Boiler repairs, servicing, new boilers, heating work and bathrooms for homes and landlords across the city.
Service Areas
Southampton
Local Experts
Heating engineers just up the road from the city
T P Watts Plumbing Services are plumbing and heating engineers based in Fair Oak, working across Southampton. We repair, service and replace boilers, put right heating that isn't working as it should, and fit complete bathrooms, in homes from Ocean Village waterfront flats to family houses in Bitterne.
The company was set up in 2004, and reviews from our customers go back to 2008. We're Gas Safe registered, on Checkatrade, members of Hampshire Buy With Confidence, and approved installers for Worcester Bosch and Baxi.
If you're weighing up who to call for plumbing in Southampton, the things our reviewers mention most are a final bill that matched the quote and a house left tidy at the end of each day.
Why This Area
How a port city shapes the job
Southampton fits very different homes into one city, and each kind asks something different of its boiler and pipework.
Near the waterfront and the docks, salt in the air wears on anything metal outside. Flue terminals, brackets and outside pipework corrode faster than they would inland, so at each service we look closely at them, and when we fit a new boiler we plan the flue and pipe runs with that in mind.
Inside the Old Town walls, many buildings are listed or sit in the conservation area. A new flue on a front wall, or a change to old pipework, can need consent. We look at the route at the survey and tell you if anything should be checked with the city council before work starts.
Around the university campuses, many houses are let to students or shared as HMOs. More people means more hot water, and when the boiler stops, a whole household is without heating. If you let a property, we can deal with your tenants directly to arrange access and keep you updated as the job goes on.
Our Services
What we do for Southampton homes
Boiler repairs: if your boiler has lost pressure, is showing a fault code or has stopped heating, we find the cause and tell you whether a repair is worth doing before we go ahead.
Boiler servicing: a yearly service keeps a gas boiler running safely and is usually needed to keep the manufacturer's warranty valid. If we replace a worn part, we show you the old one and explain why it needed changing.
Boiler installation: we replace combi, system and regular boilers and size the new one to your home. In a waterfront flat that often means a compact combi in the cupboard you already have. A larger family house with two bathrooms may be better served by a system boiler and a hot water cylinder.
Heating services: cold radiators, banging or gurgling pipes and rooms that never warm up. We trace the cause, then clean sludge out of the system, balance the radiators, replace them or upgrade your controls as the job needs.
Bathroom installation: complete bathrooms, en suites and shower rooms, from stripping out the old suite to the final fit. When the job needs them, we bring in a tiler, electrician and plasterer we work with regularly, so you only deal with one team.
We also work in towns across Hampshire. See all the areas we cover.
Common Challenges
Problems that come up in Southampton homes
Southampton's water is hard. Limescale builds up inside combi boilers, and you may hear a kettling or rumbling noise, or find the hot water runs hot, then cold. A scale reducer on the incoming mains helps protect a new boiler, and we can fit a water softener if you'd like one.
Some older houses still have a back boiler behind a gas fire. Parts for these are getting hard to find, so when one fails it's usually time to replace it with a modern boiler and take the old fire out.
On a modern boiler, the condensate pipe often runs down an outside wall, and in a cold snap it can freeze and stop the boiler. We route and insulate it to cut that risk, and we're happy to show you how to thaw one safely if it does happen.
Our Services in Southampton
Services Available
Got a boiler, heating or bathroom job in Southampton?
Tell us a little about the job and where you are in the city, and we'll book a time to come and look and give you a written price. We're open 8am to 5pm on weekdays and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays.