What the work covers.

Whole-house replumbing

Whole-house replumbing

A replumb means replacing the pipework that carries water through a property, not just the fittings you can see. It is worth considering when pipes have been repaired again and again, when water pressure is poor throughout the house, or when a renovation has the floors and walls open anyway.

• New hot and cold pipework run to every tap, basin, toilet and radiator
• Old pipe removed rather than left in place
• Planned around the way you actually use the house

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Pipework and leak repairs

A leak traced to its cause, then fixed properly

A drip under the sink, a damp patch on a ceiling or a joint that weeps when the water is on all come from the same place: somewhere in the pipework is not holding. The aim is to find the actual joint or section responsible and replace it, so that the repair is a repair and not a delay.

• Leaking joints and worn sections of pipe replaced
• Pipework altered or extended to suit a new layout
• Clips and supports fitted so pipes stay where they are put

Taps, basins and sinks

Taps, basins and kitchen sinks, fitted and connected

A new tap or basin looks simple, but most of the work is underneath: the supply connections, the waste and the isolating valves. These are done so that the next person to look under the sink finds something tidy, and so that the fitting can be isolated without shutting off water to the whole house.

• Kitchen and bathroom taps and mixers replaced
• Basins and kitchen sinks supplied and fitted, or fitted from your own purchase
• Isolating valves added where there are none

Toilets and cisterns

A toilet replaced, or just the part that has worn out

A toilet that runs on, refills slowly or will not flush properly often needs a new fill valve or flush mechanism, not a new toilet. Where the pan or cistern itself is cracked or past its best, the toilet is replaced and connected to the existing waste and supply.

• Fill valves and flush mechanisms renewed in an existing cistern
• Complete toilet units replaced
• Connections to the supply and waste checked and made good

Radiator replacement

Radiators taken out and replaced

Replacing a radiator is mostly a matter of care: isolating it, draining it, removing it without marking the wall and floor, and fitting the new one on new valves. Where the new radiator is a different size from the old, the pipework beneath it is altered to suit.

• Old radiators removed and new ones fitted on new valves
• Pipe positions altered where the new radiator sits differently
• Floor and wall protected during the work