Heating, hot water and plant rooms for care homes
Care homes and retirement homes run on heating and hot water around the clock. We look after the plant room, the boilers, the hot water plant and the pipework that feeds every room, and we plan the work so the home keeps running.
- Plant rooms and commercial boilers
- Hot water plant and cylinders
- Heating pipework and radiators
- Work planned around residents
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The building cannot lose hot water
In a care home, heating and hot water are not comfort, they are care. A boiler that goes down in January is a safeguarding problem before it is a plumbing one.
So the planning matters as much as the pipework. Temporary provision where it is needed, isolations agreed with the manager in advance, and the noisy or disruptive parts done when they will bother residents least.
What we do in a care home
Plant room work from a single boiler swap to a strip out and rebuild. Hot water plant, cylinders and the pipework serving bathrooms and kitchens. Heating pipework and radiators. Repairs when something fails, and planned replacement before it does.
- Commercial boilers and plant rooms
- Hot water plant, cylinders and pumps
- Heating and hot water pipework
- Radiators and controls
- Suspended drainage
For the manager and for head office
Risk assessments and method statements are produced for each job. Public liability cover is 5 million pounds. Work is taken directly from the home or the operator, and as a subcontractor to the mechanical contractor looking after a group.
If you already have a quote for a plant room or a boiler replacement, send it over and we will price the same job against it.
Already got a quote? Compare it.
Send us the quote you have and we will price the same job against it. Blank out the prices if you like.
Questions about care homes
Can a care home keep its hot water during plant room work?
That is the whole point of planning the job. Temporary provision where it is needed, the work sequenced so residents are not without heating or hot water, and the disruptive parts done when they will bother people least.
Can you work while the building stays open?
Yes, and most commercial work is done that way. It means temporary provision where it is needed, isolations agreed in advance, and being straight about what has to happen out of hours.
Do you work evenings, weekends or holidays?
Where the building needs it, yes, agreed in advance as part of the plan for the job rather than sprung on anyone.
Can you provide risk assessments and method statements?
Yes, produced for each job. They are a normal part of commercial work here rather than something scrambled together after you ask.
Can you price against a quote I already have?
Yes. Send us the quote you have, with the prices blanked out if you prefer, and we will price the same job against it. That goes for a domestic boiler as much as a commercial plant room. If the quote you have is a fair one, you will be told that too.
How far do you travel for commercial work?
Further than for domestic. Larger commercial jobs take us across the South East and into London. For small jobs, we stay close to Eastbourne.
In their words
We would like to confirm that Steve Harrison has carried out Mechanical service work for us for a number of years and would have no hesitation in recommending him to prospective clients. We have always found him to be trustworthy, reliable and his work is to a high standard
Tell us about the building
Call, or send the form and we will come back to you. Without a discussion, nothing happens.