10 Steps to Ensuring Your Home Plumbing is Safe
Ensuring the safety and reliability of your home’s plumbing system involves more than just preventing occasional leaks; it’s critical for maintaining the health of your household and protecting your property from significant water damage. Below are comprehensive practices and precautions to help keep your plumbing system in excellent condition. Understand Your Plumbing System The journey […]
How To Save Money On Your Heating
Top Tips for Saving Money on Your Heating Bills: A Guide for UK Homeowners As energy prices continue to rise, many UK homeowners are seeking effective ways to reduce their heating bills without compromising comfort. With the winter months upon us, it’s essential to keep your home warm while managing energy costs effectively. At Heat-Tec, […]
5 Home Heating Myths That Could Be Pushing Up Your Winter Bills
Home Heating Myths From Heat-Tec With the winter well and truly here, it can be tempting to draw the curtains, turn up the thermostat and reminisce about the sunnier and warmer times. Keeping warm inside a house away from the elements may sound easy, but you’ll be surprised; most people have no idea how to […]
How To Clear Trapped Air In A Heating System
When your heating system starts emitting unusual noises, takes an extended time to heat up, or if radiators exhibit cold patches, it’s possible that you are encountering issues with trapped air. This air can significantly diminish the efficiency of your heating system and subsequently lead to higher energy costs. Thankfully, the procedure to eliminate this […]
Gas and Heating Engineers Are Britain’s Most Trusted Tradespeople
A recent study by HomeServe found that gas and heating engineers are the nation’s most trustworthy tradespeople, with more than one if five UK homeowners choosing them as their tradespeople of choice. The poll concluded with gas and heating engineers coming out in first place, this was followed by electricians, plumbers, painters and decorators, landscape […]
6 Reasons to Get Your Boiler Serviced Annually
Why Should You Get Your Boiler Serviced? Boiler servicing is something that is often forgotten about or ignored by those who think that problems won’t occur (or at least hope they won’t). The issue with that is if you don’t have your boiler serviced on an annual basis, you could be leaving yourself open to […]
Baxi Highlights the Danger of CO Poisoning
The Importance of Gas Safety: Protecting Against Carbon Monoxide Poisoning A recently carried out survey has released figures which have shown that there has been a 10% rise in suspected carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings in the UK. Baxi, one of the leading UK boiler manufacturers, is championing the importance of gas safety for homes and […]
5 Reasons Plumbers are called out
What Is A Plumbing Emergency? At Heat-Tec, our team of plumbers and professionals are always getting called out on different jobs for various problems. Not all these are plumbing emergencies and to help see which jobs are most used, we’ve come up with 5 common reasons why plumbers are called out. Plumbing Problems Over the […]
Bathroom & Toilet Adaptations
Understanding the Need for Adaptations In our daily lives, we often take for granted the ease with which we access essential facilities, such as using a toilet or taking a shower. For thousands of elderly and disabled individuals in the UK, accessing these facilities can pose significant challenges. Simple tasks like using the toilet can […]
Hard and Soft Water Explained
Many people hear the term hard and soft water and simply don’t understand what it means or what the difference is between them. As a professional plumber, we have compiled a handy list of answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about hard and soft water. What’s the Difference Between Hard and Soft […]
