Cheltenham Plumber and Heating Engineers
Need a Cheltenham plumbing and heating firm that knows period properties as well as new builds, gives you a clear fixed price, and shows up when promised? That’s what we’ve been doing across the town for over fifteen years.
Priority One Plumbing is based in Churchdown, around twenty minutes from Cheltenham town centre. We’re Gas Safe registered, City & Guilds qualified, OFTEC accredited and Worcester Bosch accredited installers. Our engineers cover everything from small plumbing repairs through to full central heating designs, on domestic and commercial properties across Cheltenham and the surrounding villages.
Plumbing & Heating Services We Offer in Cheltenham
Here is a breakdown of what services we cover. Our main services have their own pages for more details
- Boiler Installation: Combi, system and regular boiler swaps, replacements and conversions. Worcester Bosch, Vaillant and Ideal accredited.
- Air Source Heat Pump Installations: Full design, install and aftercare, with the £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant available for eligible homeowners.
- Underfloor Heating: Wet and electric systems, new builds and retrofit, low profile overlays.
- Boiler Servicing and Repairs: Annual servicing, breakdown work and manufacturer warranty servicing.
- Central Heating Systems: Full design, installation and upgrades. New radiators, pipework and smart controls.
- Power Flushing: Removes sludge from older systems and protects new boilers.
- Hot Water Cylinders: Megaflo and other unvented cylinders, immersion heaters, pump replacements.
- General Plumbing: Leaks, taps, toilet repairs, overflows, washing machine and dishwasher fits.
- Burst Pipes: First-fix and full pipe replacement.
Local Knowledge for Cheltenham Properties
Cheltenham property comes in plenty of shapes and sizes and the right approach changes a lot depending on what you’re starting with.
The Regency and Victorian properties through Montpellier, Lansdown, Pittville, Tivoli and the central conservation areas are often the most rewarding to work on but the most complex. Suspended timber floors, sash windows, listed status, planning constraints. We’ve worked on plenty of these and we know the practical limits.
The interwar and post war stock through Charlton Kings, Hatherley, Up Hatherley, Warden Hill, Benhall, Battledown and Prestbury tends to be more straightforward. Cavity walls, modest insulation upgrades, standard heating swaps.
The newer estates around Leckhampton, Springbank and the edges of town often have heat pumps, underfloor heating or unvented hot water cylinders already in place. We service and extend these systems regularly.
A few things to know if your home is in central Cheltenham:
- Listed building consent applies to plenty of properties. External flue relocations and outdoor heat pump units may need it.
- Conservation area rules can also apply to external alterations.
- Older mains water pressure can be patchy in some Pittville and Lansdown areas, which affects what type of boiler and cylinder will work well.
Areas we Cover Around Cheltenham
We work across GL50 to GL53, throughout Cheltenham, from Prestbury to Leckhhampton, and the surrounding villages. We also cover Gloucester and Tewkesbury
Our Accreditations and What They Mean
Heating and gas work is regulated for good reason, and the wrong qualifications mean the wrong kind of cover when something goes wrong. What we hold:
- Gas Safe registered. This is required by law for any gas work in the UK.
- OFTEC accredited. This is required for oil installations and servicing, which matters for off-grid Gloucestershire properties.
- City & Guilds qualified. We hold plumbing and heating qualifications across the team.
- Worcester Bosch accredited installer. Which lets us register the extended manufacturer guarantee; up to twelve years on the Greenstar range.
- Trust a Trader member. Independently verified reviews from local customers.
- Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MSC). This ensures compliance with the UK quality standards for installers of small scale renewable technologies, such as heat pumps.
How we Quote and What we Charge
For small jobs (a leak, a tap, a service) we’ll usually give you a price over the phone and a straight time-and-materials quote when we arrive. For anything bigger we send an engineer out to survey the property properly. No phone-quote nonsense for boiler installs, heat pumps or bathroom refits, because the right price depends on what we actually see.
You’ll get a written quote with the parts, model numbers, scope, controls and warranty length all spelled out. If anything changes mid-job (it sometimes does on older properties), we’ll talk to you before doing the work, not after. No surprise extras at the end
Why Cheltenham Homeowners Choose Priority One Plumbing
We’re a local firm, not a national chain. The engineer who quotes the job is the engineer who fits it. You get: a proper survey before any non-trivial quote, a fixed price written down, engineers who arrive on time, put dust sheets down, take boots off and are polite. We service what we fit and we’ll remind you when annual servicing is due, which keeps the manufacturer guarantee valid.
For a free no obligation survey or quote at your Cheltenham home or bsuiness property, get in touch or call us on 07727 015 843. Or browse the full range of services we offer across Gloucestershire.
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