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Plumber in Great Dunmow for Leaks, Repairs & Boilers
Need a plumber in Great Dunmow (CM6)? Anglian PHE is a local plumber and heating engineer for homes and landlords in Great Dunmow, Little Dunmow, Flitch Green, Felsted and Stebbing. We fix leaks and burst pipes, taps, toilets and low pressure, repair and service gas, oil and LPG boilers, and fit new boilers and bathrooms. Gas Safe registered (572792), NAPIT registered, trading since 1993, and no call-out fee. Call 01787 278511 or WhatsApp 07825 348536.
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Plumbing repairs, maintenance and installations in one place
Our local plumbing service covers everyday repairs as well as larger planned jobs. That includes leaking or damaged pipework, dripping taps, faulty toilets, leaking sinks, hidden leaks and replacement plumbing fixtures.
We also help with bathroom and kitchen plumbing, new water and waste connections, stopcocks, valves, low water pressure and other issues affecting the water supply. For urgent problems, our emergency line is available 24 hours a day.
Choose the help that best matches your problem
From a small repair to an urgent leak or a planned installation, choose the service that best matches what is happening. If you are unsure, tell us the symptom and we will help identify the right next step.
Leak Detection & Pipe Repairs
Help with hidden leaks, damaged pipework, burst pipes and water leaks, with practical repair options once the source is found.
Find my leak →Bathroom Plumbing
Repairs and installation for showers, baths, basins, toilets, taps and the pipework behind a bathroom refit.
Bathroom fitting →Kitchen Plumbing
Sinks, taps, water and waste pipework, plus dishwasher and washing-machine connections for kitchen projects.
Kitchen plumbing →Emergency Plumber in Great Dunmow
24-hour help for burst pipes, serious leaks, overflowing toilets and other urgent plumbing problems, subject to engineer availability.
Emergency plumber →General Plumbing Repairs
Everyday repairs and maintenance for taps, toilets, cisterns, sinks, valves, pipework and other domestic plumbing fixtures.
General plumbing →Not sure which option fits?
Call for anything urgent. For planned work, WhatsApp photos and a short description.
A clearer way to get the job moving
Start with what you know. We will help with the technical part.
Tell us the problem
Give us your postcode and what is happening or what you want installed.
Get the next step
We ask the useful questions, discuss availability and arrange the right visit.
Get the work handled
The job is assessed properly and the work is explained before moving forward.
Emergency plumber in Great Dunmow?
The emergency line is available 24 hours a day for urgent plumbing problems such as burst pipes, active leaks, overflowing fixtures. Call 01787 278511 with your postcode and we will confirm current engineer availability and give you a realistic arrival estimate. Same-day attendance depends on workload, traffic and the type of emergency.
Find the source before opening up more than necessary
We investigate hidden leaks and aim to identify the source before opening up more of the property than necessary.
Common plumbing jobs we handle in Great Dunmow
A good local plumber should be able to help with both the obvious emergencies and the smaller problems that affect day-to-day use of your home or property.
Leaking & burst pipes
Repairing leaking, broken or burst pipework, replacing damaged sections and dealing with water leaks around the property.
Taps, sinks & toilets
Dripping taps, faulty toilets, leaking cisterns, leaking sinks and replacement or installation of common plumbing fixtures.
Bathrooms & showers
Bathroom plumbing, shower repairs and installation, baths, basins, toilets and pipework for renovations or replacements.
Kitchen plumbing
Kitchen sinks and taps, dishwasher or washing-machine connections, waste pipes and water-supply alterations.
Water pressure & controls
Low water pressure, stopcock problems, leaking valves and issues involving tanks, supply pipes and related plumbing components.
Landlords & businesses
Plumbing repairs, maintenance and planned work for rental properties, offices, shops and other commercial premises.
Qualified, established and easy to contact
Customers want the job done properly, but they also want clear communication and confidence in who they are booking.
Gas Safe registered
Qualified engineers for gas and boiler work.
NAPIT registered
Electrical expertise available through the wider team.
No call-out fee
No separate fee simply for an engineer to arrive.
Easy to contact
Call or WhatsApp depending on how urgent the job is.
