GoPlumbing Property Maintenance is just a phone call away. Offering a reliable value-for-money service at your convenience, we will undertake the smallest of jobs. Giving you peace of mind as all engineers are professionals within the trades their carry out.

Each property brings a different set of challenges, and here are some with which we can deal. This is not an exhaustive list – if your requirements are not listed, never fear, we are confident we can meet them!

• Start of tenancy check in
• End of tenancy check out
• Landlord’s Gas Safety Certificates
• Internal and external re-decorations
• Gas/heating and plumbing, repairs and installation
• General building
• Electrical maintenance and installation
• Gardening and tree surgery
• Carpets and floor covering
• Total care and maintenance package
• Cleaning and clearance service
• Kitchen Fitting/Joinery
• Plastering
• Tiling
• Gutter cleaned/Repair/Replaced
• Bathroom fitting

Don’t Rent any property without a valid Gas Safety CertificateBy law a landlord must have all his/her gas appliances checked every year by a Gas Safe registered installer.If gas appliances aren’t properly maintained, they can cause carbon monoxide poisoning, which can be fatal.Ideally there should be a carbon monoxide detector in every room that has a gas fire.Nickys Property Maintenance operate on long term and short-term contracts, and would be pleased to discuss this with you. We can be as flexible as you require and will tailor our services to meet your needs. By working with you, we can often anticipate your needs and offer advice and guidance.

Need an Emergency Plumber?

At Goplumbing.co.uk we have the resources to send you out an emergency plumber, quickly and efficiently, day or night.

Whether you’ve experienced a plumbing emergency such as a burst pipe, broken boiler, blocked sink or leaking toilet, our skilled emergency plumbers are available 24 hours a day to visit your home and fix the problem.

OUR PLUMBING SERVICES

Below is a list of many of the typical plumbing and heating jobs we carry out.  If you would like to make a booking or seek preliminary advice, please feel free to call our office and one of our friendly members of staff will be there to help.

The bathroom installations are carried out quickly and professionally by a carefully selected team of trained and qualified plumbers with many years of bathroom installations experience.

Our qualified plumbers are experienced in all types of bathroom installations and can also install your heating system, boiler and other components.

• Bathroom Installation Specialists
• Our team of professional and highly experienced bathroom fitters covers a wide range of bathroom installations aspects, including:
• Full bathroom design and installation
• Bathroom tiling
• Shower installations
• Bath tub and shower cubicle installations
• Power shower installations
• Supporting building work
• Other bathroom fixtures and fittings

Our friendly bathroom fitters can also assist with removing old bathroom furniture and fixtures, remove the old tiles and plaster before embarking on the installation of the new bathroom suite.

Installing a prestige bathroom suite such as Villeroy & Boch, Hansgrohe, Roca, Bristan, Sottini, will not only improve your quality of life, but will also increase the value and attractiveness of your house. Our bathroom fitters will help you throughout the process to make it not only quick and easy but also affordable.
Our bathroom installation fitters can help you design offering professional advice on bathroom planning, bathroom setup, bathroom furniture and accessories. Our bathroom fitters will issue a free detailed quote to help you make the right decision.

For more information Contact us call us on 07966 233 805.

GOPLUMBING.CO,UK Property Services are specialist engineers of central heating and hot water systems .  We work with all makes and models of boilers on annual services, boiler repairs, parts replacement and new boiler installations. For any heating or gas problem call us now on 07966 233 805.

At GOPLUMBING, we work hard to source all boiler parts quickly and efficiently to make sure that you have working heating & hot water as fast as possible.

RECOMMENDED HEATING COMPANY

Our engineers are used by Birmingham leading estate agents to repair, maintain and replace heating systems in their portfolio of lettings properties.

CENTRAL HEATING AND HOT WATER

GoPlumbing’s Gas & Central Heating Services Team in Birmingham will always offer you completely free advice and a quotation with no commitment needed. Our team carry out repairs quickly to ensure you have hot water and heating when you need it.

• Boiler repairs
• Boiler fault finding
• Boiler servicing
• Boiler installations
• Radiator leaking
• Central heating repairs
• Central heating pumps
• Central heating controls
• Immersion heaters
• Vented and unvented cylinders
• Thermostats
• Thermostat valves
• Noisy radiators
• Power flushes
• Water heaters
• Preferred installer of Worcester
• Biggest installer of Vaillant

For more information call us on 07966 233 805.

Many central heating system may be suffering from a build up of scale, rust or sludge. Power Flushing can restore and upgrade your system to as good as new.

A build up of scale, rust and sludge will significantly reduce the efficiency of your central heating system and you will be paying more to run a system that is not warming your home to the best of its ability.

GOPLUMBING.CO.UK power flushing team will provide power flushed methodically and thoroughly, pipe by pipe, radiator by radiator, including the boiler. Once your whole system has been power flushed thoroughly, safe plumber engineer will refill it with clean water, and a corrosive inhibitor will be added to your central heating system. This will be clearly labelled as containing this chemical substance. Power flushing usually takes from 4 hours to a day to complete, it all depends on the size, number of radiators and the type of system you have.

What does Power Flushing do?

The success of a power flush will depend on the level of heating system corrosion which has occurred beforehand. The process will cure most circulation problems.

