Emergency Plumber Greenwich

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The water from a burst pipe doesn't arrive at office hours and in a borough like this with this many period properties, the leak can be behind a wall or under a floor and inflict five-figure damage before anyone notices. On arrival we isolate the water supply immediately and then use leak detection (if the fault is not visible) to trace where the fault is, and then perform a permanent repair, not just a fortnight later!

There is nothing worse than waking on a January morning to a cold house with three floors to heat, or a flat with a combi heater that has no alternative heat source. Our engineers will be able to diagnose any fault on all major manufacturers' boilers and will always have common parts on the van and, if the boiler can really not be economically repaired, will advise and quote for replacing without pressure.

Older portions of combined sewers and shared soil stacks in Greenwich can often cause a blockage to affect more than one property. We identify and rectify blockages safely and effectively, not just pushing the issue further down the line, by use of drain rods, high pressure jetting and CCTV drain surveys.

With older Greenwich small leaks are a constant loss of water and money and if pipe materials are diverse in older properties a leak at a joint may indicate underlying pipe corrosion. We solve the problem we see right in front of us and we make a note of anything that indicates there is a larger problem in the future.

A classic ‘freeze point' in cold weather is loft-mounted cold water tanks in Georgian & Victorian homes in Greenwich. We can take care of emergency thaw/repair and insulation services if needed to prevent it from happening again next winter.

Our Gas Safe registered engineers are at your service as a priority if you have any concern about a gas leak or smell of gas, we will respond, conduct safety inspections and legal gas isolation.

Many of these which are still in use today, and some in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, are still often serviced with a combination of original lead or early copper pipework with subsequent repairs. There can be variations in water pressure between floors, even cold water storage tanks in the loft (which may overflow or freeze up in a cold snap), and cast iron soil stacks can be a hundred years old or more. It's not possible to hack through a listed cornice just to follow a pipe run, and even external replacements in a conservation area, such as a waste pipe or gutter, may require consent (particularly in a listed building). We are very careful in these properties and know which repairs should not be done too heavily.

Disputes over the it's not my leak issue are a recurring problem — a blockage two doors down can back up into your house. Slow leaks from bathrooms attached to the back of houses built in the 1960s-80s can cause the joists to rot for months before the problem is noticed because the bathrooms are built on suspended timber floors. We check under-floor voids as standard on any leak call-out in this housing type.

Other issues altogether — pressurised unvented hot water cylinders, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) and shared risers for multiple flats. A leak in a riser cupboard can impact on both flats above and below, with management companies only allowing access to a neighbouring flat when they have proper proof of the leak. We are accustomed to operating under managing agents' rules and offer the documents that freeholders require.

Where the buildings have been converted, particularly those that are older, these may still have pipework that have been installed using galvanised steel and are close to the end of their working life, with corrosion often appearing as discoloured water before it causes an obvious leak. When an engineer shows up on the first call, he knows what to expect because he has information beforehand about which of these he is dealing with, and we have the parts and diagnostic equipment on hand the first time.