Since 1993
An established trading history provides another confidence signal.
Homes, landlords & businesses
Domestic plumbing, landlord repairs and commercial plumbing support for local properties.
Examples of plumbing & heating work
These images show examples from the Anglian PHE work portfolio, including tap installation, bathroom plumbing and pipework repair. Ask us for recent Great Dunmow project examples relevant to your job when you contact us.
What a plumber usually finds in Great Dunmow homes
If you are looking for a plumber in Great Dunmow, it helps to know that the town’s housing splits roughly into two groups, and the plumbing in each tends to go wrong in different ways.
Older cottages and period houses in the town centre. Many homes along the High Street, Stortford Road and around the Market Place were built long before modern plumbing. Their pipework has often been extended bit by bit over the decades, so it is common to find a mix of copper, older galvanised steel and plastic runs, joints hidden under floorboards, and cold water storage tanks in the loft feeding the bathroom. Loft tanks and the pipes around them are the first things to freeze in a cold snap, and a slow drip from an old ballvalve or overflow often goes unnoticed for weeks. In listed buildings we route new pipework to avoid cutting historic timbers and agree the route with you before starting.
Newer estates on the edge of town. Homes built from the 1990s onwards, including the Woodlands Park area and the developments off Ongar Road and Chelmsford Road, usually run on mains-pressure water with a combi or an unvented cylinder. Here the typical call is a push-fit joint weeping under a kitchen sink or behind a bath panel, a toilet fill valve that won’t stop running, a pressure reducing valve that has failed, or a shower that has lost flow. Great Dunmow’s hard water makes tap cartridges, toilet valves and shower valves wear out sooner, so these parts tend to wear out sooner than in soft-water areas.
Booking a plumber in Great Dunmow
- Call or WhatsApp us with your CM6 postcode and a short description of the problem.
- If you can, send a photo or short video of the leak, tap, toilet or pipework. It helps us bring the right parts first time.
- We confirm when an engineer can attend and give you a realistic arrival time. There is no call-out fee.
- The engineer finds the cause, explains the repair and agrees it with you before any work starts.
For a burst pipe or water coming through a ceiling, turn off the stopcock first and see our emergency plumber in Great Dunmow page. For damp patches or a rising water bill with no visible leak, see leak detection in Great Dunmow. Everything else we do across the town is on our plumbing services page, and every town we cover is listed on areas we cover.
We work from Top Floor, 4 Market Hill, Clare, Sudbury CO10 8NN, about 17 miles from Great Dunmow. Gas Safe registered (572792), NAPIT registered, trading since 1993, and no call-out fee.
Boiler repairs, servicing and new boilers in Great Dunmow
As well as plumbing, we are heating engineers for Great Dunmow. Our Gas Safe registered engineers (registration 572792) repair, service and replace gas boilers, and we are OFTEC trained for oil boilers. The quickest way to the right help is the page for your problem:
- Boiler repairs in Great Dunmow: no heating or hot water, fault codes, lockouts, low pressure and noisy boilers.
- Boiler servicing in Great Dunmow: a yearly safety check and service, which most manufacturers need to keep the warranty valid.
- New boiler installation: like-for-like swaps, combi conversions and system upgrades, with a clear quote before any work starts.
- Central heating installation, radiator repairs and power flushing for cold spots and sludged-up systems.
- Landlord gas safety certificates (CP12) for rented homes in and around the town.
Great Dunmow has a real mix of homes. Around the High Street, Market Place and Doctor’s Pond there are many older and listed timber-framed and Georgian buildings, where boilers often run with a hot water cylinder and flue positions need careful thought. Newer estates such as Woodlands Park on the west side of town, and nearby Flitch Green, mostly have combi or system boilers. Outlying farmhouses and hamlets towards the Rodings and Lindsell are more likely to rely on oil or LPG, so tell us your fuel type when you call.
Bathroom fitting, showers and hard water in Great Dunmow
Great Dunmow is in a hard-water area, and limescale is behind many of the problems we see: furred shower heads and valves, scaled-up combi boiler heat exchangers and weak hot water flow. We repair and replace electric, mixer and thermostatic showers, and handle the plumbing for full refits. See bathroom fitting and installation, shower repair and hot water cylinder repair. For a leak you can’t find, our leak detection in Great Dunmow page explains how we trace it.
