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Honest, jargon-free guidance on the plumbing and heating problems we get called out to most.

12 August 2026 · 4 min read

Why your boiler keeps losing pressure

A pressure gauge that keeps dropping below 1 bar is telling you something. Here's what we check first on Sussex call-outs.

28 July 2026 · 5 min read

Strip out, first fix, tiling, second fix. Knowing the sequence makes a bathroom project far less stressful.

9 July 2026 · 3 min read

Cold at the bottom, hot at the top, and a boiler that runs constantly. Here's what sludge does to a heating system.

21 June 2026 · 3 min read

If you let a property in Sussex with any gas appliance, an annual CP12 is a legal requirement. Here's the short version.

3 June 2026 · 4 min read

Damp patches, a ticking water meter, unexplained warm spots. Tracing a leak properly is about elimination, not guesswork.

15 May 2026 · 3 min read

A twenty minute check in September saves a no-heat emergency in December. Do these before the first cold snap.

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