Hot Water Cylinder Installation and Repair Edgbaston
Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited, a family run plumbing and heating firm based in Sheldon, Birmingham, covers hot water cylinder installation and repair in Edgbaston and across Birmingham and Solihull. An unvented cylinder runs at mains pressure with no loft tank and needs servicing every year; a gravity fed one relies on a header tank.
Does an unvented cylinder need servicing?
Unvented cylinders take water straight from the mains, so there is no loft tank, which gives much stronger showers. Gravity fed systems depend on a loft tank and the drop below it.
An unvented cylinder should be serviced yearly, with its safety valves, expansion vessel and discharge checked. Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited installs, services and repairs unvented and gravity fed cylinders.
Why are my radiators working but I have no hot water?
On a combi boiler, this commonly means the diverter valve is stuck on the heating side. With a cylinder system, the hot water zone valve, thermostat or programmer are the usual suspects.
Why is part of a radiator cold?
Where the cold patch sits tells you the cause. Air collects at the top, so a cold top needs bleeding. A cold bottom is settled sludge, which needs a flush rather than a bleed.
Warm close to the boiler and cold at the extremities is a balancing problem. A thermostatic valve with a stuck pin will also keep one radiator cold on its own. Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited fits radiators and sorts the ones that are not pulling their weight.
How much do UK plumbers charge per hour?
Hourly rates vary widely by region and by firm, so the useful figure is the one a firm publishes. Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited states £85 + VAT for the first hour in office hours, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, and £140 + VAT out of hours.
Is your Edgbaston heating engineer on the register?
UK law restricts work on gas appliances to engineers on the Gas Safe Register. Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited holds Gas Safe registration, number 501031, with full insurance alongside it.
The number can be checked on the public register in a minute. It records what each engineer is qualified to touch, appliance by appliance. Compare the card at the door emergency plumber in Shirley with the entry online.
Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited covers Edgbaston and the rest of Birmingham and Solihull, 24/7. Call 07826 924452 for hot water cylinder installation and repair.
Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited
83 Beechmore Rd, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 3AS, United Kingdom
Phone: 07826 924452
Website: afterglowheating.co.uk
All work guaranteed for 12 months, across Birmingham and Solihull.