Great Dunmow is about 17 miles south-west of our base at Top Floor, 4 Market Hill, Clare, Sudbury CO10 8NN. We are NAPIT registered for domestic electrics, have been trading since 1993 and charge no call-out fee.
Leak or boiler problem in Great Dunmow? What to do first
Most calls we get from Great Dunmow fall into two groups: water where it should not be, or a boiler that has stopped giving heat or hot water. A few simple steps while you wait can limit the damage and help the engineer fix it on the first visit.
Water leaking or a pipe has burst
Turn off the stopcock. In most Great Dunmow homes it is under the kitchen sink, but in older town-centre cottages it can be in a cellar, under the stairs or below a floorboard near the front door, and in some newer homes it sits in a cupboard by the front door. If water is near lights or sockets, switch off the electricity at the consumer unit. Open the cold taps to empty the pipes, catch what you can with towels and buckets, and take a photo or short video of where the water is coming from. Then call us or send the photo on WhatsApp. Our emergency plumber in Great Dunmow page explains what happens next.
A damp patch, a hissing sound or a water meter that keeps turning
If you cannot see where the water is going, turn every tap off and check the water meter. If it is still moving, there is a leak somewhere on the pipework. On estates with plastic pipes under concrete floors, and in older homes with pipes under floorboards, the leak is often some distance from the damp patch. See leak detection in Great Dunmow for how we trace it with as little disturbance as possible.
No heating or hot water
Check the boiler display for a fault code and note it down. Look at the pressure gauge; on most combi and system boilers it should read about 1 to 1.5 bar when the heating is cold. Check the thermostat and timer have not been changed, and that the gas or electricity supply is on. In a hard frost, a frozen condensate pipe outside is a common cause of a boiler lockout. If the boiler still will not run, call us with the make, model and fault code. For breakdowns see boiler repair in Great Dunmow, and to avoid the next one see boiler servicing in Great Dunmow.
If you smell gas
Do not use switches or naked flames. Open doors and windows, turn off the gas at the meter if you can, leave the property and call the National Gas Emergency Service on 0800 111 999 straight away. Once the supply has been made safe, our Gas Safe registered engineers can repair the appliance or pipework.
For anything else, see our plumbing services, leak detection and boiler repair pages, or all the areas we cover.
We are based at Top Floor, 4 Market Hill, Clare, Sudbury CO10 8NN. Gas Safe registered (572792), NAPIT registered, trading since 1993, and no call-out fee.
Boiler servicing and repair in Great Dunmow: what we check, and when to call
Most of the boiler work we do in Great Dunmow is either a yearly service or a repair after the boiler has started misbehaving. The two are linked: a boiler that is serviced every year is easier to keep running, and many faults show warning signs before it stops altogether.
What a boiler service covers
- Checking the gas pressure and burner, and testing how cleanly the boiler is burning with a flue gas analyser.
- Inspecting the flue and where it comes out of the wall or roof, which matters in the older and listed buildings around the High Street where flue routes can be awkward.
- Cleaning or checking the condensate trap and pipe, so it is less likely to block or freeze in a cold snap.
- Testing the safety devices, seals and controls, and checking system pressure and the expansion vessel.
- For oil boilers in the farmhouses and hamlets around the town, our OFTEC trained engineers check the burner, nozzle and oil filter as well.
Most boiler makers ask for a service every 12 months to keep the warranty valid. If you let a home in Great Dunmow, a landlord gas safety certificate is also needed every year. Book online through our boiler servicing in Great Dunmow page, or call us.
Signs your boiler needs a repair rather than waiting for the service
- The pressure gauge keeps dropping and you have to top it up, which usually points to a leak or a worn part.
- Banging, whistling or kettling noises. In hard-water Great Dunmow this is often limescale or sludge, and power flushing may help.
- Repeated lockouts or the same fault code coming back after a reset.
- A yellow or lazy flame, soot marks, or a carbon monoxide alarm going off. Turn the boiler off, open windows and call the gas emergency line on 0800 111 999 first.
