Sandwich · Sandwich Bay · Ash · Woodnesborough · Eastry · Worth · Deal · CT13
Leaks, blocked drains and toilets, taps and valves, bathroom fitting, water pressure and appliance plumbing. Same-day photo quotes over WhatsApp, straight prices, no day-rate creep.
What we do
The everyday plumbing jobs that come up in Sandwich and the surrounding villages: old lead and iron pipework in the town-centre listed cottages, hard-water scale on the marsh-edge properties, holiday-let bathrooms at Sandwich Bay that need turning around fast. Gas Safe registered, so boiler and gas work is our own scope too, not a referral.
Dripping joints, weeping compression fittings, pinhole leaks in copper pipe, leaking under-sink traps. Traced and fixed, not just patched. Call-out £95 (first hour included), £45/hour after.
Leak repair scope and pricingBlocked sinks, baths, showers and toilets. Rod, plunge or jet as the job needs. Standard blockage clear £70 to £150 depending on access and severity.
Blockage scope and pricingDripping taps, seized isolation valves, stopcock replacement, outside tap fitting. Standard tap replacement £70 to £120.
Tap & valve scopeRunning loo, weak flush, wobbly pan, cistern fittings, full toilet replacement. One of the most common call-outs on the books.
Toilet repair scopeBasin, bath, shower tray and toilet fitting and replacement, including tiling-adjacent pipework and waste runs. Full quote after a look at the room.
Bathroom fitting scopeLow pressure, airlocks, immersion heater faults, hot water cylinder issues, Gas Safe registered boiler diagnostics.
Water pressure scopeBoiler service, repair and installation, gas safety (CP12) landlord certificates, gas appliance work. Gas Safe registered.
Boiler & gas safety scopeWashing machine and dishwasher plumbing-in, hose replacement, waste connection. Standard appliance connection £70 to £120.
Appliance plumbing scopeBurst pipe, fast-running leak, no water at all. Same-day priority. Emergency, out-of-hours and weekend call-out £120.
Emergency call-out scopeWhy local matters
The town centre inside the old walls is largely pre-1900 stock: timber-framed and Georgian cottages with narrow service runs, some with old lead or galvanised iron pipework still in the walls that needs careful, non-destructive access rather than a standard modern fix. A badly routed repair in a listed building can cause more damage than the leak itself.
Out towards Woodnesborough, Eastry and Worth, the housing stock is more mixed: farmhouses and cottages on private supplies or with hard borehole water in places, alongside newer executive infill. Hard water scales up cylinders, shower heads and tap valves faster than in a soft-water area, which shortens the working life of anything with a washer or a cartridge in it.
Sandwich Bay adds a third pattern: holiday-let and second-home bathrooms that need a fast turnaround between guests, plus the general coastal-damp factor on anything at ground level. We work to the same photo-quote, same-day-reply approach whether it is a listed cottage in the old town or a holiday let at the Bay.
Landlords & holiday-let owners
WhatsApp us the problem with photos, we quote back the same day, book the visit, and send completion photos when it's done. Useful if you are not local, or the property is between guests and needs fixing before the next check-in.
What you get, every visit
If the finished work is not what we quoted and we cannot make it right, you do not pay. No fine print, no arbitration. That is the promise.
Photos and a description are usually enough for a fixed quote or a tight banded price. If the job turns out different once we open it up, we tell you before we press on. No day-rate creep, no surprise invoices.
Every job leaves you with a photo record of the finished work. Useful for landlords who were not on site, and useful if you ever need it for insurance.
Where we work
The historic town inside the old walls, Sandwich Bay's holiday-let coastline, the farmland villages of Woodnesborough, Eastry and Worth, Ash on the road toward Canterbury, and Deal along the coast. Same trade, different housing stock, different plumbing patterns.
The historic walled town. Pre-1900 timber-framed and Georgian stock, some old lead and iron pipework still in service, narrow access runs.
Coastal holiday-let and second-home properties. Fast turnaround between guests, ground-floor damp factor.
Larger village on the Canterbury road. Mixed period and modern stock, standard suburban plumbing patterns.
Farmland village. Some private supplies and hard water, farmhouse and cottage stock alongside newer infill.
Larger rural village. Similar hard-water and mixed-stock pattern to Woodnesborough, longer travel distance from the town centre.
Small village near Sandwich Bay. Rural cottages and newer executive stock, hard water common.
Recent work
A running log of jobs across Sandwich CT13. Updated as we finish them.
Photo-quote same-day via WhatsApp. Describe the problem, send a photo if you can, and we'll give you a straight price or an honest banded estimate before we book anything in.