Plumbers in Sellindge
Plumbers in Sellindge
Sellindge sits on the A20 between us and Ashford, which makes it an easy area for us to cover on the way through.
Two kinds of housing
The older village property along the main road and the lanes running off it is a mix of period cottages and post-war housing. The newer development, of which there has been a fair amount, is modern well insulated stock with combi boilers.
The older housing needs what older housing always needs: attention to ageing pipework, systems that have been extended piecemeal, and heating sized for a different set of expectations from a different era.
The newer housing usually needs its controls setting up properly and the system balancing. Both are inexpensive jobs that make a considerable difference, and both are routinely skipped by developers. See heating controls and how to balance comfort across your radiators.
Off mains gas in places
Some of the outlying properties and farms around Sellindge are not on the gas grid and run oil or LPG. We hold the registrations for both. See oil and LPG boiler services.
Private drainage
Properties away from the village centre may be on septic tanks or package treatment plants rather than mains drainage. These need periodic emptying and, under the general binding rules, cannot discharge directly to a watercourse.
Buying a rural property without knowing the condition of its private drainage is a well known way to inherit a five figure problem. If you are purchasing, our guide on plumbing checks before buying a home is worth reading, and a CCTV drain survey beforehand costs a fraction of the repair.
Long supply runs
Rural properties frequently have long private water supply pipes running from the boundary to the house, sometimes in old or undersized pipe. A long undersized run gives poor flow at the property regardless of mains pressure at the road, and it is worth flow testing before specifying anything that depends on mains pressure.
What we cover in Sellindge
Useful reading
How to improve hot water reliability and questions to ask before approving a plumbing quote.
Call +44 7915 255984 for a plumber in Sellindge.
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