Inner-ring Victorian terraces
Sparkbrook, Balsall Heath, Small Heath — narrow plots, party-wall pipework, original cast-iron soil stacks.
We take work across Birmingham from our Coventry base — boiler repairs, full installs, bathrooms and leak detection. Mostly B25 through B47, but reach across the city for booked work.
Gas Safe Registered · Fully insured · Manufacturer-trained on Worcester, Vaillant & Ideal

B1–B47 (selected)
Postcodes covered
24/7
Open 7 days a week
Local
Based in Coventry CV2
Written
Quotes before any work
Birmingham's housing mix is as varied as any English city — Victorian back-to-back conversions in the inner ring, suburban semis through Selly Oak, Acocks Green and Hall Green, and the modern outer estates of Castle Bromwich and Sheldon.
Hard water is the headline issue across the city — Birmingham sits at the higher end of the regional scale-deposit chart, and heat exchangers age fast as a result. Property age matters too: pre-1970 stock often hides 8mm microbore, lead service pipes from the council reservoirs, and oversized open-vented systems that should have been sealed twenty years ago. We price every job on the actual property, not a national price list.
Sparkbrook, Balsall Heath, Small Heath — narrow plots, party-wall pipework, original cast-iron soil stacks.
Acocks Green, Hall Green, Yardley — solid brick semis with rear extensions, mid-life Worcester combis dominating.
Castle Vale, Kingstanding, Druids Heath — microbore-era CH systems, partial upgrades over time.
Bromford, Sheldon, Frankley fringes — system boilers, manifold UFH in newer homes.
One contact, one engineer, one fixed quote. Click any service for the full detail, or call 07385 732137 to talk it through.
Breakdowns fixed same-day. New boilers installed with manufacturer-backed warranty up to 10 years. Fixed written quote — no upsell, no scare tactics, no 'condemned' boilers that aren't.
See boiler installation & repairStop a dripping tap turning into a £1,200 ceiling repair. Local engineer on-site, written quote before any work starts, and your home left cleaner than we found it.
See plumbingGas work is the one trade you absolutely cannot afford to get wrong. Every job we touch is logged with the Gas Safe Register and signed off with the paperwork to prove it.
See gasFind the leak with electronics, not a chisel. Acoustic detection, thermal imaging and tracer gas locate the source to within centimetres — so we cut the smallest possible hole, fix the leak, and put your home back together.
See leak detection & repairIf your radiators are cold at the bottom, your boiler's making noise, or your bills are creeping up — your system is full of magnetite sludge. We remove it properly, dose the right inhibitor, and fit a magnetic filter so it never builds back up.
See power flushingOne trade contact. One fixed quote. One project manager. From the first measure-up to the final silicone bead, your bathroom is delivered on time, on budget and finished properly.
See bathroom fittingB1–B47
Postcodes covered across the city
60–90 min
Typical emergency response time
Worcester-trained
Manufacturer-trained on the dominant city brand
Written quote
Itemised, fixed, before tools come out
Local property age, climate, water chemistry and infrastructure all influence what fails and how often. Here's what we see in Birmingham.
Birmingham's mains supply is among the harder in the region. Combi heat exchangers can fail inside seven years without scale management — descaling, mid-system inhibitor regimes and replacement scale-reducers on the cold feed all extend life dramatically.
Many pre-1970 properties still have lead between the highway stopcock and the kitchen tap. We don't replace the highway side, but we survey the internal side and quote for full plastic replacement back to the meter where the budget allows.
Quite a bit of Birmingham's housing stock was plumbed with 8mm microbore in the 70s. Modern high-output combis throttle on it; we identify, price honestly, and partial-upgrade key runs rather than throwing the whole system out.
Many inner-ring properties have been chopped into HMOs over the years, with multiple kitchens and bathrooms stacked oddly. Gas-flue clearances and condensate routing in these conversions need real planning — not a quick fitting job.
Speak to a real engineer — not a script. We confirm scope, ETA and whether we can quote on the call.
We diagnose the actual fault on the actual property, not the symptom you described over the phone.
Itemised. Fixed. Sent before tools come out of the van. No 'while I'm here' surprises.
Dust sheets, boot covers, full clean-up. We leave the property as we found it — except fixed.
Walk-through with you on completion. Photos and paperwork emailed across after every job.
Anything not covered? Call 07385 732137 — no obligation.
Call now for same-day response across B1–B47 (selected), or request a written quote and we'll come back fast.
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