Plumber in Bishopston and Horfield

A common complaint in Bishopston is a weak shower. If you still have a loft tank and cylinder, the pressure at the shower depends on the height of the tank above the shower head, and in a terrace with a top floor bathroom that can be very little. The options are a shower pump, a switch to an unvented cylinder, or a combi. Each depends on your mains flow, which we measure first. Our guide to low water pressure in the shower covers the choices.

Scale makes it worse. Bristol Water's supply is moderately hard to very hard, and shower heads and thermostatic valves clog up over time.

If a pump is the answer, it has to suit the system. Pumps on a gravity system draw from the loft tank, so the tank must be big enough to feed the shower and refill in time. Pumps must not be connected straight to the mains supply.

In a rear wing layout, the bathroom sits straight over the kitchen. A failed bath seal, a leaking waste or a weeping toilet connector shows up as a brown ring on the kitchen ceiling. We trace the source, fix it and check the joists are sound. Getting it early saves the ceiling.

Gas appliances in rented homes need a safety check every 12 months by a Gas Safe registered engineer, with a copy for tenants, as the HSE sets out. Bristol City Council runs selective licensing in the Bishopston and Ashley Down ward and citywide licensing for many shared houses, as its licence types page explains. We can do gas safety checks and fix the plumbing faults that come up in tenant reports. Blocked drains in shared houses are another regular job, and whether the landlord or Wessex Water pays depends on where the blockage is.

Horfield, to the north, has more interwar and post war semis alongside its terraces. Those homes often have the boiler in the kitchen and the cylinder removed, but some still keep a loft tank. We check which system you have before recommending changes.