Plumbing & heating · Bonnyrigg
Plumbers and heatingengineers in Bonnyriggand Lasswade
Boiler installs, breakdown repairs, heating upgrades and full bathrooms for Bonnyrigg homes, diagnosed properly, priced before we start, and guaranteed for 12 months on workmanship.
Gas Safe registered · 10/10 on Checkatrade · £2m public liability
20+ yrs
Experience on Midlothian housing stock
Gas Safe
Registered engineer on every gas job
5.0
Google rating
10 yrs
Boiler guarantee as standard
In-house
Bathroom team across all trades
Local coverage
Bonnyrigg homes,old stock and new
Bonnyrigg and Lasswade have grown fast, and it shows in the housing: former mining-era terraces and council-built estates sitting alongside large tracts of recent development. The plumbing problems split almost perfectly along that line.
Request an Estimate07788 373160Where we cover in Bonnyrigg
Bonnyrigg town, Lasswade, Poltonhall, Hopefield, Dalhousie and the newer estates spreading toward Dalkeith and Rosewell. Domestic property only.
Reaching you in Bonnyrigg
It's a short run south from Edinburgh and part of our normal week. Reactive call-outs are taken alongside planned work. We don't quote a guaranteed response time we can't hold to on every job, call and we'll tell you plainly what today looks like and what to isolate if you're waiting.
Property types here
Older stone and brick terraces from the mining era with much-altered pipework. Postwar and ex-local-authority estate housing, often still on open-vented tanked systems. Late-twentieth-century family homes. And a very large amount of new build on sealed pressurised systems with combis.
What Bonnyrigg calls about
New boilers replacing systems past economic repair, radiators cold at the bottom, tanked-to-combi conversions, boiler pressure dropping in newer houses, leaks under kitchen units and in solid floors, and full bathroom refits in older housing.
What we do here
Services availablein Bonnyrigg
Plumbing in Bonnyrigg
Leaks, taps, toilets, wastes, tanks and cylinders across Bonnyrigg and Lasswade homes.
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Heating in Bonnyrigg
Radiators, pumps, valves and controls set up so a Bonnyrigg house heats evenly from front to back.
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Boiler Installation in Bonnyrigg
Worcester Bosch and Vaillant installs in Bonnyrigg, with a 10-year guarantee registered as standard.
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Boiler Repair in Bonnyrigg
Gas Safe registered breakdown repairs, with the actual fault explained before parts are ordered.
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Boiler Servicing in Bonnyrigg
Annual servicing that keeps the manufacturer guarantee valid and heads off winter breakdowns.
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Bathrooms, All In-House in Bonnyrigg
Complete Bonnyrigg bathroom refits with all trades in-house and one point of contact throughout.
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1st & 2nd Fix Plumbing in Bonnyrigg
Pipework and final fittings for Bonnyrigg extensions, conversions and renovations.
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Heating Systems in Bonnyrigg
Whole-system replacement and design for older Bonnyrigg heating that has been patched for decades.
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Power Flushing in Bonnyrigg
Sludge and magnetite cleared so Bonnyrigg radiators heat fully and the boiler stops short-cycling.
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Why Bonnyrigghouseholds use us
Nothing invented. Independently verified scores, genuine manufacturer accreditation, insurance and a written guarantee.
Owner-led work
Lewis Bowman started at 16 and has 20+ years on the tools. He does the job and explains it as he goes rather than leaving you a bill and a mystery.
Verified customer scores
5.0 on Google and 10/10 on Checkatrade.
At home with older estate systems
Tanked open-vented heating, loft cisterns and gravity hot water are still common in Midlothian. Converting or replacing them correctly is routine work here.
Accredited installer
Worcester Bosch Accredited Installer and Vaillant installer, 10 years on the boiler as standard, up to 12 on some models.
Insured and guaranteed
£2m public liability, Gas Safe registration and 12 months on workmanship.
Local conditions
What goes wrongin Bonnyrigg property
Two distinct housing eras, two distinct fault patterns; and a climate that's colder inland than the coast.
Mining-era and older terraces
Solid walls, altered layouts, and plumbing added in stages over a century. Mixed copper, iron and plastic, redundant dead legs and stopcocks hidden behind later joinery. Ground movement history in some Midlothian streets also means older buried drainage can sit at odd falls and block repeatedly.
Ex-local-authority estate housing
Standardised builds with pipework buried in solid concrete floors and heating installed decades ago. Buried leaks announce themselves as unexplained pressure loss or a warm patch on the floor rather than visible water, and finding them properly is what saves lifting an entire room.
