Boiler servicing in Truro
We service gas, oil and LPG boilers across Truro, and issue landlord gas safety certificates. A proper service takes time — if someone has been in and out of your house in fifteen minutes, you have not had one.
- TR1 · TR3 · TR4 and surrounding villages
- Fixed price agreed before we start
Why boiler servicing in Truro is its own job
Truro is the county's commercial centre and the place most of Cornwall passes through, so it is where we are based and where we can usually get to you quickest. The city packs an unusual amount of variety into a small area: Georgian merchant houses on Lemon Street, flats carved out of the floors above the shops on Boscawen Street, and sprawling modern estates out at Threemilestone and Highertown.
The property here
Central Truro is dominated by Georgian and Victorian townhouses, a great many of them listed or in the conservation area, and a large number since divided into flats and offices. Original pipework runs in awkward places and rarely where the drawings suggest. Out at Highertown, Threemilestone and Gloweth the stock flips to post-war and modern estate housing with conventional layouts and, increasingly, first-generation combis now old enough to need replacing.
What catches people out in Truro
The city-centre flat conversions are the ones that catch people out. A leak on a second-floor bathroom above a shop does not stay a second-floor problem — it becomes three businesses' problem within the hour, and access has to be arranged with people who are trading. We plan those jobs around the building rather than just the flat. Truro also sits where the Kenwyn and the Allen meet before the tidal Truro River, so the lower-lying parts of the city have a genuine history of water where it shouldn't be.
Boiler servicing in Truro — what actually matters
Servicing in flats and conversions
Where an appliance sits in a cupboard in a converted building, ventilation and flue integrity are the checks that matter most, because both are easy to compromise during a conversion and neither is visible day to day.
Servicing in older listed property
Where a flue has been threaded through a historic structure, the annual check on its condition and seals is doing more work than it would in a modern house. It is the part of the service we would never rush in a building like this.
What we find in terraced houses
Long flue runs and boilers tucked behind kitchen units make a proper service slower here, and that is exactly why the quick version misses things. If someone has serviced yours in fifteen minutes, they did not see the parts that matter.
Servicing an ageing system
On older estate systems the service is also the annual opportunity to check system water quality and expansion vessel charge. Both quietly determine whether the boiler reaches its expected life, and neither shows up until it is expensive.
What we cover
- Full annual boiler service, gas, oil or LPG
- Landlord gas safety certificates (CP12)
- Combustion analysis and flue gas readings
- Gas tightness and working pressure checks
- Seals, electrodes and condensate trap inspection
- Heat exchanger and burner cleaning
- System pressure and expansion vessel check
- Written report with the readings on it
Signs you need us
It has been over twelve months
Almost every manufacturer warranty requires annual servicing documented by a registered engineer. Miss a year and you may have quietly lost the cover you paid for.
You are a landlord
A gas safety check on every gas appliance is a legal requirement every twelve months, and you must give the tenant a copy. This one is not optional.
You have just bought the house
You have no idea what the previous owner did or did not do. A service and a set of readings gives you a baseline and occasionally saves you from an expensive surprise.
It is going into a winter of hard use
Servicing in late summer or early autumn is both cheaper and easier to book than discovering the problem during the first cold snap along with everyone else.
How it works
- 1
Visual and safety inspection
Appliance, flue, ventilation and pipework, including the parts that are awkward to see.
- 2
Strip and clean
Burner, heat exchanger and condensate trap cleaned properly rather than wiped.
- 3
Combustion analysis
Actual flue gas readings taken with a calibrated analyser and recorded. If someone did not put a probe in your flue, they did not service your boiler.
- 4
Written report
You get the readings, the condition, and anything worth watching — not just a sticker.
What it costs
Servicing is a fixed price, confirmed when you book. Where there is more than one appliance at the same property on the same visit we price that sensibly rather than charging twice over.
Mains gas in Truro
Truro is well served by mains gas across the city and the main suburbs, though outlying villages towards Chacewater and Shortlanesend can be a mixed picture.
Where we work around Truro
TR1, TR3, TR4 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 Truro Cathedral, Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske, Lemon Quay? That is well within our normal patch.
Everything else we do in Truro
Plumbers in Truro
Leaks, taps, toilets, tanks, pipework and everything else that carries water around a house.
Read moreEmergency plumbing in Truro
Burst pipes, major leaks, no water and no heat — answered out of hours, every day of the year.
Read moreBoiler repair in Truro
Fault-finding and repair on gas, oil and LPG boilers — diagnosis first, parts second.
Read moreBoiler installation in Truro
New boilers and full replacements, sized properly to the house rather than to the old one.
Read moreBathrooms in Truro
Complete bathroom installations, managed start to finish by the people doing the plumbing.
Read moreCentral heating in Truro
Radiators, pipework, power flushing, controls and full system installations.
Read moreBoiler servicing in Truro — 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 should a boiler service take?
Around an hour for a thorough job on a typical appliance. A fifteen-minute visit with no analyser is not a service, whatever the invoice says.
What is a CP12?
The landlord gas safety record. It covers every gas appliance in the property, is required annually by law, and must be given to the tenant within 28 days.
Do oil boilers need servicing too?
More than gas ones, in practice. Oil appliances accumulate soot and their nozzles and filters need annual replacement — skipping it is the main cause of oil breakdowns.
Can you service a boiler you did not install?
Yes, any make and any installer. We will tell you honestly what condition we find it in.
Do you cover the villages around Truro as well as the town?
Yes — Highertown, Threemilestone, Gloweth, Malpas, Kenwyn, Newbridge, Shortlanesend, Chacewater and Playing Place are all part of our normal Truro 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 Truro?
We are based on the Truro side of the county, so city callouts are typically the fastest response we offer.
We also cover, close to Truro
Need boiler servicing in Truro?
Send us the details and someone who knows Truro will ring you back. We will tell you honestly whether you need us, what it is likely to involve, and what it will cost.