Boiler installation in Reepham
A boiler replacement in Reepham is as likely to be oil as gas, and in the old centre it is as much about where a flue can legally terminate as about the boiler itself
Reepham in short
- From base
- About 25 minutes — travel included
- Covering
- Reepham NR10, Whitwell, Salle, Cawston Road
- Fuel
- Gas and oil, both replaced
- Oil replacements
- Registered by an OFTEC registered engineer
- Gas work
- Certified by a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Old centre
- Flue termination checked before anything is quoted
Off the gas grid, so the question is oil first
Plenty of properties around Reepham are nowhere near a gas main, so a boiler replacement here starts with a different question from one in Norwich: is this staying on oil, and if so what condition is the tank in? A new oil boiler on a twenty-year-old single skin tank is money spent in the wrong order
Oil servicing and repair is done in-house. Installing or replacing an oil boiler or tank is notifiable under Building Regulations, so that part is registered by an OFTEC registered engineer under their own registration — the same arrangement as the gas work
Where there is a gas supply, the usual rules apply and it is a straightforward comparison. Where there is not, switching fuel is rarely the bargain people expect it to be, and we will do that sum with you rather than assume
Listed and period property in the old centre
In the old centre around the Market Place, where a flue can terminate and what can be chased into a wall is genuinely restricted. That is not a detail to discover after the boiler is ordered — it can decide which appliance is possible and where it can go
On a listed building there may be consent to consider as well. We will tell you when that is the case rather than quietly drilling through something that should not be drilled, and the survey is where it gets settled
Hard water is the other Reepham constant. Norfolk water scales a plate heat exchanger quickly, and on a combi the classic symptom is hot water that runs warm then cold. A scale reducer on a new installation is cheap and it is worth doing here
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