Plumbing and heating, Birmingham
Repairs, drains, heating and bathrooms for homes and landlords across Birmingham and the towns around it. Tell us what needs doing and get a written price back.
Services
From a dripping stopcock to a full central heating system. Pick the job, tell us a little about it, and you get a written price back.
Taps, toilets, showers, stopcocks, pipework and the everyday jobs that stop a house working properly.
Slow sinks, backed-up gullies and toilets that will not clear, rodded or jetted and checked before we leave.
Wet and electric underfloor systems laid, connected to the manifold, and repaired when a zone stays cold.
The yearly strip-down, clean and combustion check that keeps a boiler safe and catches faults early.
Burst pipes, water through the ceiling and no hot water: urgent jobs are put to the front of the list.
Old boilers swapped for new combi, system or regular models, sized to the house and commissioned properly.
The annual landlord gas safety check on every appliance and flue, with the record ready for your tenants.
Full bathroom and shower room fits, from first fix pipework and boarding to the last bead of sealant.
Fault codes, lost pressure, no heating or no hot water: diagnosed at the boiler and put right with the correct part.
Vented and unvented cylinders repaired, replaced and upgraded, from the immersion to the pressure relief valve.
Damp patches, rising meters and pressure that keeps dropping, traced to the source before anything is opened up.
New and extended heating systems: pipe runs, radiators, controls and zoning planned around how the house is used.
Sludge and magnetite pushed out of radiators and pipework so heat reaches every room again.
Leaking valves, cold spots and tired radiators sorted, or swapped for new ones sized to the room.
Birmingham homes run from Victorian back-to-backs with old lead and iron pipework to 1930s semis and new city-centre flats. Whatever the house, these are the jobs we are called for most.
A burst pipe in the loft, a ceiling starting to bulge, a toilet that will not stop filling. Urgent jobs go to the front of the list, and while you wait we tell you how to shut the water off at the stopcock and make the area safe.
Dripping taps, weak showers, a stopcock seized solid in a Victorian terrace, a washing machine that needs plumbing in. Small jobs get the same care as big ones: the right washer or cartridge, joints made up properly and everything checked before we go.
Yearly servicing, fault-finding when the display shows a code, a new boiler sized to the house, cylinders, radiators and full heating systems. Gas work in the UK must by law be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer, so ask to see the card before any gas work starts.
Slow sinks, gurgling plugholes, a gully outside overflowing after rain. We find where the blockage actually is, clear it with rods or water jetting, and tell you what caused it so it does not come straight back.
Full bathroom refits and shower rooms from first fix to finish, new radiators and heating circuits, underfloor heating in an extension. The layout is planned with you first, the pipework runs where it should, and the work is tested before anything is closed in.
Why people book us
No pressure to buy what you do not need and no disappearing halfway through a job. This is how every visit runs, whether it is a washer or a whole heating system.
You are told what is wrong, what it needs and what can wait. If a repair is not worth doing, you hear that before any money is spent.
A written price before work starts, a time that is kept, and a plain explanation of what was done when the job is finished.
Every repair, replacement and installation is tested before we leave: pressure, flow, leaks and, on gas work, the safety checks the law requires.
The same person deals with your job from the first message to the final check, so nothing gets lost between office and van.
How it works
No call centre and no waiting in for a slot that never comes. Here is exactly what happens after you send a Quick Quote.
Use Quick Quote Online. A line about what is wrong or what you want fitted, the postcode and a number to reach you on.
We read every enquiry, ask anything we need to know and send a clear price. For bigger jobs we look first, then price.
We arrive at the time agreed, protect floors and furniture, and do the work with the correct parts for your system.
Everything is tested before we leave, and you are shown what was done, what to watch for and anything that can wait.
Tell us what needs doing and get a clear, written price before any work starts.
Gallery
Boilers, cylinders, radiators, pipework and bathrooms. Tap any photo to see it larger.
Areas covered
From terraces in Harborne and Moseley to tower blocks in Nechells and new flats around the Jewellery Quarter, the city's housing is a patchwork, and we work across all of it. The map shows the city; the nearest towns we cover are listed below.
Further out as well: see the full list of areas we cover.
Resources
Plain explanations of the problems we get asked about most, and what you can safely check yourself first.
Where a radiator is cold tells you a lot about why. Cold at the top usually means air, cold at the bottom usually means sludge, and a radiator that stays cold all over points to a valve, the pump or the balance of the system. This guide explains each pattern, the checks you can safely do yourself, and the point where a plumber is needed.
A slow sink and a backed-up manhole need very different answers. This guide shows you how to tell a blockage in one fitting from a problem in the drain itself, the safe things to try first, the common mistakes that make blockages worse, and who is responsible for which pipes around your home.
If you let a home in England with gas appliances, the law requires an annual gas safety check and a written record for your tenants. This guide explains what the check involves, the deadlines for copies and records, what happens if an appliance is unsafe, and how responsibility works with letting agents, HMOs and tenants' own appliances.
Questions
The things we get asked most often. Anything else, put it in the form and we will answer it with your price.
The whole city, from Sutton Coldfield in the north to Northfield and Bartley Green in the south, and the towns around it: Solihull, West Bromwich, Smethwick, Halesowen, Dudley, Walsall and out as far as about twenty miles. The areas page lists every town.
Fill in Quick Quote Online with a short description of the job and your postcode. Straightforward repairs can usually be priced from the description; for bigger jobs such as a new bathroom or a heating system we look at the property first. Either way the price is written down before any work starts.
Yes. Urgent jobs are put to the front of the list. While you wait, turn the water off at the stopcock (usually under the kitchen sink or where the pipe enters the house), switch off the boiler or immersion if water is near electrics, and move valuables away from the leak.
Yes: servicing, repairs, replacements and landlord gas safety checks. By law, gas work in the UK must be carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer. You can ask to see the engineer's card and check it on the Gas Safe Register before any gas work starts.
Yes. Annual landlord gas safety checks, boiler and cylinder repairs, leaks and blocked drains in rented homes, including student lets and flats. We can arrange access directly with tenants if you ask us to.
Most of Birmingham gets soft water from the Elan Valley reservoirs in mid Wales, so heavy limescale is less common in the city than in many places. Some surrounding towns are supplied from harder sources, which is worth knowing if you are fitting a new boiler or cylinder there.
Quick Quote Online
A line or two is plenty: what has gone wrong or what you want fitted, the boiler make if it is heating, and roughly where in the house.
