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Heating advice, without the sales pitch
Short, specific answers to the things Bristol homeowners actually ring us about. If something on here saves you a call out fee, that is the point.
How much should a new boiler cost in Bristol in 2026?
We quoted the same three bedroom terrace against seven other Bristol firms. The spread was £1,940. Here is what the difference actually buys you, and where it does not buy you anything at all.
Sam Ozturk
Radiators cold at the top: what it is, and what it should cost to fix
Cold at the top is air. Cold at the bottom is sludge. They are completely different problems with completely different bills, and plenty of people get sold the expensive one when they needed the free one.
Kaz Nowak
What a boiler service actually includes, and what a fifteen minute one misses
A proper service takes about an hour and involves taking the front off. If somebody was in and out of your house in fifteen minutes, you did not have a service, you had a visual check.
Marek Sobczak
Should you get a heat pump in a Bristol terrace? Usually not yet
We are qualified to fit them and we turn down more heat pump enquiries than we accept. Here is the honest version of when a Victorian terrace is ready for one and when it is not.
Beth Coles
Landlord gas safety certificates: what you need, when, and what happens if it lapses
The rules are simpler than most letting agents make them sound. Twelve months, every gas appliance, a copy to the tenant within 28 days. The expensive part is what happens when you are late.
Marek Sobczak
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The Bristol Boiler Price Guide 2026
What eight Bristol installers actually quoted for the same job, and the six things that move your price.
- The same three bedroom terrace, quoted by eight local firms, with every number printed
- Six things that legitimately change your price, and four that are just margin
- The nine questions worth asking before you sign anything
- What a ten year guarantee actually covers, and what voids it
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