For those, see boiler repairs in Great Dunmow or our main boiler repair page. We also cover homes in Great Notley, Felsted and Stebbing on the same visits, and you can see every town on our areas we cover page.
We are based at Top Floor, 4 Market Hill, Clare, Sudbury CO10 8NN. Gas Safe registered (572792), NAPIT registered, trading since 1993, and no call-out fee.
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Serving Great Dunmow and nearby areas
Send your postcode if you want us to confirm current availability for your exact address.
Nearby area pages: Takeley, Thaxted, Great Bardfield, Braintree, Saffron Walden, Great Notley and Bishop’s Stortford. See every town on our areas we cover page.
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Great Dunmow FAQs
Straight answers to common questions about repairs, emergency plumbing, water-supply problems and planned plumbing work in Great Dunmow.
Yes. We handle leaking or burst pipework, dripping taps, leaking toilets, cistern faults, sink problems and many other everyday plumbing repairs. If a fixture is beyond repair, we can discuss replacement options.
Yes. Low water pressure can have several causes, so we start by checking the water supply, accessible pipework and valves. We can also investigate seized, leaking or faulty stopcocks.
Yes. We work with landlords, rental properties and commercial premises on plumbing repairs, maintenance and planned improvements. Contact us with the property details and the work required.
Yes. We provide leak detection in Great Dunmow and investigate hidden leaks while aiming to minimise unnecessary disruption.
Yes. We provide bathroom fitting and kitchen plumbing, from individual fixtures and pipework to larger renovation projects.
Yes. Our emergency line is open 24 hours a day for burst pipes, active leaks and loss of water in Great Dunmow. Call 01787 278511 with your postcode and we will confirm engineer availability and give you a realistic arrival time. More detail is on our emergency plumber in Great Dunmow page.
Yes. Our Gas Safe registered engineers (572792) repair and service gas boilers and fit new boilers across Great Dunmow, and we are OFTEC trained for oil boilers in villages without mains gas. See boiler repair in Great Dunmow and boiler servicing in Great Dunmow.
No. We do not charge a call-out fee. The cost of the work depends on the repair, labour and materials required.
Yes. Gas Safe registered engineers are available for gas and boiler work where required.
Yes. WhatsApp 07825348536 with your postcode, photos and a short description.
Yes. We cover the whole of Great Dunmow, including the town centre and the newer estates, plus nearby villages such as Little Dunmow, Flitch Green, Felsted, Stebbing, the Eastons and the Rodings. Send your postcode and we will confirm availability.
Yes. We work in older timber-framed and period homes. We plan pipe routes to avoid cutting historic timbers, agree the route with you before starting, and can replace old galvanised or mixed pipework in stages.
Same-day attendance is usually possible, depending on workload and the type of job. Call 01787 278511 or WhatsApp 07825 348536 with your postcode and we will give you a realistic arrival time.
Note any fault code, check the pressure gauge reads about 1 to 1.5 bar when cold, check the thermostat and timer, and in frosty weather check whether the condensate pipe outside has frozen. If it still will not run, call 01787 278511 or WhatsApp 07825 348536 with the make, model and fault code.
Late summer or early autumn is ideal, before the heating is on every day. Most manufacturers need a yearly service to keep the warranty valid, and landlords need a gas safety check every 12 months. We service gas, oil and LPG boilers.
Yes. Some older homes in the town centre still have sections of lead or galvanised steel pipe. We can replace them with copper or modern plastic pipe and agree the route with you first, taking extra care in listed buildings.
Once a year is the usual advice, and most boiler makers need a yearly service to keep the warranty valid. Autumn is a sensible time, before the heating is on every day. Landlords also need a gas safety certificate every 12 months.
Book it as a repair. Pressure that keeps falling usually means water is escaping somewhere, from a radiator valve, the pressure relief valve or a hidden pipe, or that the expansion vessel needs attention. Tell us how often you are topping it up when you call.
Yes. We cover Great Notley, Felsted, Stebbing, Little Dunmow, Flitch Green and the villages around Great Dunmow for plumbing, boiler repairs and boiler servicing. Send your postcode and we will confirm.
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