Boiler Repair and Hot Water Faults Across Manchester

No heating or no hot water is the single most common call we take in Manchester between October and March. AquaDash covers the city 24 hours a day, from the centre out through Rusholme, Levenshulme, Withington, Chorlton, Moss Side, Gorton, Openshaw, Harpurhey, Blackley and Wythenshawe.

What usually goes wrong in Manchester properties

Combi boilers in converted Victorian terraces. Huge parts of Rusholme, Levenshulme and Longsight are two-up two-down terraces where a combi has been fitted into a small kitchen or an upstairs cupboard, often with a long, undersized condensate run. In a cold snap that condensate pipe freezes and the boiler locks out. It looks like a dead boiler and it is usually a thirty minute fix.

Low pressure on sealed systems. If your boiler shows a fault and the pressure gauge sits below one bar, there is a leak somewhere or the expansion vessel has lost its charge. Topping it up repeatedly is a symptom, not a repair. We find where the water is going.

Communal and district systems in city-centre apartments. Many Ancoats, New Islington and Deansgate blocks run heat interface units rather than individual boilers. If your neighbours also have no hot water, the fault is in the building plant and not something an individual repair will solve. We will tell you that honestly rather than charging you for a visit that cannot help.

Diverter valves. Heating works but hot water is lukewarm, or the other way round. Classic failed diverter valve, and one of the most frequently misdiagnosed faults we see after someone else has already been out.

Hard water and scale in the city

Manchester supply is relatively soft compared with the south of England, but city-centre apartments running unvented cylinders at high temperatures still scale up. Where a shower has gradually weakened over a couple of years rather than failing suddenly, scale in the heat exchanger is the usual culprit, and it is a descale rather than a new boiler.

Before you call out a repair

Check the pressure gauge, check the thermostat has not been knocked onto a summer setting, and check the boiler has not simply lost power at the fused spur. We would rather tell you how to reset something over the phone than charge you to press a button. If it is beyond that, we will come out.

When we prioritise a call

Households with young children, older residents and anyone without any alternative heat source go to the front of the queue in cold weather. Tell us when you call.

Call AquaDash on 07871 003404 for boiler repair in Manchester, any hour. See also our water heater and boiler repair service and our 24/7 emergency plumber in Manchester.