Your Local Plumbers, Heating Engineers & Boiler Installers

Bathroom Installation

Over the past 30 years, our team has fitted many new bathrooms and done many refurbishments around the county. Plumbers and heating engineers work closely with tilers and electricians to build your dream bathroom.

A bathroom fitter can visit your home anytime to discuss what you want regarding a new bathroom. Answer any questions and concerns and give you various options for a new bathroom installation or a refurbishment. Our bathroom fitter will write you a free, no-obligation quote at the end of the visit.

Careful planning ensures bathrooms are installed to a high standard. They will have the look you want and meet your needs. We’ll create any look you want. It can be a traditional bathroom suite with rounded edges and classic features. Or it can be a modern one with the latest fixtures and fittings.

Ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone tiles offer endless design options. Flooring can be tiled, vinyl, stone, engineered wood, or rubber.

Heat your new bathroom with radiators or underfloor heating and finish with furnishings and lighting. Our experienced bathroom fitter will make sure everything looks and works well. They will do so during the design, build, and everyday use.

New Boilers

TM Hughes & Son Heating Engineers have installed Boilers in Essex for over 30 years. A new boiler is a big purchase. So, it must be the right one for your home. It must be fitted by an experienced, gas-safe registered engineer and meet your requirements.

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

If you have an old boiler and are considering replacing it or need a new one urgently, we can help you. We can remove your old boiler and install a new one 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 new boiler and central heating system.

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

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

Boiler Repair

Boiler repairs are always inconvenient and never happen at a good time. When your boiler breaks, you want it fixed fast. This is especially true in winter when boilers most often break while working hard. We repair all types of boilers for both domestic properties and businesses.

Call us, and 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 it breaks down. Get it looked at, or call us, and we can diagnose the fault over the phone.

Common faults include the boiler switching off. Also, broken heat exchangers cause loud noises. The pilot light blowing out is a sign of a broken thermocouple. The last fault is frozen pipes. This happens when the condensate pipe freezes and stops the boiler, a common winter problem.

An inspection and some testing will quickly diagnose the fault with your boiler. We hold many parts in stock; if we don’t have them, 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

Power flushing 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 have accumulated on the insides of radiators and pipes. The debris is pumped around the system, and the water eventually settles and builds 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 are filled with sludge that stops the radiator from getting hot.

This is bad for your central heating system and your boiler. Loose debris can lodge in internal boiler components, causing failure.

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

The result? Your radiators will put out full heat. This will improve energy efficiency, lower energy bills, and prevent boiler breakdowns.

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 with a gas fire, you must inspect it yearly. This is required by law (see gas safety inspections for more information).

A service ensures that your gas fires are safe, with minimal risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, and energy efficient. Our engineers service all types of gas fires. This includes open-fronted, high-efficiency, and outset gas fires. All flue types, including brick, chimneys, prefabricated, and precast flues, are covered.

During the fire service, we’ll clean the fire assembly. We’ll remove all the parts, like the pipes, catalyst, and burner units. Then, we’ll give them a thorough clean. Then, the fire is put back together.

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

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