Date: July 2009

Description: The owner of this home had already decided that he wanted a combi boiler installed before we arrived. They currently had a system boiler and showed us the one he wanted from a manufacturers brochure. We discussed several other options and the fact that the least expensive boiler wouldn’t necessarily produce the expected results. In the end we decided on a different manufacturer with a warranty that was four years longer than the one he had picked and a boiler which produced more litres per minute as required for his needs. Due to lack of storage space we found another location to install the boiler so that when we removed the tanks from the airing cupboard the entire space would now be usable.

The old system boiler was removed along with associated immersion and F&E tanks from the loft and airing cupboard. We also had to re-route some pipe work. The previous central heating engineer had also left us some extra work that he was too lazy to do himself. He had screwed in a wet copper heating element into the hole usually used by an electric immersion element and left the primary coil hooked up to the old lead pipe work which probably ran to an old back boiler arrangement. We planned ahead just in case the pipe work was full of water and fortunately for us we did. The old lead pipes were still VERY full of stagnate water after twenty years. Thanks!

Once everything was removed we installed the new Viessmann 100-W 30kW combi boiler into a utility room at the rear of the property and started re-routing the gas and the flow and return pipe work. The hot and cold where already in place for the cloths washer. Once the flue was in we spliced in a spur to the house ring main.  We had one more job to do which was a radiator swap in one of the bedrooms upstairs. We had already flushed the entire system so put in the new radiator and were ready to fill the system and start commissioning. The entire system was completed in only a few days and the home owner is saving money due to an efficient and properly sized boiler.

As we are authorised Viessmann installers we added an additional two years to their standard three year warranty so the home owner is now enjoying the luxury a FIVE year parts and labour warranty on the boiler and a ten year warranty on the heat exchanger.
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Date: May 2009

Description: Although this boiler was working it was on its last legs. The owner also requested that we mount the boiler as high up as it could go to allow for a later kitchen remodel. Due to safety issues and building regulations we managed (just barely) to get the boiler up high enough for the new kitchen work surfaces to extend from wall to wall.

The old boiler was replaced with a Viessmann 100-W 26kW combi boiler which is perfect for a small flat with only a small bathroom and kitchen. We removed the old appliance and had the new one in place the same day. We did have to return the following day to due some brickwork as it was raining so hard on the first day that the mortar would have been washed away.

As we are authorised Viessmann installers we added an additional two years to their standard three year warranty so the flat owner is now enjoying the luxery a FIVE year parts and labour warranty on the boiler and a ten year warranty on the heat exchanger. Not bad for a days work!
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Bad Electrical

Technically it could all be repaired, but why so complicated? The rats nest of cables should have been neatly installed with the relay properly mounted. The end result was that we deemed the installation unsafe as it did not comply many current (and older) regulations. The installation has since been re-designed to operate safely.

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When called in to find out why this back boiler was no longer heating the house we traced the problem to the electrics. When we pulled up the floorboards we were met with the nasty smell of stagnant water under the house. The water was about two inches deep and laying in the middle was the connector to the pump. The connector has obviously put up a big fight but in the end the system shorted out.

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Date: May 2008

Description: The old gas fire had a slight gas leak that could not be repaired due to lack of available parts. The client found the new fire they wanted and after tessting the old flue we installed it. The installation was straight foward and only took about an hour.

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Date: March 2008

Description: Our client had already purchased the new fire and asked us to see if they could install it into the existing chimney. Fortunately the location previously had a back boiler and was in good shape with the proper gas pipe work already in place. The flue and terminal also looked good so we proceeded. The fire really made a difference to the room and looks fantastic.

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Date: Apr 2007

Description: A complete bathroom refurbishment was the requirement here. In fact the homeowners went away for a week while we completed the work. We started the rip out as they were departing and by the time they arrived home we were done with the exception of a few trim pieces. The bathroom boasts underfloor heating too!

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Date: Mar 2007

Description: During construction our client decided to have the old fire removed and this plasma  fire added. The pipe work was already in place so when the decorating was complete we hung the fire. As you can see, it gives the room a warm focal point.

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