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Walnut Tree is one of the larger estates in the south-east of Milton Keynes, built out through the late 1980s, and it has an unusually consistent housing stock. That is genuinely useful, because it means the problems repeat and we tend to know what we are walking into.
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
- Consistent stock, so the faults repeat and we know them
- Booked work Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm
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What a late 1980s estate looks like now
Consistent build, consistent age, consistent set of issues.
- Second round of systems. The original boilers went years ago and the replacements fitted in the 2000s are now coming to the end. That means a lot of the work here is second replacement rather than first, and it is a good moment to look at the whole system rather than swapping the appliance again.
- Gravity or early sealed hot water. Many properties were built with a cylinder and loft tank. Where that is still in place, converting to an unvented cylinder is usually the biggest available improvement, particularly in the larger houses where more than one bathroom is in use.
- Bathrooms are due. Estates of this age reach the point where original or first-replacement bathrooms are being redone in numbers. The plumbing decisions that constrain a bathroom, the waste route and the water pressure, are worth confirming before anyone buys a suite. We do the plumbing side and work alongside your tiler. See bathroom plumbing.
- Extensions and conversions are common, and the usual cause of one end of the house never warming up afterwards. Adding radiators without checking pump capacity and pipe sizing is how that happens.
Caldecotte and the lakeside
Caldecotte Lake sits alongside, and property near it brings the usual water-adjacent considerations: more exposure on external pipe runs, and outbuildings that freeze more readily than the house does.
Close the internal isolating valve on your outside tap, open the tap, and let the external section drain
An empty pipe cannot split. If your outside tap has no internal isolating valve, adding one is a small job that prevents a predictable winter problem. See outdoor tap installation and burst pipe repair.
Hard water
Same Anglian Water supply as the rest of the city, around 300 mg/l of calcium carbonate against a UK average of 207.
If you are redoing a bathroom here, this is the moment to think about it. Shower valve cartridges seize in this water and you will be replacing one, so choose a brand whose cartridges are easy to get. A softener is also considerably cheaper to plumb in while walls are open than to retrofit. See our hard water guide.
Getting to Walnut Tree
Around twenty minutes from Two Mile Ash on the H8 or via the A421. Fine for booked work and for out of hours.
Frequently asked questions
My boiler was replaced about fifteen years ago. Is it due again?
Quite possibly. Estates of this age are largely on their second replacement now, and it is worth planning rather than waiting for a January failure.
We want to redo the bathroom. What should we sort first?
The waste route for the toilet position you want, and your mains flow rate before choosing a shower. Both before buying anything.
Do you fit bathrooms?
We do the plumbing side and work alongside your tiler. We do not tile, plaster or decorate.
My outside tap burst last winter. How do I stop that?
Fit an internal isolating valve if there is not one, then drain the external section down every autumn and leave the tap open.
Do you cover Caldecotte and Browns Wood?
Yes, along with Old Farm Park, Tilbrook, Wavendon Gate and Bow Brickhill.
What we do in Walnut Tree
Where we cover in Walnut Tree
- Walnut Tree
- Browns Wood
- Old Farm Park
- Caldecotte
- Tilbrook
- Wavendon Gate
- Bow Brickhill
Get in touch
Call 07514 312117 or send a WhatsApp. Gas Safe registered 981362, CIPHE member, fully insured.