Boiler repair in Croydon

Boiler repair in Croydon

• Newer boilers bolted onto original system pipework
• Recurring faults caused by sludge in an old circuit
• Power flushing where a repair alone will not hold

Croydon’s 1930s semis and estates still hold a fair number of back boilers, fitted behind a gas fire in the front room when central heating first arrived. They can often be repaired, but some of their parts are no longer made, so the first job is finding out whether the part exists. Houses that have moved on usually have a combi in the kitchen or a system boiler with the cylinder kept upstairs. Above the shops in the town centre, the converted flats mostly run a compact combi in a cupboard, sometimes with a flue out through a flat roof or a shared rear wall, which brings the freeholder in if anything external has to change. The towers are another matter again, with communal plant that is the building’s responsibility. Croydon water is hard, so combis here scale up on their hot water heat exchanger. Suburban streets generally have room outside; near the centre it is car parks and loading bays.