Find My Local Expert How Big of a Water Tank Should I Get for My Home? At a time when the environment—specifically our impact on it—is on everyone’s mind, many people are looking for more environmentally-friendly ways of running their household. The most obvious examples of this are solar power and better insulation, but water …
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Find My Local Expert The ECO Scheme: Free Storage Heaters The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is a government energy efficiency scheme with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and tackling fuel poverty throughout Great Britain. The scheme has been in effect since 2013, seeing multiple amendments since then. Heating is obviously a major concern in …
Find My Local Expert Should I Remove My Chimney? Most bungalows, detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses in the UK have a chimney. And, given that semi-detached houses alone are the most common type of home in the UK, this means that most homes in the UK have a chimney. But do they need one? It …
Find My Local Expert Baxi Boiler Problems: Diverter Valve Combi boilers provide the ultimate combination of convenience and effectiveness for hot water and central heating. Allowing home and business owners to do away with large water tanks and expensive immersion heaters while still having almost instant hot water when needed, they are especially useful in …
Find My Local Expert Who to Call When Your Appliances Stops Working Having an appliance stop working is an understandable frustration, especially when it’s an appliance that you use a lot or that is important to your day-to-day life, such as a washing machine or refrigerator. You will understandably want to get the problem remedied …
Find My Local Expert What should you do if there’s a leak in your home? Finding a water leak in your home is always going to be a concerning event, and one of the worst things about it is the more you know about water leaks, the more worrying it becomes. Living in blissful ignorance …
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Find My Local Expert Is It Safe to Walk On a Flat Roof? When it comes to working on a roof—whether it be the roof itself or something else up there, like a vent, or chimney—most of us are happy to leave it to the professionals. It’s not unusual for a homeowner to break the …
Find My Local Expert Do You Need a Roof Inspection After a Roof Replacement? Having a roof replaced is a major undertaking and not one that home and business owners take lightly. The roof of a building is not just a means of keeping the weather out, but also a structural component that can be …
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Find My Local Expert When Does a Chimney Need Repointing? Your chimney is important for obvious reasons—keeping the exhaust gasses (or smoke if you have an open fire) from clogging up your home and lungs when you have your fire on. Beyond that, your chimney—specifically those parts of your chimney that are exposed to the …
Find My Local Expert How to Avoid Circuit Overloads Electrical systems can be quite scary when you are not qualified or knowledgeable in how they work. This is not just because an electrical shock from a standard household circuit can be very uncomfortable at best, fatal at worst, but also because it is often difficult …
