DIY Plumbing Disasters: Don’t Fall Foul

Trying to do your own plumbing job may seem like a money-savvy idea now, but it can lead to costs later down the line, or worse, the risk of contaminating your water supply.

A Water Regs UK survey reveals plumbing mishaps are the UK’s #1 DIY disaster, with 18% of respondents admitting they’ve called a plumber to fix a DIY job gone wrong.

45-54 year olds are the most at risk of choosing an unqualified plumber, with 47% turning to friends and family for DIY plumbing, compared with 29% of 18-24 year olds.

The top plumbing tasks that Brits are most likely to try and do themselves include bleeding radiators (58%), checking a stop tap is working (42%) and fixing a leaky tap (41%).

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Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames:

BERRYLANDS
CANBURY
CHESSINGTON
COOMBE
KINGSTON VALE
MOTSPUR PARK
NEW MALDEN
NORBITON
OLD MALDEN
SURBITON
TOLWORTH
WORCESTER PARK

Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

BROMPTON
CHELSEA
EARL’S COURT
HOLLAND PARK
KENSINGTON
LADBROKE GROVE
NORTH KENSINGTON
NOTTING HILL
SOUTH KENSINGTON
WEST BROMPTON

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

BARNES
EAST SHEEN
FULWELL
HAM
HAMPTON
HAMPTON WICK
KEW
MORTLAKE
NORTH SHEEN
PETERSHAM
RICHMOND
SOUTH TWICKENHAM
STRAWBERRY HILL
TEDDINGTON
TWICKENHAM
WHITTON

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

BARONS COURT
HURLINGHAM
OLD OAK COMMON
PARSONS GREEN
SANDS END
SHEPHERD’S BUSH
WALHAM GREEN
WEST KENSINGTON
WHITE CITY

London Borough of Wandsworth

BALHAM
BATTERSEA
CLAPHAM JUNCTION
EARLSFIELD
FURZEDOWN
NINE ELMS
PUTNEY
ROEHAMPTON
SOUTHFIELDS
STREATHAM PARK
TOOTING
TOOTING BEC

F C

15 April 2024

Amazing service!

Johann Martin

19 March 2024

Esi arrived punctually today to replace a dripping tap. He was polite and hardworking and finished the job quickly, after testing that the new tap worked properly. He pointed out the 5 year guarantee for the tap in the booklet he left behind with me.

Nihar Desai

7 March 2024

Have sought out help from Taylormade (Max) several times since past few years.Taylormade (Max) has super efficient team, they are polite and all of them - Ryan (who we know from past jobs), and Essi ( current job) have been attentive, easy to talk to, and good listeners. Taylormade is reliable, trustworthy - charges are reasonable, good value for money. Yesterday, we had a major crisis and had to call Max for emergency work ( relating to burst pipe). Essi came very quickly, and resolved the problem - also neatly put the floor boards back in place. Big thank you to Taylormade, Max & Essi for responding promptly very early in the morning, resolving our problem yesterday, and patiently sorting out the situation. Highly recommend Taylormade.

Isabella Durizzo

27 February 2024

I’ve been using TaylorMade services for a few years now. Max and his team are very reliable and their work is professionally done. I can highly recommend them.

Marc NB

20 February 2024

We have used Max Taylor and his team at Taylormade for a few years now and rate their responsiveness, expert advice and reasonable pricing.

Lucy Dowie

13 February 2024

Max, Ryan & Esi have always been helpful, punctual & efficient. They are super friendly & a pleasure to work with. Would definitely recommend!!

Susanna Frayn

12 February 2024

Max came over in record time, found the main drain was blocked to the top and got straight to work. He was fast, efficient, cheerful and polite. He got the problem solved for the price quoted. Thoroughly recommended.

Edward Smith

11 February 2024

Excellent Service. The job from start to finish was super slick and professional throughout. Would definitely recommend.

Sarah Salinger

11 February 2024

Extremely poor service from Taylor Made, would not recommend. Booked an annual service of a boiler that was 1 year old. When arrived refused to do the service as said the flue had a gap that needed to be filled. I asked if it was safe to use and was told, 'at my own risk', I asked if he could quote me for the work that needed doing and have never heard from them since. Then proceeded to indicate I may have a leak as my floor surface was uneven(there are no pipes under my floor, they are all in the walls) despite his only evidence being visualising the floor (which has always been uneven). I contacted another gas engineer who serviced the boiler with no problem and filled the gap in immediately, with no concern.

alexa banks

9 February 2024

This is the second time we have used Taylormade Plumbing and Htg Services. We are a rental management business where a prompt service with reliable and competent plumbers is paramount for our own business. Taylormade have worked well for us and we will be ringing them in the future for any plumbing issues that might arrive. We can recommend.

DIY Plumbing Disasters: Don’t Fall Foul

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