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General Plumbing Services

TM Hughes & Son offers a full range of plumbing maintenance, installation services and emergencies. Your plumbing system works hard day after day, year after year, supplying water and removing waste, and as such, parts wear out, blockages occur, and upgrades are required.

Our services cover all your general plumbing needs. Leaking taps and toilets are quite common, and if left alone, cause irritation and even damage. A plumber can come around and rectify any minor issues you have with your plumbing system. We carry lots of parts in stock and can usually repair leaking taps, toilets and showers Swiftly. We can instantly detect any hidden Leaks you might also have.

Our plumbers undertake all types of plumbing installations, whether that be replacement taps, toilets, water tanks or a full bathroom installation. Give us a call if you would like a free estimate, or we can visit you and provide a free no-obligation quote.

Our plumbers are on hand 24/7 to deal with plumbing emergencies in all forms, such as burst pipes, leaking toilets or blocked drains. In the event of a plumbing emergency, you need someone who’ll be there quickly. We have a few plumbers on the TM Hughes team based around Essex so that a Plumber can be with you in no time at all.

New Boilers

TM Hughes & Son Heating Engineers have been installing boilers in Essex for over 25 years. A new boiler is a big purchase, it’s essential the correct one for your home, and your requirements are fitted by an experienced gas safe registered engineer.

Boilers become less energy efficient over time and become more prone to breakdown, sometimes to the point where they’re beyond repair or unsafe to run, so they are condemned.

If you have an old boiler and are thinking about a replacement or need a new boiler urgently, we can help you. We can take your old boiler out and put a new one in its place to work with your existing central heating system.

Want to change your boiler type? We can make the necessary upgrades, so a different type of boiler will work with your current central heating system.

Want a brand new installation? We can completely strip out the whole system and install a brand new boiler and central heating system.

Our heating engineers work with all types of boiler, system combi or regular and all fuel types whether that be gas, electric or LPG.

We are a Worcester Bosch accredited company, but we fit all other makes of boiler as well. Engineers are available to come out to undertake a boiler survey and provide you with a free no-obligation quote.

Boiler Repair

Boiler repairs are always inconvenient. They never happen at a good time. When your boiler breaks down, you want it back up and running as quickly as possible, especially in winter, the most common time of year for boilers to break down, when they’re working at the hardest. We repair all types of boiler for both domestic properties and businesses.

Give us a call we’ll have a gas safe registered engineer with you ASAP. Our experienced engineers have fixed all types of boilers over the years. There isn’t a repair we can’t do.

Faulty boilers can sometimes still run before breaking down. If you suspect a fault with your boiler, don’t leave it until your boiler breaks down. Get it looked at, or give us a call, and we might be able to diagnose the fault over the phone.

Common faults include, boiler keeps switching off, broken heat exchangers (loud noises will occur ), pilot light keeps blowing out (a sign of a broken thermocouple) and frozen pipes (when the condensate pipe freezes and stops the boiler, a typical winter problem)

An inspection and some testing will quickly diagnose the fault with your boiler. We hold many parts in stock, and if we don’t have the parts, we can usually acquire them on the same day. Rest assured, you won’t be without a boiler for very long. A boiler repair service includes no call-out charges.

Powerflushing

Powerflushing is the ultimate central heating maintenance removing any sludge (debris) built up in your system. It’s best to undertake a power flush if your system is clogged or before a new boiler installation.

Over the years, rust and debris come away from the inside of radiators and pipes. The debris gets pumped around the system, with the water eventually settling and building up in the pipes and radiators.

After a few years, this build-up will prevent your central heating system from working properly. It’s akin to having mud in the radiators. You’ll know when your radiators only get hot in the middle and top, or the top only — the bottoms filled with sludge preventing the radiator from getting hot.

Bad for your central heating system and bad for your boiler. Loose debris can get lodged in internal boiler components, causing failure.

Power flushing will remedy this. Chemicals are pumped through your system continuously, and dirty water’s removed. This is repeated until the system is clear of sludge. Once were’s satisfied, the systems clear, clean water’s added along with an inhibitor. This process will keep your system clean for a long time.

The result? Full heat output from your radiators, better energy efficiency, lower energy bills, and boiler breakdown protection.

Gas Fire Servicing

For Gas fire safety and energy efficiency, it’s a good idea to get your fire serviced annually (before it goes on for winter at the end of autumn is ideal). If you’re a landlord and your property has a gas fire, then you required by law to have your gas fire inspected every year (see gas safety inspections for more information).

A service makes sure that your gas fires safe with the minimal risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and is energy efficient. Our engineer’s service all types of gas fires which include open-fronted, high efficiency, and outset gas fires. All flue types are covered, which include brick, chimneys, prefabricated flues and precast flues.

During the fire service, we’ll clean the fire assembly remove all the components (including the pipes, catalyst, burner units and more) and give them a thorough clean also. The fire’s put back together.

The gas supplies turned back on. The pressures tested, the chimneys inspected, and then a ventilation test is performed. Once we’re satisfied the fire is working properly, a service record’s written.

Please note we only service gas fires. Unfortunately, we don’t offer gas fire repair.