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Honest, jargon-free guidance on the plumbing and heating problems we get called out to most.

2 September 2026 · 5 min read

What home air conditioning really costs to install and run

Split system, multi-room or heat pump? Here is how the choice affects the install price and your electricity bill.

26 August 2026 · 4 min read

Rubber cabling, a fuse board with wire fuses and warm sockets are all telling you the same thing.

18 August 2026 · 6 min read

Renovations go wrong when the sequence goes wrong. Here is how we phase a full property refurbishment.

12 August 2026 · 4 min read

A pressure gauge that keeps dropping below 1 bar is telling you something. Here's what we check first on Sussex call-outs.

28 July 2026 · 5 min read

Strip out, first fix, tiling, second fix. Knowing the sequence makes a bathroom project far less stressful.

9 July 2026 · 3 min read

Cold at the bottom, hot at the top, and a boiler that runs constantly. Here's what sludge does to a heating system.

21 June 2026 · 3 min read

If you let a property in Sussex with any gas appliance, an annual CP12 is a legal requirement. Here's the short version.

3 June 2026 · 4 min read

Damp patches, a ticking water meter, unexplained warm spots. Tracing a leak is about elimination, not guesswork.

15 May 2026 · 3 min read

A twenty minute check in September saves a no-heat emergency in December. Do these before the first cold snap.

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