You should really request power flushing when:

• can see cold spots on radiator
• blocked radiator
• radaitor frequently needing venting or bleeding
• radiators slow to heat up
• Noise from boiler
• poor or not hot water
• high fuel bills
• boiler failure
• heating circulation problems
• blocked inoperative or leaking radiator valves

How we charge

We believe in always being 100% transparent. We are clear, upfront and honest about our company charges. Our rates are clearly shown on our website and we will make customers fully aware of our rates at the time they book a job or if they request details.

We will always show a full breakdown of labour, material and any other charges, and a comprehensive description of work carried out is shown on all invoices.

We do not charge for the following: call out charge, travelling, parking, Congestion and there are no other hidden charges.

Goplumbing.co.uk rates are completely transparent and highly competitive.

Draining Down a Sealed Central Heating System

On a sealed system, as the name implies, there is no new water being added to the system on demand. Water is only added when necessary. Turn off the boiler, disconnect it from the power supply, and allow the water in the system to cool. Not only will this safeguard against scalding yourself but the pressure in the system will be reduced. When you open the drain point the water flow will be less powerful making it easier to manage.

Locate the drain point on the heating system. This will usually be at the lowest point of the system and will frequently be on the pipe work next to the lowest radiator in the house. Attach a length of hose to this drain valve and secure using a jubilee clip. Tightening the jubilee clip over the hose where it connects to the drain valve will prevent it coming loose. As a precaution, place a suitable container under the connection in case there is a small amount of leakage. Run the other end of the hose to a suitable drain off point outside. The hose should obviously run downhill to allow the water to flow.

Ensure that the valves are open on all your radiators so that all pipe work will be drained. Open the drain valve by turning the square head with a spanner or small wrench. If it’s tight, hold the body of the valve with a second wrench to prevent it twisting while being opened. Check that the water is flowing to the drain outside. Open the air vent at the top of the radiators to allow air in to replace the water. This will speed up the process.

Once the water has stopped flowing, the heating system will be empty and you can now carry out whatever repairs or maintenance work is required.

Refilling a Sealed Central Heating System

Ensure that all air bleed valves are closed on the radiators. Close the drain valve, undo the jubilee clip securing the hose to the drain valve and remove the hose. Hold the hose end up so that any residual water in it will drain to outside. Take the hose outside to coil it back up before storing away.

Open the filling loop by the boiler to allow water to fill up the system and continue filling until the pressure on the gauge reaches the level recommended in the instruction manual. This is usually around 1 bar.

Go round the radiators, one by one, opening the bleed valve and releasing any air. Do the downstairs radiators first and then the upstairs ones. This will minimise the chance of trapping air in the system.

Once you have released all air from the system go back and top up the system again using the filling loop by the boiler. If you have been carrying out repairs or alterations, double check your work to make sure there are no leaks.

Turn the boiler back on following the instructions in the manufacturer’s manual, and allow the heating to run normally.

You’ll need to go round bleeding the air bleed valves again as the system heats up, and may need to do this a few times over the next day or two as the air from the water is driven out. Check the pressure gauge each time and top up as necessary.

Finally, once the system is up to temperature, inspect for leaks again. This is very important as a connection which is watertight when cold may expand and leak when warm.

Balancing radiators is achieved by using the lockshield valve on each to regulate the flow of water to the radiator. By partial closing of these valves the radiators nearest the pump can be restricted more than those further away.

The best way to get this right is by using radiator thermometers, which can simply be clipped to the flow and return pipe at either end, and measuring the difference. You won’t often see a plumber balancing radiators using these though – experience enables them to adjust the valves without measuring the temperature.

Remember, the pipe to each radiator is a branch from the main flow pipe. Near the furthest radiator, the main flow pipe turns back towards the boiler and becomes the return pipe. The pipefrom each radiator then feeds back into this.

The water does not go into the first radiator then out and on to the next etc. It actually flows from one main pipe feeding all of them, and then flows back out into the return coming back from all of them.

When balancing radiators you will need to turn the heating off well in advance, so that the water has a chance to cool right down. Each radiator has a control valve – the one you use to turn it on or off, and a lock-shield valve – the one with a cover which you don’t normally turn. To open or close this lockshield valve, you need to remove the cover and use a pair of pliers. Open both valves on all the radiators.

Now, turn the heating back on and go to the first radiator. You are going to adjust them in the order in which they are served, so if you don’t know this, make a note of the order in which they heat up.

Fit the radiator thermometers to the flow and return. Turn off the lockshield valve then open it gradually again until the difference between the two thermometers is about 20 degrees Farenheight.

Move on to the second radiator on the system and do the same. If you repeat this for all of them in order, you should have a perfectly balanced system so that all radiators heat up efficiently. You may find the last one will need the lockshield valve fully open.

Be Clear What you Want Done

Before calling anyone, make sure you know what you want them to do. It doesn’t matter if you know the ins and outs of it all, but you’ll be much better off if you can clearly describe the end result you want. You’ll be doing yourself a favour too because the clearer you are, the easier it is for the builder.
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<Tip from Goplumbing> Radiators are not getting hot at the top -the cause is most likely to be trapped air in the heating system Locate the air bleed valve at the top end of the radiator use radiator air bleed key turn the valve anticlockwise just enough to release the trapped air when water starts to dribble out of the valve close it tightly and wipe away any drip