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Milton Keynes Village is the actual village of Milton Keynes, the one the city was named after, and it was here for centuries before the new town was drawn around it. Middleton is the modern grid square built alongside.
So this postcode contains some of the oldest housing in the city and some of the newest, a few hundred metres apart, and they could hardly need more different things.
Based in Two Mile Ash, around twenty minutes across the city. Gas Safe registered, registration number 981362.
- Gas Safe registered 981362
- Around twenty minutes across the city
- Say whether you are in the village or the newer housing
- Booked work Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm
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The old village
Genuinely old buildings, some listed, with a conservation area covering the historic core.
- Solid walls, no cavity. Heat loss is considerably higher than a modern equivalent, so radiators need to be larger. And larger again now that Part L requires new heating systems designed for a maximum 55°C flow temperature rather than the 75 to 80°C older systems ran at. In rooms with limited wall space that is a real design constraint rather than a footnote. See radiators.
- Flue positions are constrained. On a listed building or in a conservation area, where a boiler flue terminates on a visible elevation is a design decision rather than a free technical choice, and external condensate and discharge pipework gets the same scrutiny. Alterations to a listed building can need consent, which sits with the owner and the council.
- Pipework has been extended rather than replaced, over a very long time, so failures cluster at joints that have been remade more than once.
If you are in the old village and your boiler is over twelve years old, survey it now rather than in January when it has already failed
The flue conversation takes longer than the installation does.
The modern housing
Mains pressure throughout, unvented cylinders in many properties, underfloor heating on ground floors in parts. Pipework rarely fails. Controls, actuators and manifolds do, and those are usually inexpensive.
The unvented cylinders need an annual check of their safety devices, and a large number on newer estates have never been serviced since handover. See unvented cylinders.
The thing the old village has that the new housing does not
Services that were put in long after the buildings were.
Water, drainage and gas all arrived in these houses decades or centuries after they were built, which means they were routed wherever was possible at the time rather than designed in. Two consequences worth knowing:
- Runs are in odd places. Under floors, along outside walls, boxed into corners, and occasionally through spaces nobody would choose now. Before drilling into anything, assume there is a pipe in it.
- Drainage may be older than the road. Some connections in genuinely old village property predate modern records, and where a drain blocks repeatedly a CCTV survey is worth more than another clearance, because it establishes what is actually down there. See blocked drains.
Which are you?
Worth saying when you call. Old village property and modern estate housing need different expectations, different survey time, and in the case of the village, sometimes a conversation about consent before anything else.
Hard water
Same Anglian Water supply as the rest of Milton Keynes, around 300 mg/l of calcium carbonate against a UK average of 207. Old house or new, the hot water side takes the damage: cylinder coils, immersion elements and shower valve cartridges. See our hard water guide.
Getting to Middleton
Around twenty minutes from Two Mile Ash. Fine for booked work and out of hours.
Frequently asked questions
My house is in the old village and may be listed. Can you replace the boiler?
Usually, though flue position and external pipework need designing first, and consent for alterations to a listed building sits with you and the council. Survey early.
Why is my old cottage cold when the radiators are hot?
Almost always undersized radiators. Solid walls lose considerably more heat, and a system running at a lower flow temperature needs them larger again.
One room in my new house has no heating.
On an underfloor system, most often a failed actuator or a flat thermostat battery. Photograph the manifold cupboard and send it over.
Does my cylinder need an annual service?
If it is unvented, yes. It carries safety devices that need checking and most warranties require it.
Do you cover Milton Keynes Village?
Yes, along with Monkston, Broughton, Oakgrove, Brooklands and Kents Hill.
What we do in Middleton
Where we cover in Middleton
- Middleton
- Milton Keynes Village
- Monkston
- Broughton
- Oakgrove
- Brooklands
- Kents Hill
Get in touch
Call 07514 312117 or send a WhatsApp, and say whether you are in the village or the newer housing. Gas Safe registered 981362, CIPHE member, fully insured.