Central Heating Installation in Acocks Green: Choosing a System
Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited, a family run plumbing and heating firm based in Sheldon, Birmingham, covers central heating installation in Acocks Green and across Birmingham and Solihull. A combi suits smaller homes, a system boiler with an unvented cylinder suits larger ones, and older conventional systems can often be upgraded.
Which heating system suits which house?
A combi boiler needs no tanks and fits a smaller household well. A system boiler with an unvented cylinder suits bigger homes with several bathrooms in use at once. Older houses often still have a conventional, tank fed system that can be converted.
Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited full installations include stripping out the old system, the new boiler and radiators, pipework, a chemical flush, inhibitor and a magnetic filter. Every system boiler service in Moseley is commissioned and comes with Building Regulations certification.
Is powerflushing a good option for central heating?
It is when the system is full of sludge: cold radiator bottoms, dark water from the bleed valve, or a noisy boiler. If the water is already clean, it adds nothing, so look for the signs before paying for one.
What should you do the moment a pipe bursts?
Turn the water off at the internal stop tap straight away. Where the leak is on the heating side, switch the boiler off as well, along with any electrical equipment near the water, if it is safe. Then ring for help.
Concealed leaks show up indirectly: a damp patch that appears suddenly, a stain on the ceiling, or the sound of running water with every tap off. Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited repairs split copper and plastic pipe, failed fittings and leaks under floors.
Why are only some of my radiators heating up?
Usually the system is out of balance, or sludge has settled in the radiators furthest from the boiler. Adjusting the lockshield valves, known as balancing, spreads the flow to the far radiators.
Unvented or gravity fed: which cylinder is which?
An unvented cylinder runs at mains pressure and needs no cold tank in the loft, which gives much stronger showers. Gravity fed systems depend on a loft tank and the drop below it.
An unvented cylinder should be serviced yearly, with its safety valves, expansion vessel and discharge checked. Cylinder installation, servicing and repair, unvented or gravity fed, is Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited work.
Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited works in Acocks Green and across Birmingham and Solihull, day or night. Call 07826 924452 for central heating installation.
Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Limited
83 Beechmore Rd, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 3AS, United Kingdom
Phone: 07826 924452
Website: afterglowheating.co.uk
A family run plumbing and heating business serving Birmingham and Solihull since 2009.