Trades People in London we like (Electricians, Plumbers, Gas Engineers, Carpenters, Builders etc)

https://bsafeplumbing.co.uk

Billy who was recommended to me on this thread, very happy with the work/service.

Can anyone recommend a carpenter south of the river? Have various tasks related to our wooden front door which I don't have the skills/tools/time for. Probably only a day of work for a professional.

And a similar request to the above for north of the river.

Glad you got on with him!

Update on my positive experience of using these guys for some work on my tall town house house in Brixton - https://www.lcrenovation.co.uk/

The brief - replace a leaking skylight/velux; re-tile my porch; replace a toilet with a hairline crack to the bowl; replace some guttering and drainpipes.

The challenge - to do it quickly due to a nervous and very protective/territorial dog, who would need to be crated throughout.

It was smooth throughout. Submit query by email; response within 24 hours; appointment made a few days later; guy (who turns out to be the owner) turns up 5 minutes early and takes shoes off to come in the house; spends half-an-hour taking photos and measuring; quote arrives a week later - £4,440 with me buying the replacement toilet and velux.

Agree a September date, scaffolding up in 2 hours on the Thursday so he can go onto the roof to confirm the size of the velux, which I order along with the toilet on the Friday. Everything arrives by Tuesday and he has a guy on site on Wednesday to strip porch tiles. Then on Wednesday at 8 am, he arrives with eight men and they proceed to complete everything by 5.30, including hoovering, sweeping, removing all rubbish, etc. The boss comes back on Thursday morning just to add some lead flashing and then hose down everything and check I'm happy. Scaffolders back on Saturday and have everything removed in 45 minutes.

No "unexpected" extras - in fact he had to buy and pick up the right flashing for the velux, as I'd ordered the wrong one, but didn't charge me - "just one of those things". All his guys were friendly and polite - shoes off when coming in the house, asking if it was OK to use the toilet, asking if the dog was OK...

The reason for this lengthy post is that I've found it so difficult to find reliable builders. Three houses in my road had work done in the past 2-3 years and all of them went through that classic process of someone turning up for half a day and then waiting two days for someone else to come, so the job drags on. I'd been clear that I would rather have a couple of days of chaos and get the job done, than have it drag out. He took me at my word and did just that, but it was just one day.

I'm not sure how far he'll travel, but definitely worth considering if you're south.

Looking to get a new bannister fitted, anyone got any recommendations for SE London?

Looking for roofing/guttering services and glaziers in SE London. Anyone got any recommendations? Ta in advance.

See above

We used this chap to do our floor who was very thorough and did a great job, he also does carpentry as we enquired about a new door and frame (not done this yet) he would be the first person to call for architrave/skirting/flooring/doors etc.
based in West Wickham but works in London.
http://woodenfloors.biz/about-ba

Any recommendations very welcome. Dread trying to find decent workmen in London. I'm in nw11.
I've a drain / sewer thats bust due to clay soil heave cracking it and full of roots.
Will involve replacing it and re laying a path plus some new flags in a mini patio type setup.
I figure it needs an drainage expert even though pretty simple work.

Nice one! Always feels so good when you get a positive experience like this just a shame it is a rarity.

Oo cheers!

Cheers. Their website looks like they do much bigger projects than I'm likely to put their way, but I'll give them a call in any case.

Bang on that.

For all things chimney/stove/wood burner/fireplace: Mike Dole.

https://chimneysweepslondon.com/

Another recommendation for Rokas the boiler guy, came and did our service and installed a new filter system. Super work all round, very polite, arrived on time and happy to explain everything.

https://rokas.london/

If you have a Vaillant boiler and live in London, John at Full Flame is the man. Servicing and repair. Really nice guy, transparent pricing and very knowledgeable.
https://www.full-flame.co.uk/

Any sparks recommendation around se20 .
Should be easy job for some one. Was recommended the chap on an electric bike but we are too far for him to come ..

Think I have found one :)

Anyone with a tired Vaillant boiler I can recommend getting on their maintenance/service contract at about £30 month. We inherited a neglected 10 year old boiler that had a tide mark inside from a major undetected leak that fried the main board.
Plumber/engineer suggested trying to get Vaillant to take it on as him doing one repair for a diverter valve would cost as much as a years contract.
So now we have almost a new boiler, last outage meant 11 parts changed which were likely at the limit for what they will replace before condemning the boiler. If this happens they give you £700 off fitting a new one, we were nice to the engineer and explained we just needed to get another year out of it so he was determined to fix it.
The annual service was 2 weeks later and I noticed the pressure had crept up, turns out it needed a new pressure vessel along with a few valves.
With the new pump and all the other bits done previously there’s probably only the heat exchanger that’s original.
Don’t think they have made any money on this one.

Ok to share details? Need a new fuse board in SE26.

Have mailed you sir

Could you remind me about this 13 months ago please

Our 10 year old valiant needed a new circuit board the day we moved in, as had been turned off for months. Sorted now ( we needed it fixing then and there ) , but will surely think about for future.

Could someone recommend a carpenter for east? I have brand new doors (no hardware ever fitted) I've finally got round to varnishing and hanging, but don't have the confidence to fit the catches