Plumbing & heating · Currie
Plumbers and heatingengineers in Currieand the Water of Leith villages
Heating upgrades, boiler installs and repairs, leaks and full bathrooms for Currie homes, properly diagnosed, priced in writing, and backed by a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
Gas Safe registered · 20+ years on the tools · 10/10 on Checkatrade
20+ yrs
Experience across Edinburgh and the Pentlands villages
Gas Safe
Registered engineer on all gas work
12 months
Workmanship guarantee
10 yrs
Boiler guarantee as standard on new installs
£2m
Public liability insurance
Local coverage
Currie homes,under the Pentlands
Currie sits on the south-west edge of the city along the Water of Leith, with Juniper Green and Balerno either side and the Pentlands above. It's higher, colder and more exposed than central Edinburgh, and the heating work reflects that.
Request an Estimate07788 373160Where we work here
Currie village, Riccarton, Baberton, Juniper Green, Balerno and the surrounding Water of Leith settlements. Domestic property only: family homes, cottages and flats.
Reaching Currie
It's a straightforward run out along the A70 corridor and part of our regular week. Reactive call-outs are taken alongside booked work, and rather than advertising a guaranteed response time we'll tell you on the phone exactly what we can do and when, including what to isolate if you're waiting.
The property types here
Old mill and village cottages with thick stone walls and low ceilings. Substantial detached and semi-detached family homes from the 1960s to 1990s, many extended. Newer estate housing at Baberton and Riccarton on sealed systems. And a good number of larger properties with multiple bathrooms and long pipe runs that need proper system design rather than a bigger boiler.
Common Currie jobs
Cold rooms in extended houses, boilers struggling to serve two or three bathrooms, frozen condensate lock-outs after a hard frost, hot water cylinders and immersions past their best, power flushing on long-neglected systems, and complete bathroom refits.
What we do here
Services availablein Currie
Plumbing in Currie
Leaks, taps, wastes, tanks and cylinders across Currie homes, including cottages where the pipework has been re-routed a dozen times.
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Heating in Currie
Radiators sized and systems balanced for exposed Currie properties that lose heat faster than the city centre.
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Boiler Installation in Currie
Worcester Bosch and Vaillant installations for Currie homes, with a 10-year guarantee as standard.
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Boiler Repair in Currie
Gas Safe registered repairs, including the frozen condensate lock-outs that are common up here in winter.
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Boiler Servicing in Currie
Annual servicing that protects the warranty and gets an exposed property through the cold months without drama.
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Bathrooms, All In-House in Currie
Complete Currie bathroom installations with every trade in-house and a single point of contact.
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1st & 2nd Fix Plumbing in Currie
Pipework and fittings for Currie extensions, conversions and renovation projects.
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Heating Systems in Currie
System design and replacement for larger Currie homes where one tired boiler is asked to do too much.
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Power Flushing in Currie
Sludge cleared from long Currie pipe runs so the furthest radiators finally get up to temperature.
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Why Curriehouseholds call us
Verified reviews, real manufacturer accreditation, and a guarantee in writing; no invented figures.
The owner is the engineer
Lewis Bowman, 20+ years on the tools since starting at 16, does the work and explains it as he goes.
Independently rated
5.0 on Google and 10/10 on Checkatrade.
Design, not guesswork
Larger and extended Currie homes need heat loss thought through room by room. We size properly instead of fitting the biggest boiler that fits the cupboard.
Accredited installer
Worcester Bosch Accredited Installer and Vaillant installer, 10-year boiler guarantee as standard, up to 12 on some models.
Insured and guaranteed
£2m public liability insurance, Gas Safe registration and 12 months on our workmanship.
Local conditions
What Currie's settingdoes to heating
Height, exposure and older village building stock combine to make heating faults here more pronounced than the same faults in a sheltered city street.
Colder, more exposed winters
Sitting higher and closer to the Pentlands means harder frosts and more wind chill than central Edinburgh. External condensate pipes freeze and lock boilers out, outside taps split, and garage and loft pipework is at genuine risk during a cold snap. Correct routing and proper lagging prevent most of it.
Old stone cottages and mill property
Thick stone walls hold cold, pipework is often surface-run or chased shallowly, and generations of alterations have left mixed materials and hidden dead legs. These are survey-first jobs, pricing them over the phone would be a fiction.
Large and extended family homes
Bigger Currie houses frequently have long pipe runs, multiple bathrooms and heating that was adequate for the original footprint. Simultaneous demand exposes it: the shower goes cold when the kitchen tap runs, and the far end of the house never warms.
Systems full of magnetite
The longer the pipe run, the more the sludge matters. Currie's larger properties often show it first as three or four radiators that never get hot at the bottom. Power flushing plus a magnetic filter is the fix, not another pump.
Newer estate housing
Baberton and Riccarton housing runs sealed pressurised systems. The recurring faults are pressure loss, discharged expansion vessels and mis-set controls, cheap to correct once the diagnosis is right.
Our process
How a Currie jobruns, step by step
Step 1
First call
Tell us what's happening and where you are in Currie. 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 Currie 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
Curriequestions, 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 Currie?
Yes, Currie, Juniper Green, Balerno, Baberton and Riccarton, along with the rest of west and south-west Edinburgh.
How fast can you get to Currie?
It's a regular run for us along the A70 corridor. Call 07788 373160 and we'll give you a straight answer about today or this week rather than a response time we can't guarantee every time.
What do you charge for work in Currie?
Each job is surveyed and priced in writing before work starts. Currie property ranges from small cottages to large extended houses, so there's no useful standard price.
Do you take emergency call-outs in Currie?
Yes, we take reactive call-outs for leaks, burst pipes and total loss of heating or hot water alongside booked work. Standard hours are 8am–4:30pm Monday to Thursday and 8am–1:30pm Friday.
Why does my boiler stop after a frost?
Frozen condensate is the most common cause, and it's more frequent up here than in the city centre. We can thaw it, then re-route or insulate the pipe so it isn't an annual event.
Can you heat a large extended house properly?
Yes, that means calculating heat loss room by room and sizing radiators and boiler output accordingly, rather than assuming a bigger boiler will solve uneven heating.
Do you fit bathrooms in Currie?
Yes, complete refits with all trades in-house from strip-out to final seal, with one point of contact throughout.
How long does a new boiler take?
A straight swap is usually a day; conversions and relocations take longer. The timescale is confirmed in the written estimate.
Are you Gas Safe registered and insured?
Yes, Gas Safe registered for all gas work, with £2m public liability insurance in place.
What guarantee do I get?
12 months on workmanship, plus a 10-year guarantee as standard on new Worcester Bosch and Vaillant boilers, up to 12 years on some models.
Book a Currie plumberand heating engineer
Tell us what's happening and where in Currie you are. You'll get honest timing, a proper diagnosis and a written price before we start.
Gas Safe registered · £2m public liability · 12-month workmanship guarantee
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