Plumbing & Heating in Kenton

For a leak, a blockage or a cylinder that has stopped behaving, EliteShires Property Services sends plumbers out across Kenton from £60 per hour, with the first hour as the minimum. Emergencies are answered the same day within working hours. Our base is at 6 Station Parade on Kenton Lane, which puts most of Kenton, South Kenton and the Northwick Park side within a short trip. Before any work starts we give you either a fixed price or an honest estimate of the hours, and larger jobs such as a bathroom refit are quoted against a written specification. If the water is already coming through a ceiling, phone 0203 667 1333 rather than sending an email.

Why do so many Kenton leaks start in the extension?

Very few Kenton kitchens and bathrooms are where the builders put them in the 1930s. Over the decades they have been moved into rear extensions, knocked through or relocated upstairs, and the pipework was extended and rerouted each time. Those joins between old and new runs, often hidden under floors or behind tiling, are where most of the leaks and pressure problems we see actually begin. A kitchen that has moved to the back of the house may be fed through a long run that loses pressure on the way, and a bathroom that went upstairs may depend on a waste route that was never quite right. Finding a hidden leak is usually the bulk of the job, which is why we charge by time for diagnosis rather than quoting a flat fee and revising it later. Once we know the cause, we explain it before going further.

Looking after a conventional system with a cylinder

Kenton has plenty of houses on conventional boilers with a hot water cylinder, and often a cold water tank in the loft. That setup has more parts to go wrong than a combi: immersion heaters, pumps, motorised valves, ball valves in the tank and the cylinder itself. Lukewarm water, radiators that stay cold at the top and a tank that keeps overflowing are all typical calls. We handle that wet-side work as ordinary plumbing, and anything on the gas side is done under our Gas Safe registration. When a cylinder has reached the end of its life and started to weep, replacing it is usually better value than a series of repairs. We will tell you if we think that is where you are, and equally if a cheap fix will keep it going for years yet.

What to do before we reach you

Find the stopcock now, before you need it. In a lot of Kenton houses it sits under the kitchen sink, but after an extension it may have been moved or boxed in, so check. In a serious leak, shutting off the incoming water does more good than anything else until a plumber arrives. If water is near electrical fittings, keep clear of them. When you call, tell us exactly what is happening and where. We give our emergency rate on the phone rather than surprising you with it on the invoice, and if we cannot reach you within a useful time we say so straight away so you can try someone else. Kenton is the area nearest to our office, which makes a same-day visit more likely here than anywhere else we cover.

Bathroom refits and landlord work

Replacing a bathroom in a 1930s house often means dealing with old pipe sizes, awkward waste routes and floors that are no longer level. We quote a fixed price against a written specification, so you know what is included, what is not and what would count as an extra before anything is removed. For landlords between tenancies, we go through the taps, traps, seals, radiators, cylinder and pressure in one visit and give you a single list with a single price, which we can combine with the gas and electrical certificates so the house is repaired and certified together. Photographs of the finished work come with the invoice, which is useful if you manage the property from a distance or need to show a new tenant what has been done.

What is included

• Leak detection and repair
• Taps, mixers, WCs, cisterns and waste traps
• Blockages to sinks, baths, showers and toilets
• Radiators, valves, pumps and cylinder work
• Full bathroom installation and replacement
• Outside taps, isolation valves and stopcock replacement

How booking works

1. Describe what is happening. If it is an emergency, call rather than email
2. We give you a price or an hourly rate and an honest estimate of the hours
3. We attend, diagnose, and tell you what we have found before doing more
4. Larger work is quoted as a fixed price against a written specification
5. You get the work done, tested, and the area left clean

What you end up with: The problem actually fixed rather than patched, a price agreed before the work starts, and an honest view on whether a repair or a replacement is the better spend.

Why people trust us in Kenton

• Gas work, electrical inspection and energy assessment carried out under the relevant registrations, ask to see the card
• Every price confirmed before we attend, and not revised afterwards
• Coded observations quoted line by line, so you can take the work elsewhere
• A time slot rather than a morning-or-afternoon window
• Work photographed before and after, and reported
• We tell you when you do not need something we sell

We are building a review profile under this name and would rather show you none than borrow someone else's. Ask us for references from landlords in Kenton and we will put you in touch.

More in Kenton

• EPC Certificates in Kenton: From £75
• EICR Certificates in Kenton: From £120
• Gas Safety Certificates in Kenton: From £70
• Electricians in Kenton: From £60 per hour
• Handyman Services in Kenton: From £45 per hour
• Property Maintenance in Kenton: Per job or monthly account

The full guide to this service is on our plumbing page, and everything we cover locally is on the Kenton page.