My oil tank is old — does it need replacing alongside the boiler?

Not automatically, but we check the tank's age, material, and condition as part of any oil boiler quote. Steel tanks corrode from the inside and plastic tanks degrade with UV exposure over time; if we find cracking, rust weeping, or a missing bund we'll flag it, because a failed tank is a pollution and insurance risk, not just a heating one.

Can you look over a quote I've already had from another company?

Yes, this comes up often. Send or bring in the other written quote and we'll go through the spec — boiler size, controls, cylinder if included, and what's actually listed for parts and labour — and tell you plainly whether it looks right for the property, oversized, or missing something we'd expect to see.

Do you cover Bromham?

Yes. Bromham is 14 miles from our workshop at 24 Bristol Road, Radstock BA3 3EE, reached via the A342, and it's a regular part of our working area. We're Gas Safe and OFTEC registered, so we cover both mains gas and oil work out here without treating it as a special trip.

What's actually checked during an annual boiler service?

A service includes a visual and functional check of the boiler's casing and controls, flue gas analysis to confirm safe and efficient combustion, checking the flame picture and pressure, inspecting seals and condensate, and testing safety devices. It's a safety check as much as a performance one, and it's what keeps most manufacturer warranties valid.

We've still got an old back boiler behind the fireplace — what's involved in removing it?

Removing a back boiler means capping off the gas and water connections behind the fireplace, making good the opening or fitting a new fire/surround if you're keeping one, and rerouting pipework to the new combi or system boiler's position. It's more work than a like-for-like swap but a common upgrade on the older housing stock in this area.

Can you do oil boiler work in Bromham?

Yes — we're OFTEC registered. Bromham has plenty of off-grid properties, so Worcester Heatslave and Grant Vortex installs (with tank swaps where needed) are routine for us.

Local Gas Boiler Installation for Bromham

We treat gas boiler installation as work that has to meet the same standard whether it's a small job or a full system replacement: correct registration, proper commissioning, and documentation you can keep. Gas Safe registered, OFTEC registered and a Worcester Bosch Accredited Installer, based at 24 Bristol Road, Radstock BA3 3EE, that's the baseline we work to on every job, not an upsell. Water here is moderately hard water, so scale protection is specified accordingly. Our van runs the A342 to reach you, 14 miles out from the Radstock workshop. In Bromham itself (SN15, Wiltshire) that usually means stone cottages and modern estates, roughly 14 miles from the workshop.

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What the buildings in Bromham change about the job

Properties in this area sometimes sit alongside small commercial premises or agricultural buildings, which occasionally means slightly different considerations around flue positioning, noise from external plant, or shared access with a business next door. It's worth mentioning at the point of booking a survey if your property has any commercial neighbours or shared access, so we can check anything relevant before quoting rather than after. Most of what we open up here is stone cottages and modern estates, which dictates flue routes and pipe sizing. Planning constraints are usually light here, so external work is checked first. Bromham is roughly 14 miles from our Radstock base via the A342. Typical property stock here: stone cottages and modern estates. A meaningful share of properties around Bromham are off the gas grid, so oil boiler installs and tank swaps make up a fair part of what we do locally. When we quote gas boiler installation here we factor in flue routing, condensate fall and gas-supply pipe sizing before the price is fixed.

Scope of work, itemised

Gas Safe registered engineers
Free no-obligation quotes
Smart heating controls fitted
Conversions (regular to combi)
Free written quote, no obligation
Local aftercare from a 14-mile base

Within reach of the A342

Beyond Bromham we're frequently on jobs in Melksham (SN12), Rowde (SN10), Calne (SN11) and Westbury (Wiltshire) (BA13) — so spares, follow-ups and annual services are straightforward.

What backs up a Bromham quote

Worcester Bosch Accredited

Qualifies your install for the full 10-year manufacturer guarantee* on supported models.

Fixed written prices

No verbal-only quotes. You'll get the boiler model, controls and warranty in writing before we book.

OFTEC trained

Oil boilers, oil tanks and pipework — fully certified for off-grid installs and replacements.

Local, family-run

Based at 24 Bristol Rd, Radstock — every job is run by the team that quoted it.

Questions before you book

My oil tank is old — does it need replacing alongside the boiler?: Not automatically, but we check the tank's age, material, and condition as part of any oil boiler quote. Steel tanks corrode from the inside and plastic tanks degrade with UV exposure over time; if we find cracking, rust weeping, or a missing bund we'll flag it, because a failed tank is a pollution and insurance risk, not just a heating one.
Can you look over a quote I've already had from another company?: Yes, this comes up often. Send or bring in the other written quote and we'll go through the spec — boiler size, controls, cylinder if included, and what's actually listed for parts and labour — and tell you plainly whether it looks right for the property, oversized, or missing something we'd expect to see.
Do you cover Bromham?: Yes. Bromham is 14 miles from our workshop at 24 Bristol Road, Radstock BA3 3EE, reached via the A342, and it's a regular part of our working area. We're Gas Safe and OFTEC registered, so we cover both mains gas and oil work out here without treating it as a special trip.
What's actually checked during an annual boiler service?: A service includes a visual and functional check of the boiler's casing and controls, flue gas analysis to confirm safe and efficient combustion, checking the flame picture and pressure, inspecting seals and condensate, and testing safety devices. It's a safety check as much as a performance one, and it's what keeps most manufacturer warranties valid.
We've still got an old back boiler behind the fireplace — what's involved in removing it?: Removing a back boiler means capping off the gas and water connections behind the fireplace, making good the opening or fitting a new fire/surround if you're keeping one, and rerouting pipework to the new combi or system boiler's position. It's more work than a like-for-like swap but a common upgrade on the older housing stock in this area.
Can you do oil boiler work in Bromham?: Yes — we're OFTEC registered. Bromham has plenty of off-grid properties, so Worcester Heatslave and Grant Vortex installs (with tank swaps where needed) are routine for us.

