Let’s Fix Group Ltd installs boilers across Putney, surveying the system and the flue route before specifying the appliance. Call and arrange for one of our expert boiler installers to see the property.
A boiler swap can be done in a morning or done properly, and the difference is not the appliance. It is whether anybody looked at the system first: the pipework, the flue route, the gas supply and the state of the water already in the circuit.
The Quick Answer
- Gas Safe registered engineers, the firm's own, with the installation notified and certified.
- A survey before a price, so the quotation matches the property rather than a list.
- Fixed pricing confirmed before work starts, stating exactly what is included.
- The system is flushed and treated so the new appliance is not hung on old sludge.
- Heating and hot water back on the same day on the great majority of straight swaps.
- A 10-year guarantee on installations, parts and labour, and the business is fully insured.
David Prince heads a team of expert heating engineers across London and the South East, and the same people answer as the emergency plumber services Putney households ring when an old boiler finally gives out mid-winter.
Call Let’s Fix Group Ltd and arrange for one of our expert boiler installers to have the property surveyed before anything is quoted.
New Boiler Installation
There are two ways to buy a boiler. One is to pick an appliance off a list and have it hung where the old one was. The other is to have the system it is going onto looked at first, and then choose the appliance that suits it.
The first is quicker and it is why so many new boilers underperform inside two years. A modern condensing appliance hung on a circuit full of magnetite will lose its heat exchanger to the sludge the old boiler left behind, and the badge on the front will not save it.
The second is what happens here. The system is assessed, the existing pipework and flue route are checked, and the appliance is specified to the property rather than to a price list. Installation work carries a 10-year guarantee on parts and labour, and the business is fully insured.
Call Let's Fix Group Ltd for a boiler installation in Putney that starts with a survey of the system rather than a price off a list.
Gas Safe Compliance and Certification for Putney Homes
Every gas installation is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer, and the Gas Safe Register is where you can confirm that for any firm before work begins, including this one.
A compliant installation ends with more than a working boiler. The appliance is commissioned to the manufacturer’s figures, the gas rate and combustion readings are taken and recorded, and the installation is notified so the certificate reaches you rather than sitting in a van.
That paperwork is what a warranty claim, a house sale or a tenancy renewal turns on later. It is worth having correctly the first time, because reconstructing it afterwards is not always possible.
Installation Process and Survey
The survey
Someone sees the property before anything is quoted. Where the appliance sits, where the flue can legally terminate, what the gas supply pipe can actually carry, how many radiators are on the circuit and what condition the system water is in.
The quotation
The price is fixed and confirmed before the work starts, and it says what is included: the appliance, the removal of the old one, the flue, the controls, the system treatment and the making good. A figure that leaves those unstated is not a quotation.
The day itself
This is the part people dread, so it gets planned rather than discovered. You are told which day, the water and gas are off for part of it rather than all of it, dust sheets go down before tools come out, and the old appliance leaves with the engineer.
Commissioning and handover
The system is flushed and treated, the appliance is commissioned to its figures, the controls are set to the way the household actually lives, and you are shown how to work it before anyone leaves. Heating and hot water are back on the same day in the great majority of straight swaps.
Call Let's Fix Group Ltd for a boiler installation in Putney that starts with a survey of the system rather than a price off a list.
Boiler Installation and Replacement
Not every tired boiler needs replacing, and saying so costs us a sale often enough to be worth saying. A diverter valve, a fan or a board on an appliance with years left in it is a repair.
The honest tipping point is a third repair on an ageing appliance, a part that is no longer made, or an efficiency loss you can see on the bills. At that point replacement is the cheaper answer over any reasonable horizon, and it gets put to you with the numbers rather than the sales patter.
Whether you need a boiler installation in Putney or a boiler service in Putney once it is in, the same team handles both, and the servicing that keeps the warranty valid does not get handed to a stranger. Whether you need a boiler installation in Putney or gas engineer in Putney work on another appliance entirely, it is one call.
Boiler Types and System Options
A combi suits a property with one bathroom and a household that does not run two showers at once. It takes the cylinder and the tanks out, which is why it is popular in Putney’s converted flats where the airing cupboard is worth more as storage.
A system boiler with an unvented cylinder suits the larger houses here, and much of Putney is exactly that: substantial Victorian and Edwardian villas, and detached Arts and Crafts houses in West Putney built mainly between 1895 and 1905. Three bathrooms fed by a combi is the most common specification mistake made in these properties.
A regular boiler stays where a property has a working gravity system, a listed constraint, or pipework that would cost more to convert than the conversion is worth. From Putney to Wandsworth, the same team covers the patch, a boiler installation in Wandsworth included, and the recommendation follows the building rather than the catalogue.
Call Let's Fix Group Ltd for a boiler installation in Putney that starts with a survey of the system rather than a price off a list.
Boiler Installation in Putney: Your Questions Answered
How much does it cost to install a new boiler?
It depends on the appliance, the flue route, whether the system is being converted and what condition the existing pipework is in, which is why nothing is quoted before someone has seen it. After the survey the price is fixed and confirmed in writing before the work starts, and it states what is included.
Do you need access to all radiators when fitting a new boiler?
For a proper flush and for balancing afterwards, yes, ideally. Each radiator needs to be reached to be bled and balanced, and a circuit that has not been cleaned properly is the single most common reason a new boiler underperforms. If one radiator is boxed in, say so at the survey rather than on the day.
Can a combi boiler cope with a large Putney house?
Often not, and this is where the local stock matters. Putney has substantial Victorian and Edwardian villas and detached Arts and Crafts houses in West Putney built mainly between 1895 and 1905, and putting a combi on three bathrooms in one of those is the specification mistake we are called back to fix most often. A system boiler with an unvented cylinder is usually the right answer there.
How much does it cost to install a new boiler?
It depends on the appliance, the flue route, whether the system is being converted and what condition the existing pipework is in, which is why nothing is quoted before someone has seen it. After the survey the price is fixed and confirmed in writing before the work starts, and it states what is included.
Do you need access to all radiators when fitting a new boiler?
For a proper flush and for balancing afterwards, yes, ideally. Each radiator needs to be reached to be bled and balanced, and a circuit that has not been cleaned properly is the single most common reason a new boiler underperforms. If one radiator is boxed in, say so at the survey rather than on the day.
Can a combi boiler cope with a large Putney house?
Often not, and this is where the local stock matters. Putney has substantial Victorian and Edwardian villas and detached Arts and Crafts houses in West Putney built mainly between 1895 and 1905, and putting a combi on three bathrooms in one of those is the specification mistake we are called back to fix most often. A system boiler with an unvented cylinder is usually the right answer there.
