Plumber in
Billericay

Billericay grew up in the 13th century along the High Street, on high ground between the rivers Crouch and Wid, and Georgian houses such as Burghstead Lodge still stand there. The railway arrived in 1889 on the line between Shenfield and Southend, but most of the housing around the centre and out towards Great Burstead is 20th century: semis, bungalows and a high share of detached houses. Across the town's three wards, about 37% of homes are detached and 82% are owner-occupied (Census 2021), against roughly 23% detached across England.

In the larger detached houses, two or more bathrooms often run from a system boiler and hot water cylinder, so a straight swap to a combi isn't always the right answer. Before quoting a boiler replacement or a new bathroom, we check the incoming mains flow and how many outlets need hot water at the same time, then talk through whether a combi, a system boiler or an unvented cylinder suits the house.

About nine in ten Billericay homes are heated by mains gas (Census 2021), and hard water, as across the rest of south Essex, leaves limescale in boilers, showers and taps. It's one of the first things we check on an underperforming system.