Next step for Bromham

On qualifying Worcester Bosch installs carried out as an Accredited Installer, gas boiler installation can come with up to a 10 year guarantee* — the exact terms depend on the specific boiler and installation, and we'll confirm what applies to your property once we've surveyed it. We can usually pair the visit with other work in Melksham to keep the trip efficient. Access is lane access, so parking, spoil removal and delivery timing get planned in advance. Most of what we open up here is stone cottages and modern estates, which dictates flue routes and pipe sizing.

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Bromham at a glance

County: Wiltshire
Postcode district: SN15
Settlement type: village
Nearest classified road: A342
Distance from our base: 14 miles (Radstock, BA3)
Typical building stock: stone cottages and modern estates
Water hardness: moderately hard water
Fuel availability: off-grid oil and LPG common
Customer mix: homes alongside small commercial and agricultural premises
Nearby areas covered: Melksham, Rowde, Calne, Westbury (Wiltshire)

Technical notes for this job type

Chasing pipework into lime plaster and stone walls

Solid stone or cob walls finished in lime plaster, common in the older parts of Bromham, behave very differently to modern plasterboard when a pipe run needs chasing in. Lime plaster is softer and more porous than gypsum, so cutting a neat, consistent chase without blowing the surface needs a slower hand and finer disc than a stud-wall job, and any repair has to be made good in a lime-based skim rather than modern filler, which can trap moisture behind it and cause the patch to fail. On solid stone we sometimes surface-mount pipework in painted conduit instead of chasing, particularly where the wall is a significant structural thickness and chasing would weaken it. Knowing which approach a wall needs before starting avoids expensive plaster damage.

Radiator sizing after lowering the flow temperature

Running a boiler at a lower flow temperature — typically 55°C or below rather than the old default of 70-80°C — improves condensing efficiency measurably, but it also reduces the heat output of every radiator in the house, because a radiator's output falls roughly with the square of the temperature difference to the room. Radiators sized correctly for a 75°C flow can end up unable to heat the room properly at 55°C unless they're upsized or supplemented. We check each radiator against the lower design flow temperature before recommending it, and where a room falls short we look at whether a larger single panel, a double panel, or an additional radiator on that circuit closes the gap, rather than pushing the flow temperature back up and giving away the efficiency gain.

Wood-burning stoves with a back boiler alongside a main boiler

Some older rural properties around Bromham run a wood-burning stove with a back boiler feeding heat into the same central heating circuit as an oil or gas boiler, usually through a thermal store or a cylinder with two coils. Getting this combination to work safely means the stove's back boiler circuit has its own means of dissipating heat if the pump fails or a valve closes while the stove is still burning — a stove can't simply be switched off the way a boiler can if its heat has nowhere to go, so a gravity-fed safety circuit or heat leak radiator is normally required. It's a more involved design than a single-boiler system and needs planning at the point either appliance is replaced, not treated as an afterthought once the new boiler is already fitted.

Working across Wiltshire: what being local changes

Being based at 24 Bristol Road, Radstock, 14 miles from Bromham via the A342, means a callout doesn't involve a long cross-county drive, and it also means familiarity with the recurring patterns in the local building stock — stone cottages and modern estates — rather than encountering that construction type for the first time on-site. Local knowledge doesn't replace a proper site survey, but it does mean fewer surprises: knowing in advance that a particular postcode area typically has hard water, older single-pipe circuits, or restricted parking means the quote reflects the likely reality of the job before the first visit. We're Gas Safe and OFTEC registered and work across Wiltshire on that basis, not by claiming coverage we don't actually deliver on.

Nozzle replacement and baffle cleaning on oil burners

An oil burner's nozzle atomises fuel into a fine spray for combustion, and it wears from constant fuel flow at pressure, gradually changing the spray pattern away from the burner manufacturer's specification even before it visibly fails. A worn nozzle burns less cleanly, producing more soot that coats the heat exchanger's baffles, and a sooted heat exchanger loses efficiency in the same way scale does on a gas boiler's plates. Standard practice on an annual oil service is to replace the nozzle as a matter of course, rather than wait for a fault, and to remove and clean the baffles so the heat exchanger surfaces are exposed to combustion heat properly again. Skipping nozzle replacement to save a service visit's minor parts cost is a false economy against the fuel wasted by a poorly atomising burner.

Heating where a home sits alongside commercial premises

Properties around Bromham that combine living accommodation with an attached shop, workshop or other commercial space often need heating designed as genuinely separate zones with independent controls, since a shop's occupied hours and heating demand rarely match the flat or house above it. Where the two shared a single ageing system, splitting them onto separate zone valves — or, on a larger scale, separate boilers — stops one side subsidising or interfering with the other's heating schedule. Commercial space also sometimes falls under different servicing and safety-record obligations than the residential side, depending on how it's used, so it's worth establishing which parts of the building fall under which regime before assuming a single annual service covers everything.

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