Untouched systems full of sludge
Twenty years of circulation without a flush leaves magnetite in every radiator bottom and in the heat exchanger. Rooms furthest from the boiler never warm and the pump works harder every year. Power flushing plus a magnetic filter usually restores most of the lost output.
Inland frosts
Bonnyrigg sits away from the moderating coast, so frosts are sharper and last longer. Frozen condensate pipes, split outside taps and burst garage or loft runs are the classic January call-outs; and nearly all of them are preventable with lagging and correct routing.
New-build combis
The newer estates share the same handful of faults: falling pressure, discharged expansion vessels and controls never explained at handover. Straightforward once diagnosed properly instead of topped up monthly.
Our process
How a Bonnyrigg jobruns, step by step
Step 1
First call
Tell us what's happening and where you are in Bonnyrigg. We ask enough questions on the phone to know whether this is a same-week job, a planned install, or something you should isolate right now before we arrive.
Step 2
Inspection
We look at the whole installation, not just the tap or radiator you rang about, stopcock, isolation points, pipework runs, boiler, controls and the access we'll need in your Bonnyrigg property.
Step 3
Diagnosis and price
You get a plain-English explanation of the actual fault and a written estimate before any work starts. If a job needs opening up before it can be priced accurately, we say so instead of guessing.
Step 4
The work
Lewis or the in-house team carries out the work with dust sheets down and water isolated properly. Gas work is done by a Gas Safe registered engineer, every time, with no subcontracted strangers on your floor.
Step 5
Testing and verification
Joints tested under pressure, gas appliances checked for safe operation, systems balanced and rebled, controls set and demonstrated so you know how to run them.
Step 6
Handover and guarantee
We clear up, take the old parts and packaging away, and hand over paperwork. Workmanship carries a 12-month guarantee; new Worcester Bosch and Vaillant boilers carry 10 years as standard, up to 12 on some models.
Questions
Bonnyriggquestions, answered
Anything we haven't covered, ask us directly on 07788 373160.
- Gas Safe registered engineer
- £2m public liability insurance
- 12-month workmanship guarantee
- Reactive call-outs taken on
Do you serve Bonnyrigg?
Yes, Bonnyrigg, Lasswade, Poltonhall, Hopefield and the surrounding Midlothian areas.
How fast can you reach Bonnyrigg?
It's a short run south from Edinburgh, so availability rather than distance decides the day. Call 07788 373160 for an honest answer about today or this week.
What does a plumber cost in Bonnyrigg?
We survey the job and give a written estimate before starting. Older terraces and new-build estate houses need very different work even for similar-sounding faults.
Do you take emergency call-outs in Bonnyrigg?
We take reactive call-outs for leaks, burst pipes and complete loss of heating or hot water. Standard hours are 8am–4:30pm Monday to Thursday, 8am–1:30pm Friday.
Can you convert my tanked system to a combi?
Frequently, yes. We measure the incoming mains flow first, because a combi on a weak supply will never deliver the shower you were promised.
Why does my boiler keep losing pressure?
Usually a small system leak or an expansion vessel that has lost its charge. Both are repairable, repeatedly re-pressurising just masks the fault.
Do you fit bathrooms in Bonnyrigg?
Yes, complete refits with every trade in-house: strip-out, first fix, tiling, electrics, fitting and final seal, with one point of contact.
What guarantee comes with the work?
12 months on our workmanship, plus a 10-year guarantee as standard on new Worcester Bosch and Vaillant boilers and up to 12 years on some models.
Are you Gas Safe registered and insured?
Yes, Gas Safe registered for gas work, with £2m public liability insurance.
Do you cover nearby towns?
Yes, including Dalkeith, Loanhead, Musselburgh and Edinburgh.
Book a Bonnyriggplumber and heating engineer
Tell us the problem and your address in Bonnyrigg. You'll get honest timing, a real diagnosis and a written price before anything starts.
Gas Safe registered · £2m public liability · 12-month workmanship guarantee
Nearby areas we cover
Plumbing & heating in Dalkeith
Same engineer, same guarantee, a few minutes down the road from Bonnyrigg.
Plumbing & heating in Loanhead
Same engineer, same guarantee, a few minutes down the road from Bonnyrigg.
Plumbing & heating in Edinburgh
Same engineer, same guarantee, a few minutes down the road from Bonnyrigg.
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