Bo'ness Heating and Boiler Repair Services

Often not without consent. Anything visible from the public road on a listed building or within the conservation area is likely to need permission first. The practical answer is normally a terminal on a rear or gable elevation, and that gets worked out with you before an appliance is ordered.

It affects the outside parts rather than the appliance itself. External flue terminals, condensate pipes and exposed fittings on shore facing elevations corrode faster in salt laden air. Ask for those to be looked at closely when the boiler is serviced, and mention any rust staining you have spotted.

It is a consideration rather than a problem. Some of the stepped terraces have no vehicle access at the door and a long carry up steps, which changes how long the job takes. Give us the street when you call so nobody arrives unprepared.

An appliance sized to the actual heat loss, radiators sized to each room rather than to whatever fitted the alcove, and controls that let you shut down rooms you are not using. Solid stone walls take longer to warm and hold heat once warm, so steady running beats short blasts.

There are minimum distances a flue terminal must keep from openings, boundaries and neighbouring windows. In the tightly built terraces here that is often the thing that decides where the appliance can go at all, and it is settled on the survey rather than on the day of the fit.

Yes, though it means running a new gas leg from the meter to the appliance, correctly sized for the load. That run and its route are part of the price, so where the meter sits is one of the first things we look at.

Once every twelve months is what manufacturers ask for and what insurers expect. On a coastal property there is a second reason: the external components take far more weather here, and a yearly look catches corrosion while it is still cosmetic.

A condensing boiler produces slightly acidic water that has to drain away. If that pipe runs outside up a cold, exposed elevation it can freeze and shut the appliance down. Run internally where possible, and upsized and lagged where it cannot be, it stops being a winter problem.

Yes. Floor standing units in older property usually vent into an existing chimney, so replacing one means dealing with that flue and forming a new terminal for the modern appliance. It is a bigger job than a wall hung swap and it gets priced as one.

If it smells of gas, turn the supply off at the meter, open windows, leave and call the National Gas Emergency number. If it is a burning or hot dust smell that has not cleared after the first run of the season, switch the heating off and ring 07449 567506 rather than running it and hoping.