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Furzton is an early to mid 1980s grid square in the south-west of the city, built around Furzton Lake, which is one of the balancing lakes that manage surface water drainage across Milton Keynes and doubles as one of the better places in the city to walk a dog.
For plumbing purposes the useful thing about Furzton is its age. It sits at a specific point in the city’s build history, and that determines almost everything we get called out to.
We are based in Two Mile Ash, around fifteen minutes north. Gas Safe registered, registration number 981362.
- Gas Safe registered 981362
- Around fifteen minutes from Two Mile Ash
- Straightforward for booked work and out of hours callouts
- Booked work Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm
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The housing in Furzton
Mixed, which is worth knowing because it changes the answer. Family housing across most of the estate, plus flats and maisonettes in parts, particularly toward the lake.
- Original heating systems are long gone, and most properties are on their second or third boiler. The interesting cases are the ones that had a like-for-like swap done at some point without the rest of the system being reconsidered, so the boiler is modern and the radiators and pipework are not.
- Gravity hot water is common. Cylinder in the airing cupboard, tank in the loft, low pressure by design, and a shower that has never been much good. Converting to an unvented cylinder is usually the biggest improvement available to these properties, and where the incoming mains supports it a combi is the alternative.
- Flats and maisonettes are a different job. Boiler position and flue routing are more constrained, communal areas may be involved, and the lease sometimes has something to say about it. Worth surveying rather than assuming.
- Microbore pipework appears in some of the earlier property here, typically 8mm or 10mm running from a manifold to each radiator. It silts more readily than 15mm pipe, which is a common reason one radiator stays stubbornly cold while the rest of the system is fine, and it limits capacity if you want to fit a larger radiator.
What we get called out to in Furzton
Cold radiators. Frequently a seized thermostatic valve pin or a silted microbore leg rather than anything expensive. Our central heating repairs page explains what the pattern of cold spots tells you.
Boiler replacement, second and third generation. See boiler installation.
Hot water upgrades from gravity systems. See unvented cylinders.
Landlord work. Furzton has a healthy rental sector, and we do annual gas safety certificates alongside servicing on the same visit.
Hard water
Furzton is on the same Anglian Water supply as the rest of Milton Keynes, averaging around 300 mg/l of calcium carbonate against a UK average of 207. Very hard.
The most common consequence we attend to here is a seized shower valve cartridge, followed by scaled combi heat exchangers producing hot water that fluctuates while the heating works perfectly. Our hard water guide covers what helps.
Getting to Furzton
Around fifteen minutes from Two Mile Ash, down the V4 or the V6 depending on traffic. Straightforward for booked work and realistic for out of hours callouts.
Frequently asked questions
One radiator never gets hot. Is that a big job?
Usually not. Most often a thermostatic valve with a seized pin, which is inexpensive. In the older parts of Furzton it can also be a silted microbore leg feeding that radiator.
My shower has always been weak. Can that be fixed?
If you have a cylinder and a loft tank, yes. That is a gravity system producing low pressure by design, and converting it is the answer rather than replacing the shower.
I live in a flat. Can you still replace the boiler?
Usually, though flue routing, access and sometimes the lease need checking first. We look at all three at survey.
What is microbore and does it matter?
Small bore heating pipework, typically 8mm or 10mm, used in some property of this era. It silts up more readily than larger pipe and limits how much output a radiator on that leg can actually deliver.
Do you cover Emerson Valley and Tattenhoe too?
Yes, along with Shenley Brook End, Bleak Hall and Snelshall.
What we do in Furzton
Where we cover in Furzton
- Furzton
- Emerson Valley
- Shenley Brook End
- Bleak Hall
- Snelshall
- Tattenhoe
Get in touch
Call 07514 312117 or send a WhatsApp. Gas Safe registered 981362, CIPHE member, fully insured.