Gas Safe registered plumbing and heating contractors serving Romsey and the Test Valley. Boiler installations, system design, underfloor heating and more.
Romsey splits neatly into two kinds of work: period property in the town centre, and off gas grid heating in the Test Valley villages around it.
The conservation area around the Abbey and Church Street covers a good deal of Georgian and Victorian building, where flue positions and external pipework are constrained and solid walls cannot simply be chased. Work there needs planning around the fabric of the building. The modern estates on the edges of the town, including Abbotswood and Whitenap, are far more conventional and well suited to modern condensing systems.
Head a few miles out and mains gas disappears. Awbridge, Braishfield, Michelmersh, Lockerley and Sherfield English are largely off the grid, so oil and LPG dominate. With oil prices where they are, air source heat pumps are being asked about far more often than they were a couple of years ago.
An oil to heat pump conversion is not a like-for-like swap, and we are straight with people about that. Flow temperatures come down significantly, which normally means resizing radiators and replacing the cylinder. We carry out a heat loss survey first and set out exactly what would need to change, including the parts you might not want to hear.
We cover Romsey and the surrounding villages including Awbridge, Braishfield, Michelmersh, Lockerley, Sherfield English, Timsbury and Wellow.
Supply, installation and replacement with up to 10-year warranty
Full heating system design, layout and conversion
Modern radiators with precision soldered pipework
Wet systems for new builds, extensions and renovations
Renewable heating for energy-efficient homes
Frost-safe fittings with neat concealed pipework
"Joe is the most reliable, competent and dedicated plumber and heating engineer that we have used. His attention to detail with pipework and heating system installation is impressive."
"We were so impressed by the pipework that we decided to expose it as a feature. The great thing about Joe is the support he provides after the job."
"Joe works meticulously and always does a fantastic job. He offers reliable and sensible advice for your budget and we trust him wholeheartedly."
"Fantastic company! Friendly as well as doing a great job. Good to see a company happy to do the little jobs as well as the big ones."
Realistically oil, LPG or an air source heat pump. Awbridge, Braishfield, Michelmersh and Lockerley are largely off grid. Which option makes sense depends on how well the property holds heat and whether there is room for larger emitters, so we would survey before recommending anything.
Yes, but it is more involved than changing the heat source. Heat pumps run at much lower flow temperatures, so radiators usually need resizing and the cylinder normally needs replacing. We do the heat loss calculations first and show you the full scope before you commit.
Yes. Around the Abbey and Church Street there are constraints on flue terminals and external pipework on period and listed buildings. We factor that into the design and the quote rather than discovering it later.