If you take care of your heating system, it’s easier for it to also take care of you, keeping your house warm when you need it to. The water that travels around your home is a big, and very important, part of your heating system. So it makes sense that you should take care of […]
Plumbing
Help! My Boiler is Leaking Water – What Should I Do?
Whilst you can’t fix this yourself, there are a few things you can do to limit the damage caused by a leaking boiler. So, first things first – If your boiler is leaking: Switch off the water supply to stop the leak Turn off your heating so that water stops circulating around your heating system […]
How big should my boiler be?
When it comes to boilers, size really does matter. As consumers, it’s ingrained in us to always purchase the ‘biggest’ we can afford. But this logic doesn’t work when it comes to boiler size. There is no point in buying the biggest boiler for your buck, when it doesn’t match the pipework, radiators and demand […]
Can Hard Water Effect My Boiler?
Here in the UK we’re lucky that we can turn on a tap and get clean water, or switch on the shower and wash in clean, warm water. But whereabouts in the UK we live does affect the type of water we get through our pipes. Most people know that their area has either hard […]
Do I need a Plumber or a Heating Engineer?
The two roles can seem quite similar which explains the possible confusion. Let us help you! The roots of plumbing originate from Roman times! The word plumbum means “lead” in Latin and of course, plumbers in these times used to work with lead pipes. The modern plumber of course no longer works with lead. Today […]
New Apprentices Start at Aura Gas
THREE heating engineer new apprentices signed on at Aura Gas headquarters today in a working partnership with a building engineering services training firm based across Hampshire and Sussex. Aura Gas is pleased to welcome Simon, Callum, and Billy on gas and plumbing apprenticeships organised with Steve Willis Training Centres. The lads will be learning on […]
