At a glance
- Postcode
- WA11
- From Matthew's base
- About 5 miles, around 15 minutes by road*
- Emergency callouts
- 24 hours, every day
- Gas Safe number
- 653634
*Estimated drive from Windle, St Helens on quiet roads. This is not an arrival time. Call for Matthew's availability.
Plumber in Rainford, WA11
We cover Rainford and the lanes around it in WA11, with emergency callouts 24/7, every day of the year. The engineer is Matthew Birchall, Gas Safe registered (number 653634). He answers the phone and does the work himself.
Day to day, that's dripping taps, toilets that run on, worn cistern parts and appliances to plumb in, alongside boilers, heating and bathrooms.
Bigger homes and older cottages
Rainford's bigger detached homes often have two or three bathrooms. That's where a system boiler with an unvented cylinder usually beats a combi, because it can feed two showers at once at mains pressure. Matthew checks the boiler and cylinder can keep up before a new bathroom goes in.
Older cottages often had heating and plumbing added in stages, so pipe runs can be awkward and hidden. Matthew takes care around old fittings so a small repair doesn't become a big one, and plans new pipe runs to disturb as little floor and wall as possible.
Some outlying properties are off the gas grid. We work on gas systems, not oil or LPG, but we can still help with the plumbing side: radiators, cylinders, leaks and bathrooms.
Frozen pipes and emergencies
Exposed homes on the edge of the village feel the cold first. In a hard frost, pipes in outbuildings, garages and lofts can freeze and split, and the leak often only shows when it thaws. Boiler condensate pipes running outside can freeze too, which locks the boiler out.
If a pipe has burst, turn off the stopcock, open the cold taps to drain the system and keep electrics away from the water. Then ring 07759 813431. Our burst pipe and leak repair service runs around the clock. If the leak is on the public side of your boundary stop tap, United Utilities fix it.
Boilers, heating and bathrooms
Only a Gas Safe registered engineer can legally work on gas appliances. We repair most makes, do annual servicing, fit gas cookers and hobs, and install new boilers. New boilers come with the manufacturer's standard warranty, which needs registering, and most warranties need a yearly service to stay valid. We also upgrade central heating, swap radiators, fit modern controls, and fit full bathrooms, showers and wet rooms with tiling.
Nearby areas
We regularly work in Windle, Moss Bank and Billinge.
Rainford on the map
We cover all of Rainford (WA11) and the streets around it.