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Tongwell is largely commercial rather than residential, and a plumbing problem in a business premises is a different problem from the same fault in a house.
In a house, a failure is inconvenient. In a unit, it can stop you trading, and everything about how the work is arranged follows from that.
Based in Two Mile Ash, around fifteen minutes away. Gas Safe registered, registration number 981362.
- Gas Safe registered 981362
- Around fifteen minutes away
- Say if a failure is stopping you operating, and we prioritise it
- Out of hours covered, because downtime is the real cost
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What is different about commercial work
- Downtime is the actual cost. The repair is rarely the expensive part. Tell us at the point of calling if a failure is stopping you operating, because it changes how we prioritise and what we bring with us. We cover out of hours for this reason.
- Working hours and access. Some units can only take disruptive work outside operating hours. Some need permits, inductions or supervision. Some have restricted access at certain times. All of that is easier agreed at booking than discovered on arrival.
- Isolation affects other people. In a multi-occupancy building, isolating a supply may affect neighbouring units. Knowing which valve serves what, in advance, prevents an awkward afternoon.
- Compliance differs from domestic. Non-domestic gas installations carry their own duties. Depending on the building and its use you may also have water hygiene, temperature monitoring or backflow prevention requirements that a house never has. Tell us the premises type and what happens in it, and we will be straight about what we cover and what needs a specialist.
- Lease responsibilities vary far more than residential ones. Who repairs what in a leased unit is set by the lease, and commercial leases differ considerably. Worth establishing before commissioning work.
Washrooms and staff facilities
The part of commercial plumbing that gets least attention and generates the most complaints.
Employers have duties around suitable and sufficient sanitary and washing facilities, including hot and cold running water. What that means in practice for us is that a broken washroom in a workplace is not a job that can wait a fortnight, and it is worth treating with the same urgency as anything affecting production.
Two things worth knowing:
- Throughput wears fittings far faster than domestic use. Taps, flush valves and cistern components in a busy workplace washroom have a fraction of the life they would at home. Specifying commercial grade fittings rather than domestic ones costs more once and saves repeated callouts.
- Water temperature at the tap matters. Stored hot water needs to be hot enough to control legionella, and water reaching a washbasin should not be hot enough to scald. Thermostatic mixing at the outlet is how you get both, and those valves need periodic checking rather than fitting and forgetting.
Worth having sorted before anything fails
Know where the incoming stop valve is
and make sure more than one person on site knows
Label the isolation valves
particularly in a shared building
Diarise the annual gas safety work
rather than remembering it
Have a number for out of hours
that somebody on site actually has
Those four take an afternoon and save the worst version of a bad day.
What we cover, and what we do not
We do
- Offices, shops, workshops and small commercial units
- Boilers and heating
- Hot water
- Washrooms and kitchens
- Leaks and drainage
- Gas work
- Annual safety checks
We do not
- Large industrial plant
- Process pipework
- Anything requiring specialist certification beyond what we hold
- We will tell you plainly rather than take it on and improvise
Hard water in a commercial setting
Same Anglian Water supply as the rest of Milton Keynes, around 300 mg/l of calcium carbonate against a UK average of 207. Throughput is what changes here. A washroom or a kitchen in a busy unit passes far more water than a domestic one, so scale accumulates faster: on water heater elements, in tap and cistern valves, and in anything with a small orifice. Where scale is causing repeated callouts, treating the supply is usually cheaper than repeated repairs. See our hard water guide and water softener installation.
Getting to Tongwell
Around fifteen minutes from Two Mile Ash. Fine for booked work and for out of hours.
Frequently asked questions
Can you come out if a failure is stopping us trading?
Yes, including out of hours. Say so when you call, because it changes how we prioritise.
Can you work outside our operating hours?
Yes, and for anything disruptive in an occupied unit that is usually the sensible arrangement.
Who is responsible in a leased unit?
The lease decides it, and commercial leases vary considerably. Worth establishing before commissioning work.
Do you cover large industrial plant?
No. Offices, shops, workshops and small commercial units. We will say so rather than take on something outside what we do.
Do you cover Blakelands and Newport Pagnell?
Yes, along with Giffard Park, Willen Park, Great Linford and Bolbeck Park.
What we do in Tongwell
Where we cover in Tongwell
- Tongwell
- Blakelands
- Giffard Park
- Newport Pagnell
- Willen Park
- Great Linford
- Bolbeck Park
Get in touch
Call 07514 312117 or send a WhatsApp, and say what the premises is and whether it is stopping you operating. Gas Safe registered 981362, CIPHE member, fully insured.