This was the computer aided design (CAD) of a local bathroom when it looked like this.
Here is a gallery of the work in progress and the finished bathroom.
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Old bathroom suites
Graham Allchin is a long serving local plumber based in Godmanchester. When I asked him “how long have you been doing this for then Graham” it kick started a story about his apprenticeship, the lads he started working with and a bathroom tradefair for which Graham still had a brochure from a company plugging it’s new bathroom suites to young, fashionable plumbers & Graham.
Have a look at the front cover of the brochure!
The great thing about this was choice Graham told me because you could choose from a great range of colours for your new bathroom suite! Have a look…
Thank goodness Grahams latest bathroom re-fits look a bit more like this…
BiG | Business in Godmanchester
Graham Allchin Plumbing & Heating Ltd. are now on BiG.
BiG | Business in Godmanchester is an online directory with info on businesses in Godmanchester on one easy to use website, designed to help you support our local business. You’ll find the website at www.businessingodmanchester.co.uk
If you know the name of the Godmanchester business you are looking for, you’ll find it below. If you don’t know the name of the business, click here and browse by category.
- Ace Cabs
- Alex Whiteley Design
- Bellmans Bakery
- B.C. Searle & Son
- Bill Moore – Electrician
- Cambridge Computers
- Cambridge Weight Plan
- Campbell McCrae Architectural Services
- Centre for Complimentary Health
- Cheeky Monkey Designs
- Cinta Restaurant
- Clarence House Day Nurseries
- Clifford’s Chemist
- Comrades Club
- Co-op
- Crazy Glazy Ceramic Cafe
- Creative Counsellor – Debra Pulford
- Daffodil Children’s Centre
- Donna Renate Hairdressing
- Drive With Clive
- Eco Heating Services
- Envirotank Herts Ltd
- Ethnic Origins
- Exhibition Golf Society
- First Class Learning
- First Strokes Swimming
- Flameboyant
- Flourish Massage & Maternity Therapy
- Four Seasons Beauty
- Frank Plater Electrical
- Gatehouse Estates – Estate Agency
- Gatehouse Estates – Letting Agency
- GBS Cleaning Services
- Godmanchester Baptist Church
- Godmanchester Osteopathic Practice
- Godmanchester Picture Framing
- Godmanchester Community Primary School
- Graham Allchin Plumbing & Heating
- Great Ouse Ferry
- Hand Crafted by Paula
- Hunts Oven Cleaning
- Huntingdon Performance Tyres
- Images Hair
- Inner Sanctum Training Gym
- Jack & Jill Preschool
- Jigsaw Commincations
- JWH Property Services
- J.S.W Carpentry
- Kumon Study Centre
- Leef Services – Gardening
- M411EYS web design
- Monkey Tree Hosting Ltd.
- Moore Electrical
- My Friend Magazine
- One Stop
- Planet Spice
- Riverside Fish & Chips
- Riverside Hair Design
- RJ McMorran
- Rocking Horse Nursery
- Roman Gate Doctor’s Surgery
- Simplic-IT | Digital World Solutions
- SJS Property Services
- Spowart Wines
- St Anne’s CofE Primary School
- St. Mary’s Church of England
- Stanjay Sports & Trophies
- Stop That Leak plumbing
- T&S Thomas Butchers
- T. D Smith Builders
- The Barber Shoppe
- The Black Bull Pub
- The Exhibition Pub
- The GMC Ironing Shop
- The White Hart Pub
- Thelma’s Flowers
- WagzandWhiskers
Energy Performance Certificates
For a few years now all houses being sold and let must have a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), this is a document showing the energy efficiency of a residential property and the assessment is carried out by a qualified Domestic Energy Assessor.
If you’ve never seen a full EPC – click here to have a look at one
You will see on an EPC recomendations on how you can save money and many of these relate to the heating system or heating controls within the home.
If you would like to chat to an energy assessor or you need an EPC, talk to Phillip at Gatehouse Estates in Godmanchester on 01480 434290.
If you have any questions relating to the actual cost of adding thermostatic radiator valves, solar water heating or would like a quote for a new condesing boiler then please give me a call. You can certainly save money in some cases but it’s not always cost effective.
Play golf for Macmillan
For several years Graham Allchin Plumbing & Heating Ltd. have sponsored the annual Exhibition Golf Society Charity Day in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
If you like to play of enter a team into this years event which takes place on June 14th at Mezies Golf Club in Cambridge then please visit the EGS website for more information, contact details and an entry form.
www.exhibitiongolfsociety.co.uk
Need a new boiler?
Time will come sadly for you to replace your boiler either in your home or a property you let and either way you can almost guarantee your existing one will pack up on a cold Friday evening in February…
Rest assured I’ll do everything I can to get you up & running without the need for a new one before I even suggest it but sometimes the spare parts required for a fix include very expensive computer circuitry and digital components and I’d be doing a disservice a boiler is simply better replaced.
There are many merits to a new boiler, they are super efficient now compared to an old back boiler or 15 year old combi, so you’ll save a fortune in gas. I can get them with great manufacturers warranties so reliability is assured, a necessity if you have a young family or the property is let out.
Firstly you need a ‘Gas Safe’ engineer, I have been registered for years, firstly with CORGI and now with Gas Safe. Secondly you need a reliable installer and that starts with them sourcing you a good new boiler. Like everything there are cheap end products which will make a quote very reasonable but if the boiler doesn’t last or the warranty is short then it may be a false economy.
If you need a new boiler and you’d like some help then please call me.
Photo gallery of work done
I’ve uploaded some examples of recent work…
(click on the photos for a close up)
Here I stripped out the old dated shower room and re-fitted & tiled their new one.
A new central heating system with a ‘band A’ condensing boiler.
A new bathroom with bath, shower cubicle & built in units.
I’m an experienced plumber
I am qualified and experienced to help with a wide range of plumbing & heating jobs including the following:
- Annual gas boiler maintenance, safety checks & services
- Repairs to Gas boilers, hot water cylinders, immersion heaters & pipework.
- Compulsory Landlord gas safety inspections, CO testing & certification.
- New installations of boilers, water cylinders, cookers, hobs & gas fires.
- Fitting of new bathroom, cloakroom & shower rooms from start to finish.
Basically if you need someone qualified, insured and experienced and you’d like a job doing well for a fair price then please call me.
New Shower Installation
Here are some photos of a recent shower room re-fit.
What is ‘Gas Safe’?
GAS SAFE IS THE OFFICIAL REGISTER FOR GAS SAFETY
Gas Safe is the official list of gas engineers who are registered to work safely and legally on boilers, cookers, fires and all other gas appliances.
Gas Safe Register is the official gas registration body for the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Guernsey, appointed by the relevant Health and Safety Authority for each area. By law all gas engineers must be on the Gas Safe Register.
Gas Safe Register replaced CORGI as the gas registration body in Great Britain and Isle of Man on 1 April 2009 and Northern Ireland and Guernsey on 1 April 2010.
What does Gas Safe Register do?
The main focus of the Register is on improving and maintaining gas safety to the highest standards. We make sure all gas engineers on the Register, over 125,000, are qualified to work with gas.
We work to protect the public from unsafe gas work through;
- a dedicated national investigations team tracking down individuals working illegally
- regular inspections of Gas Safe registered engineers
- educating consumers and raising awareness of gas safety
- investigating reports of unsafe gas work
Gas Safe Register is here to help keep you and your family safe.
Find out more here: www.gassaferegister.co.uk/about/what_is_gas_safe_register.aspx
