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There are two Tattenhoes, and telling us which one you are in saves a conversation.
Tattenhoe is 1990s housing in the south-west of the city. Tattenhoe Park is a much more recent development next to it, built from the 2010s onward. The name is shared. The plumbing has almost nothing in common.
Based in Two Mile Ash, around fifteen to twenty minutes north. Gas Safe registered, registration number 981362.
- Gas Safe registered 981362
- Around fifteen to twenty minutes from Two Mile Ash
- Say which part of Tattenhoe you are in when you call
- Booked work Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm
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Tattenhoe: 1990s housing
Everything installed together, so everything wears out together. A house built in the mid 1990s on its original system is now looking at a boiler, a hot water cylinder and radiators all at or past their expected life at roughly the same moment.
Frustrating, and also the opportunity. Replacing them as a designed system rather than one item at a time is how you actually get the efficiency, particularly with Part L now requiring new systems designed for a 55°C flow temperature, which needs radiators sized accordingly. See central heating installation.
The other 1990s characteristic is gravity hot water in a good share of properties: cylinder in the airing cupboard, tank in the loft, and a shower that has never been much good because low pressure is inherent to the design. Converting to an unvented cylinder is normally the largest single improvement available.
Thirty years also produces sludge. We test the system water rather than assuming a flush is needed. See power flushing.
Tattenhoe Park: 2010s onward
Different world. Mains pressure throughout, unvented cylinders, modern plastic pipework, and in many properties underfloor heating on the ground floor with radiators above.
The pipework here rarely fails. What fails is what is attached to it:
- A single cold room is usually a failed actuator on the underfloor manifold or a flat thermostat battery. Photograph the manifold cupboard and send it over, and we can often narrow it down before setting off
- The unvented cylinder has probably never been serviced. They carry safety devices that need an annual check and most warranties require it
- Underfloor heating is slow by design. It works held at a steady setting rather than switched on when you feel cold
- Ground floor pipework is buried in screed, so any kitchen island, wet room or new flooring needs the loops locating first
See underfloor heating and unvented cylinders.
Which one are you?
Airing cupboard cylinder and loft tanks means the older part; underfloor heating downstairs and no tanks means the newer part
If you have a cylinder but no loft tanks, you could be either, and it is worth telling us the street.
Hard water, which applies to both
Same Anglian Water supply throughout, around 300 mg/l of calcium carbonate against a UK average of 207. Very hard.
New house or old, the exposure is the same on the hot water side: shower valve cartridges seize, combi heat exchangers and cylinder coils scale. If you are in a newer property and planning to stay, dealing with it early is far cheaper than dealing with the damage later. See our hard water guide.
Getting to Tattenhoe
Around fifteen to twenty minutes from Two Mile Ash. Fine for booked work and out of hours.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tattenhoe Park the same as Tattenhoe?
Adjacent and named alike, built about twenty years apart. The plumbing is completely different, so it is worth saying which you are in.
One room has no heating and the rest is fine. Expensive?
On the newer estate, usually not. Most often a failed actuator or a flat thermostat battery.
Everything is failing at once in my 1990s house. Why?
Because it was all installed at once. Worth treating as one project rather than three separate jobs.
My shower has always been weak. Can it be fixed?
If you have a cylinder and loft tanks, yes. Gravity produces low pressure by design and converting is the answer.
Do you cover Kingsmead and Snelshall?
Yes, along with Westcroft, Shenley Brook End and Tattenhoe Park.
What we do in Tattenhoe
Where we cover in Tattenhoe
- Tattenhoe
- Tattenhoe Park
- Westcroft
- Kingsmead
- Shenley Brook End
- Snelshall
Get in touch
Call 07514 312117 or send a WhatsApp, and say which part of Tattenhoe you are in. Gas Safe registered 981362, CIPHE member, fully insured.