boilers (Baxi/Potterton/Main), 9 times out of 10 it will look like this.

This is a Potterton Pro max 28kw boiler. Recently stripped down, fully serviced and a new domestic hot water sensor fitted as the boiler wasn't producing hot water at all. This sensor is also commonly referred to as an NTC senor or thermistor sensor.

The full service includes "main heat exchanger" clean, "plate to plate heat exchanger" clean and flush, condensate trap removal and clean, also the emissions ratio's checking and adjusted accordingly to the manufacturer's specifications if necessary.

Keeping on top of the maintenance of your boiler is as important as keeping on top of the maintenance of your vehicle or anything that's important to your day to day activities. It will also help avoid costly boiler repairs in the future.

We service any boiler that burns natural gas or LPG, butane or propane. So get in touch for a price. Happy Friday everyone 👍

02/01/2024

When the safety device is running up hill & has a isolation valve! OOFFFT! Send your pics/video & tag with
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20/12/2023

Another satisfied customer. We've replaced the old Worcester greenstar with a Baxi 630. It carries a 7 year warranty. Merry Christmas

15/12/2023

Obviously a case of "not my problem"
All they had to do was cut out a small hole to turn off the stop tap.