Boiler repair in Moseley and Kings Heath. Combi breakdowns, lockouts and pressure loss in the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of south Birmingham.
No heat and no hot water together, the usual failure on the back-kitchen combis of Moseley terraces.
Traced to the valve or joint that is leaking, rather than topped up and left.
Older mixed radiators cleaned so the boiler is not starved of flow.
Thawed, and the pipe rerouted or insulated where it keeps freezing.
Floor-standing and back boilers repaired where it is safe, with honest advice where it is not.
A clear answer, with the reasons, before you spend money.
Yes, along with Balsall Heath, Stirchley, Billesley and Hall Green. Send your postcode and we will confirm.
Usually a small leak somewhere on a long pipe run, often a radiator valve. The expansion vessel and pressure relief valve are the other common causes.
Often an unbalanced system or sludge. Balancing the radiators or a clean usually sorts it.
Where parts are available and it is safe, yes. Many are now old enough that replacing it is the better option, and we will explain why.
For no heat or no hot water we aim for the same or the next day.
Ask to see the Gas Safe ID card when they arrive. The back lists exactly which appliances that engineer is qualified to work on, and the number can be checked on the Gas Safe Register.
Moseley and Kings Heath are terrace country. Long rows of Victorian and Edwardian houses run off the Alcester Road and the Kings Heath High Street, most of them with a combi boiler fitted in the back kitchen or the box room, and a heating system that has grown a radiator at a time over the last fifty years.
That history shows in the breakdowns. Pipe runs are long, so pressure that drops is often a weeping valve on a radiator two floors away from the boiler. Systems that mix old and new radiators collect sludge, which slowly chokes the heat exchanger and the pump. And where the condensate pipe has to run along a back wall to reach a drain, it is the first thing to freeze on a hard morning.
A repair visit starts by working out which of those it is. Tell us whether you have heat, hot water, both or neither, and what the display shows, and send a photo of the boiler badge if you can. That usually narrows the fault to one or two parts before anyone sets off.
Some of these houses also still have older floor-standing boilers or back boilers behind a gas fire. We will repair them where it is safe and sensible, and tell you honestly when parts or safety make a new boiler the better choice.
A photo of the boiler badge and the display on WhatsApp tells us the make, the model and often the likely part before anyone sets off. If you smell gas, leave the house, do not touch switches and ring the National Gas Emergency line on 0800 111 999 from outside.
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