Limescale

Limescale Damage Prevention

Many areas around Gloucestershire suffer from hard water. This can be very damaging for the appliances in the property. At first thoughts you may think of the limescale in your kettle, but it can build up in your boiler and water cylinder too.

Limescale build up in your boiler can be quite detrimental and result in costly bills to replace damaged parts. With limescale, prevention is key. When we install new boilers, we fit a limescale reducing device as standard. It is a requirement from most boiler manufacturers now. However, a limescale reducing device can be fitted at any point. If you know your property suffers from hard water or you have recently had a part on your boiler replaced due to limescale build up, give our office a call and we can give you a quote to install a limescale reducer to your system.

Combimate

The main limescale reducing device which we recommend, and install is, Combimate by Cistermiser. Combimate is a small unit that is plumbed straight into the mains cold water supply in your house. The water runs through the unit and through the Combiphos balls. Combiphos is a food-grade polyphosphate compound that prevents the formation of limescale build up in your hot water system. This coats the inside of the pipes, or any metal surface that the hot water comes into contact with, in a thin protective layer. This acts as a barrier to protect it from any limescale build up. When plumbed directly into the mains cold water supply your whole hot water system is protected giving you piece of mind. Combiphos balls are required to be changed each year, if this is missed it may result in limescale damage.

For more information on Combimate visit their website.

Nailsworth Case Study

We were called to a property in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire as the tenants were claiming they were only getting half a bath of hot water. After investigation we found that the hot water cylinder was full of limescale build up leaving only a small space in the tank for the water to heat up. Unfortunately, the hot water cylinder could not be repaired or saved so a new cylinder needed to be fitted. Nailsworth has extremely hard water and this is a very common issue in these areas, but these problems can be prevented. To help reduce the amount of limescale within a water system and protect the new hot water cylinder, we installed a Combimate limescale reducing device. We plumbed the Combimate directly into the mains cold water supply so the whole property would be protected.

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Client Reviews

Our showers were installed badly by cowboy builders, which we have been trying to get sorted out for 3 years. Over this time period, we had 5 different plumbers over including boiler engineers and British Gas and nobody could work out what to do. Matt Pullin, from Kerry Maintenance came over to inspect the situation, and we were rather sceptical when he said he knew exactly what was wrong and diagnosed the issues quickly. He came back the following week and completely sorted it out. Now, we have two hotel-like showers with fantastic flow and are totally thrilled. Matt is a plumbing legend!

Dipti

Stroud

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Antonia

Stroud

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Andy

Stroud

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Caroline

Nailsworth

Annette on the phone was friendly and clear about their schedule, and I soon had a boiler service with Andy who was great; very friendly, communicative, picked up a few faults and explained them to me on the certificate. I was given a quote for repairs and not pushed to choose them, but I did; a week or so later Andy was back and did a great job again. Recommended.

Alex

Stroud

Many thanks to Matt and Marly for their persistence in sorting a problem that has defeated or been ignored by other engineers for years. Competent, polite, punctual, tidy and above all, effective – what more can one ask?

Gary

Minchinhampton

Matt came to fit the boiler. He was friendly, polite and efficient and gave an excellent service. He was methodical cleaned before and after the work was completed. I can’t fault him in anyway. Went through the system with me, programmed my timer. Amazing!!! Can’t praise him enough. Scott came out to to authorise the boiler installations and to run checks to make sure everything was working all ok. Overall a very professional company Highly recommended.

Margaret

Chalford

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Dave

Leonard Stanley

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Gloucester

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Stroud

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