8 Plumbing Checks That Could Save You a Fortune Finding your dream house is an exciting helter-skelter journey to a new life. Buying it can feel like trudging through sludge. So why is the Simply Plumbing team adding yet another check list to work through? Because knowing how to check plumbing when buying a house …
How to Prepare Your Home for Winter After an unseasonably warm Autumn, the temperatures are starting to drop as the start of Winter approaches. In Bedfordshire we generally manage to avoid the extremes of the winter weather, but it only takes one icy night for unprotected pipes to freeze. Now’s the time to take precautions, …
How to Deal With a Leaking Ceiling Water coming through the ceiling is a sight no-one wants to have to deal with. It’s scary – especially if you find you’re paddling through puddles on your floor – and it’s not easy to decide what to do, and how to manage the situation. Which is where …
5 Types of Plumbing Emergencies Sometimes it’s difficult to know what is considered a plumbing emergency, as opposed to something that can be dealt with in the next couple of days. It may be tempting to persuade yourself that a problem can be dealt with ‘in normal hours’ but in some situations delaying your call …
Bleeding Your Radiator Ensures Efficient Heating As we face a winter of high energy bills, it’s important to know that your heating system is working efficiently on your behalf, because this will lower your usage, and your bills. Knowing how to bleed a radiator allows you to carry out a simple maintenance over the autumn. …
How to Make Your Plumbing More Eco-Friendly It’s been a long, dry summer and many areas of Britain are now experiencing drought conditions for the first time in 40 years. Hosepipe restrictions aren’t in force across Bedfordshire at the moment, but the focus on water shortages has made many people consider how they can save …
Guide to Fixing a Leaking Shower Leaks of any kind need to be nipped in the bud, because – if left – they can cause serious damage to your home. With a leaking shower, it’s not always the case that you need a professional plumber to solve the problem if you catch it early. We …
How to Choose a Shower – 4 Professional Tips The Simply Plumbing team fits a lot of showers in Luton and South Bedfordshire. Many of our customers are looking for a sustainable alternative to their bath – a 5-minute shower uses a third of the water required for a soak. Others are future-planning their home …
Small Bathroom Ideas – 6 Tips to Increase Space & Light Are you sick of having a bathroom that feels more like a cubby hole? It’s a complaint that we hear over and over from our Luton customers. They know space is limited but want us to come up with some ideas for maximising the …
Top 5 DIY Plumbing Mistakes – And How to Avoid Them Easter’s coming up, it’s the first Spring Bank Holiday of the Spring and the start of the DIY season! Just before you roll up your sleeves, though, take a look at the DIY plumbing mistakes the Simply Plumbing team encounter fairly regularly. DIY …
