Plumber in Croydon, Greater London

Mostly installations, larger repairs and emergencies. Croydon is around 35 to 40 minutes from our Crawley base depending on traffic, so that is the work we focus on here: new boilers, conversions from loft tanks, leak tracing, powerflushes and substantial repairs. Routine work such as a boiler service or a gas safety certificate is available in Croydon too, so ask if that is what you need.

Yes. We work across CR0, CR2, CR7 and CR8, including South Croydon, Purley, Sanderstead, Thornton Heath, Addiscombe, Selsdon, Shirley and New Addington, and out to Coulsdon. We come up from Crawley via the M23 and A23, and we have worked across the borough for years, from Victorian terraces to inter-war semis and new build flats around the centre.

Yes, and it is common work here. Many of the older terraces in Thornton Heath and Addiscombe still run conventional systems with loft tanks. We check the incoming water flow first, because a combi is only as good as the supply feeding it. A conversion usually takes two to three days, covering tank removal and pipework, and it is priced as one fixed figure before we start.

Often because of what is behind the walls. Decades of extensions and alterations to Croydon terraces mean one house can hold lead, copper and plastic pipe, each joined to the next with whatever fittings were to hand at the time. The joints where one material meets another are the usual weak point, so we trace the leak to its source before opening anything up, rather than guessing and cutting into the wrong wall.

Yes, emergencies are part of what we take on in Croydon. We are 35 to 40 minutes away depending on traffic, though, so we will not promise a fast arrival. Ring us and you will get a realistic time, based on the jobs already booked. Turn the water off at the main stopcock straight away, and if you smell gas, leave the property, touch no switches and call the National Gas Emergency Service on 0800 111 999.