Plumber & Boiler Engineer in Evington

Evington homes and common issues

Evington's a mix of solid 1930s semis and detached houses off Evington Road and Downing Drive, plus older Victorian terraces nearer Evington village and the church. There are also newer estates towards Evington Valley and Spencefield Lane built from the 1980s onwards. That means we're working across everything from original cast iron radiators and cupboard-tucked back boilers in the older places, to combi boilers in the newer builds that are due their first proper service. Plenty of the semis still have the airing cupboard cylinder setup from when they were converted from gravity fed systems, which is usually the first thing worth checking when a boiler starts playing up.

• Older Victorian terraces near the village often have narrow pipe runs and original cast iron radiators, so we see a fair bit of sludge build up and cold spots that need a power flush
• 1930s semis with converted gravity fed systems can develop airlocks and pump issues once the old cylinder setup starts to age
• Newer combi installs on the Evington Valley estates tend to call us out for pressure drops and the odd faulty valve once they're a few years in
• Homes backing onto Evington Park see more external pipe freezing in winter given the exposed rear gardens, so lagging and stopcock checks are worth doing before the cold snap

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