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Skelmersdale is around twenty five minutes from our base in Hindley Green, and it is a genuinely different town to work in compared with the Victorian mill and pit towns nearby.
Skelmersdale was designated a new town in the early 1960s, and the estates built through that period give the town a housing profile unlike anywhere else we cover. A very large share of properties date from the 1960s and 1970s, which has a practical consequence: many are now on their second or third boiler, and a lot still run pipework, radiators and controls that have never been properly overhauled since the house was built.
This is the single most common issue we see here. Pipework that has run for fifty or sixty years without a proper cleanse will be carrying a serious amount of sludge, and radiators cold at the bottom are the giveaway. Fitting an efficient new boiler onto that shortens its life and can affect the manufacturer warranty. Every installation we carry out includes a full system cleanse and a magnetic filter as standard — not as an upsell.
New town housing often placed boilers in cupboards, hallways or utility spaces that made sense at the time. Some of those positions are still fine and some are not, depending on ventilation, servicing access and flue routing. If yours is in an awkward spot we will tell you honestly whether it can stay or whether relocating gives a better installation.
A new boiler paired with a fifty-year-old control setup will not deliver what it should. Modern controls are part of getting the efficiency you are paying for, and we will explain what actually makes a difference rather than selling you gadgets.
More recent development around the town is straightforward — cavity walls, existing combi, clean flue route, decent pipework. Usually clean same-day swaps.
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Every installation includes removal of your old boiler, all pipework connections, flue, system filter, full commissioning, Gas Safe certification and Worcester Bosch warranty registration. 0% finance provided through TradeHelp Ltd, subject to status.
We are based in Hindley Green, about 25 minutes from Skelmersdale. When you ring, you speak to the engineer who will actually be doing the work.
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The same Gas Safe engineer surveys, installs, and comes back if you ever need us. Never handed to a third party.
The price we quote is the price you pay. No day-of-install surprises, no sudden extras.
If your job is not a standard swap — a back boiler, a larger property, or a hot water problem you want looking at — leave your details and we will ring you back. No obligation, and no pressure when we do.
A Worcester Bosch Greenstar 1000 24kW combi starts at £1,995 fully installed. Most standard Skelmersdale swaps fall between £1,995 and £2,595. Relocating a boiler from an awkward position costs more and is quoted as one fixed price at survey.
It is very common in Skelmersdale and entirely fixable. Systems from the 1960s and 1970s that have never been flushed carry a lot of sludge. Every installation we do includes a full system cleanse and a magnetic filter, because fitting a new boiler onto a dirty system shortens its life and can affect the warranty.
Almost always sludge sitting in the radiator rather than a boiler fault. A proper system cleanse usually sorts it, and we cleanse and fit a magnetic filter as standard when we install so it does not return.
Often yes, and sometimes it makes for a considerably better installation — particularly where the current position causes flue or servicing problems. Relocation involves extra pipework and a new flue route, priced at survey as one fixed figure.
Yes, 0% interest-free finance over 24 months on Worcester Bosch installations through TradeHelp, subject to status and credit check.
As well as Skelmersdale, we install boilers right across Wigan, Bolton, St Helens, Warrington and Salford.
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