Boiler installation in Falmouth
We install and replace boilers throughout Falmouth. The important part happens before anything is fitted: working out what output the house actually needs, whether the existing pipework and radiators can carry it, and what the flue can lawfully do.
- TR11 · TR10 and surrounding villages
- Fixed price agreed before we start
Why boiler installation in Falmouth is its own job
Falmouth runs down a series of steep hills to one of the deepest natural harbours in the world, and the town has two quite separate plumbing economies going on at once. There is the resident and marine trade around the docks and Penryn, and there is the enormous student and holiday rental market that the university has built up over the past twenty years.
The property here
Victorian and Edwardian terraces make up much of the town, a very large share of them now converted to shared houses and flats. Many are three and four storeys, built into the hillside, with the bathroom at the top and the boiler somewhere improbable. Out towards Mylor, Flushing and Maenporth you get detached and coastal property with a different set of problems again.
What catches people out in Falmouth
Two things define Falmouth work. First, the shared houses: a combi sized for a family simply cannot supply six students who all want a shower between eight and nine, and we spend a lot of time correcting undersized systems and issuing landlord gas safety certificates to deadline. Second, the salt. Properties facing the water lose flue terminals, external condensate runs and exposed copper years earlier than an inland equivalent, and it is worth siting new work with that in mind rather than discovering it in five years.
Boiler installation in Falmouth — what actually matters
Sizing for shared houses
Six people and one combi does not work, whatever the boiler brochure claims about litres per minute. Shared houses usually need a system boiler and a properly sized cylinder, and getting that right removes most of the tenant complaints at a stroke.
Specifying for salt exposure
On an exposed coastal plot, flue terminal position, condensate routing and the choice of external materials matter far more than they would inland. Getting that right at installation is the difference between a boiler that lasts its life and one that corrodes early.
Replacements in terraced houses
Moving a boiler in a terrace is often the right call — out of the kitchen, shorter flue, better pipe routes — and it is nearly always the option nobody mentions. It costs more on the day and pays back in efficiency and in never having to work around it again.
Siting near the water
Within sight of the water, where the flue terminal goes matters as much as which boiler you buy. Put it on the weather side and it will corrode years early; put it thoughtfully and the same appliance lasts its designed life.
What we cover
- Combi, system and heat-only boiler installation
- Like-for-like replacement and full system conversions
- Room-by-room heat loss calculation before specification
- Back boiler removal and conversion
- Oil and LPG boiler installation as well as mains gas
- Unvented hot water cylinder installation
- System flushing and filter fitting as standard
- Building control notification and warranty registration
How it works
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Survey — in person
We look at the house, the pipework, the radiators, the flue route and the gas supply. A boiler cannot be specified properly from a web form and we do not pretend otherwise.
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Heat loss calculation
Room by room, so the boiler and the radiators are sized to the building. This is the step that gets skipped, and it is the step that determines your running costs for the next fifteen years.
- 3
A fixed written quote
Itemised, with the appliance named and the warranty stated. No pressure, and it stays valid long enough for you to think about it.
- 4
Installation
Typically one to two days for a straight replacement, longer for a conversion. Dust sheets, and the heating back on the same evening wherever possible.
- 5
Handover and registration
We commission it, show you how it works, register the warranty and notify building control. You get the paperwork before we leave.
What it costs
Every installation is quoted individually after a survey, at a fixed price. We do not publish a price list for boilers because a number without a survey behind it is a number that changes on the day — which is precisely the practice that gives this trade its reputation.
Mains gas in Falmouth
Falmouth and Penryn have good mains gas coverage; the outlying villages towards Constantine and Mawnan Smith are more variable.
Where we work around Falmouth
TR11, TR10 and the villages around them. These are the places we are in most weeks — if yours is not listed, it does not mean we do not cover it.
Near Pendennis Castle, Falmouth Docks, National Maritime Museum Cornwall? That is well within our normal patch.
Everything else we do in Falmouth
Plumbers in Falmouth
Leaks, taps, toilets, tanks, pipework and everything else that carries water around a house.
Read moreEmergency plumbing in Falmouth
Burst pipes, major leaks, no water and no heat — answered out of hours, every day of the year.
Read moreBoiler repair in Falmouth
Fault-finding and repair on gas, oil and LPG boilers — diagnosis first, parts second.
Read moreBoiler servicing in Falmouth
Annual servicing and landlord gas safety certificates — the full check, not a five-minute glance.
Read moreBathrooms in Falmouth
Complete bathroom installations, managed start to finish by the people doing the plumbing.
Read moreCentral heating in Falmouth
Radiators, pipework, power flushing, controls and full system installations.
Read moreBoiler installation in Falmouth — your questions
If yours is not here, send us the form and ask. We would rather spend five minutes answering a question than have you book something you did not need.
How long does a boiler installation take?
A straightforward like-for-like swap is usually a day, sometimes two. Moving the boiler, converting from a back boiler, or changing system type takes longer and we will tell you honestly at quote stage.
Do I need a magnetic filter?
Yes, and we fit one as standard. Most manufacturer warranties now require one, and it is the cheapest thing you can do to protect the heat exchanger.
Should I switch to a combi?
Not always. Combis suit smaller properties with one bathroom and good mains pressure. If you have two bathrooms, poor incoming pressure or several people showering at once, a system boiler and cylinder is usually the better answer — and plenty of firms will sell you the combi anyway.
What about a heat pump instead?
For an off-grid property currently on oil or LPG, a heat pump is genuinely worth modelling. For a solid-walled granite cottage with no insulation, it usually is not, yet. We will give you a straight answer rather than a sales pitch either way.
Do you cover the villages around Falmouth as well as the town?
Yes — Penryn, Flushing, Mylor Bridge, Budock Water, Swanpool, Maenporth, Constantine and Mabe Burnthouse are all part of our normal Falmouth patch, along with the smaller places between them. If you are not sure whether we reach you, send the form and ask.
How quickly can you get to Falmouth?
A straightforward run down from Truro on the A39. Parking in the town centre is the constraint, not the distance.
We also cover, close to Falmouth
Need boiler installation in Falmouth?
Send us the details and someone who knows Falmouth will ring you back. We will tell you honestly whether you need us, what it is likely to involve, and what it will cost.