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How to Prevent Blocked Drains

Blocked drains are a nightmare. It may sound obvious, but one of the best ways to prevent blocked drains is to be careful about what you put down them! Substances such as cooking grease, coffee grounds, hair and soap scum are some of the worst things for your drains. It is commonly known that allowing food waste […]

Customers Get Smart About Smart Controls

In recent years, smart controls have gone from strength to strength. Not only growing in popularity with installers, who are quickly training themselves to understand this new wave of technology, but also with the general public who are becoming much more aware of the advantages that this technology brings. Smart heating controls are wired up to […]

Installing a Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm

As gas engineers we are ideally placed to be part of the fight against carbon monoxide poisoning by installing a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm. CO alarms play a vital part in combatting this issue but it needs to go hand in hand with raising awareness. The new regulations regarding CO alarms state that all private […]

CO Safety Regulations

On October 1st Parliament approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015. This means that it is the duty of every private landlord to ensure there is a working smoke alarm fitted on every floor of their residential properties and a CO alarm in every room that contains a solid fuel-burning device. The […]

How To Use Your Thermostat Correctly

By allowing you to cut back on heating costs while you are away from home, your programmable thermostat is a proven energy saver. Despite this, they will not start saving you money until you use your thermostat correctly. Research suggests that more than 60% of UK homes are making at least one basic error with their thermostat, which […]