Emergency Plumber in Hemel Hempstead
In Hemel Hempstead, whole streets were built at the same time, so their pipes and cylinders tend to fail at the same time too. When yours does, call 07861 933265. We answer at any hour, there is no call-out fee, and HP1, HP2 and HP3 are usually reached within 60 minutes.
Do this first: Close the stopcock, usually under the kitchen sink. If the cylinder is leaking, switch off the immersion heater too. Keep clear of sockets and switches near the water. Smell gas? Ring 0800 111 999 straight away.
A post-war new town
Hemel Hempstead was built as a new town after the Second World War. Estates such as Adeyfield, Bennetts End and Grovehill went up between the 1950s and the 1970s to common designs, so the same faults appear street after street: original pipework at the end of its life, combis fitted onto pipes meant for a back boiler, and airing-cupboard cylinders full of scale.
The Old Town and Boxmoor
The Old Town and the streets around Boxmoor are older, with Georgian and Victorian houses, narrower access and the quirks of pipework added over a long time.
Hard water
The water is hard, as most water in the south-east is, so descaling and replacing immersion elements and cylinders are regular work across the town. Gardens near Gadebridge Park still have clay drains where roots get in.
Prices and nearby
£110 for the first hour and £45 per half hour after that, plus parts. No call-out fee. We also cover Adeyfield, Boxmoor and Leverstock Green, and nearby St Albans and Watford.
Hemel Hempstead at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- HP1
- HP2
- HP3
- Streets we often visit
- Marlowes
- Queensway
- St Johns Road
- Belswains Lane
- Leverstock Green Road
- Long Chaulden
- Warners End Road
- Adeyfield Road
- Alexandra Road
- Highfield Lane
- Cotterells
- Bury Road
- Chaulden Lane
- Northridge Way
- Midland Road
- Local landmarks
- Hemel Old Town
- The Marlowes
- Gadebridge Park
- Boxmoor
- Adeyfield
- Grovehill
Questions people ask
Our Adeyfield house has the same leak our neighbours had. Is that a coincidence?
Probably not. Hemel's new-town estates were built neighbourhood by neighbourhood with the same pipes, fittings and layouts, so the same parts wear out at about the same time along a street. If next door has had a joint or cylinder fail, yours is worth checking.
Why is our combi weak upstairs when it was supposed to be an upgrade?
Combis were often fitted where a back boiler and cylinder used to be, using the original pipework. Those pipes were sized for a gravity system and can be too narrow for mains-pressure hot water. Scale in the combi and valves makes it worse.
Our airing cupboard floor is wet. What should I check?
The joints and valves around the cylinder first, then the cylinder itself. Turn off the cold supply to the cylinder or the main stopcock, switch off the immersion heater, and call us.
What do you charge in Hemel Hempstead?
Nothing for coming out. £110 for the first hour, £45 per half hour after, plus parts, whatever the time.
Sources
- Hard water, Thames Water