Boiler Installations in Consett

We remove it and make good, which frees up the airing cupboard. It is worth deciding in advance what you want that space to become, because the pipework can often be tidied back further while the walls are already open.

The split is roughly terraced steelworkers’ housing around Blackhill, Delves Lane and Leadgate in the older streets and later estates on and around the former works site and toward Castleside further out. Consett sits at around 250 metres, which is high for this region, and it holds frost longer than the coast does. A condensate pipe run externally in 22mm plastic is the single most common reason a modern boiler locks out on a cold morning here, so we terminate internally where we can and use insulated 32mm where we cannot.

It comes down to how much hot water the household needs at once and what the incoming mains can actually deliver. A combi suits most one bathroom homes. If two showers may run together, or the mains flow rate is low, a system boiler with an unvented cylinder usually gives a better result. We measure flow and pressure before recommending either.

Yes. Alongside Consett we regularly carry out boiler installation in Durham, Gateshead, Prudhoe and across the wider North East, so a job just outside the town boundary is not a problem.

That is Durham County Council. In practice the boiler itself is notified through the Gas Safe Register by us rather than applied for through the council, and you get a Building Regulations compliance certificate. Consent only really enters the picture when the property is listed or in a conservation area and a flue terminal would be visible on a principal elevation.

Northumbrian Water supplies this area largely from upland reservoirs, and the water that reaches you is soft. That is genuinely good news for a combi boiler, because the plate heat exchanger that makes your hot water is the part most vulnerable to scale, and soft water leaves very little of it. It does not make a scale reducer pointless, but it does mean we will rarely push one on you here. Northumbrian Water publishes hardness by postcode if you want to confirm your own supply.

Yes. We can fit compatible smart thermostats such as Hive or Nest, or the manufacturer specific controls that come with your boiler, as part of the installation.

Yes. We offer flexible finance options so the cost of a new boiler can be spread over monthly payments, subject to status. The details are on our finance page and we will go through them with you before you commit to anything.

Yes. All of our engineers are Gas Safe registered under Gas Safe Register number 957995, fully insured, and experienced across the major boiler brands.

Yes, the whole town, Blackhill, Delves Lane, Leadgate, Medomsley Road included. Winter access on the higher streets can be affected by weather, and we would rather move a date than rush a job at height in poor conditions.