Heating and Electrical Advice 

If you let a property with gas appliances, the law requires an annual gas safety check by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Give the record to existing tenants within 28 days, to new tenants before they move in, and keep it two years. You can check up to two months early without losing your renewal date. That's the whole legal position in four sentences. The detail below is worth reading if you're new to letting, have just taken on another property, or have lost track of when y

For most homes, boiler size comes down to bathrooms rather than floor area. A one-bathroom house is usually fine on a 24 to 27kW combi. Two bathrooms point to 28 to 34kW. Three or more, or a house that runs two showers at once, usually needs a system boiler and a hot water cylinder instead. Bigger is not better. An oversized boiler costs more to buy, more to run, and cycles on and off in a way that shortens its life. It's one of the more common mistakes we're asked to put rig

A standard boiler swap takes one day. We generally arrive between 8 and 9, drain the system down, and your heating and hot water are off from roughly mid-morning until late afternoon. The old boiler goes with us, the room gets cleared up, and we run through the controls with you before we leave. If you've never had a boiler fitted before, the day itself is the bit nobody explains. You've agreed a price, booked a date, and now you're wondering whether you need to take the day

A new boiler in South East London and North Kent starts at £1,999 including VAT and fitting for a Glow-Worm Compact 24kw combi. Most straightforward swaps land between £1,999 and £2,819. The price goes up when the boiler moves position, when you're changing system type, or when the flue needs scaffolding. That's the short answer. Here's what sits behind it, so you can work out roughly where your own house is going to fall before anyone comes round. Why most boiler pages won't

Book your annual boiler service in late summer or early autumn, before the cold weather arrives. A yearly service keeps your boiler safe and efficient, protects the manufacturer's warranty, and catches small faults before they become winter breakdowns. Booking early means you get a date that suits you, not whatever's left once everyone else remembers. Every September, the same thing happens. People switch the heating on for the first time in months, something isn't right, and

Summer is the best time for a new boiler installation because engineers have more availability, you avoid the autumn rush, and you're not left without heat during a breakdown. Booking a boiler replacement in the warmer months means a calmer job, more time to choose the right unit, and a home that's ready before the cold arrives. Nobody thinks about their boiler in July. It's warm, the heating's off, and there are better things to spend money on. Then the first cold morning in