At a glance
- Postcode
- WA9
- From Matthew's base
- About 3 miles, around 10 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 Thatto Heath
Thatto Heath straddles WA9 and WA10, and we cover both, 24/7, every day of the year. You deal with Matthew Birchall, our Gas Safe registered engineer (number 653634), from the phone call to the finished job.
Loft tanks and combi conversions
Lots of homes here are older terraces, with post-war housing too. Many terraces still run a gravity-fed system: a cold tank in the loft, a cylinder in a cupboard and pipework patched over the decades. That means weak showers, slow-filling cisterns and, sooner or later, a leaking tank.
Converting to a combi is one of our most common jobs here. It clears out the tank and cylinder, frees up a cupboard and gives you hot water at mains pressure. Matthew checks the mains pressure and flow first. A straight combi swap takes about a day, and a full conversion from gravity-fed takes two to three. We also repair most makes, do yearly servicing, fit gas cookers and hobs, and install new combi boilers along with system and conventional models.
A combi conversion and a new bathroom fit well together, since both involve the same pipework. We fit bathrooms with tiling, showers and wet rooms, and in a terrace that often means making a small room work hard.
Landlords and CP12 checks
A lot of terraces here are rented out, and every landlord needs a gas safety check once a year. Matthew carries out the check and issues the record, usually called a CP12. If you have several houses, we can line the checks up so they fall due together. Our landlord gas safety certificate page explains the rules.
Emergency plumber in Thatto Heath
In a terrace, water from a burst pipe can travel next door, so act fast. Turn off the stopcock, switch off electrics near the leak and catch the water where you can. Then ring 07759 813431, and our emergency plumber service will take it from there. If the leak is on the public side of your boundary stop tap, it's for United Utilities.
Older terraces also see plenty of small faults: dripping taps, cisterns that run on, toilets that rock on a tired floor and leaking waste pipes. If the pipework under the sink is a tangle of old repairs, Matthew can tidy it up. The price is agreed before any work starts.
Nearby areas
We work across Sutton, Rainhill and Peasley Cross.
Thatto Heath on the map
We cover all of Thatto Heath (WA9) and the streets around it.