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Boiler installation and heating engineers in Guildford
New boilers, repairs, servicing, central heating, plumbing and air conditioning across Guildford and the surrounding villages. Gas Safe registered, no call-out charge, and rated 9.67 out of 10 from 266 verified Checkatrade reviews.
Covering GU1, GU2, GU3, GU4, GU5
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Boilers we supply and install
Heating engineers in Guildford who turn up when they say
We are a family-run heating and plumbing company based in Guildford, covering Guildford and the area around it. We are a Guildford business, so this is our home patch and there is no travel time to speak of. Every job is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer, every price is confirmed in writing before we start, and there is no charge for coming out to look at a boiler repair.
Same day in most cases, and often within the hour, because our engineers are based here.
What it costs in Guildford
- New boilers fitted from £2,211 including VAT
- Annual boiler service £89
- Landlord gas safety certificate £99, or £139 with a service
- Boiler repair diagnosis £75, with no call-out charge
- Powerflushing from £1,000 + VAT
- Air conditioning from £1,850 fitted
If you would rather see a figure for your own property than a range, the quote tool asks a few questions about your home and gives you real prices in about ninety seconds, without anybody visiting.
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What would a new boiler cost in Guildford?
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GU1, GU2, GU3, GU4, GU5Postcodes we cover
Hard waterA scale reducer protects a combi
No call-outFixed diagnosis fee, off the bill if fixed
9.67/10From 266 verified Checkatrade reviews
New boilers in Guildford: what we fit and why
Replacing a boiler is the largest single thing most households spend on their home without being shown a price first. We think that is the wrong way round, which is why every boiler we fit in Guildford is priced before anybody comes to the door. What follows is the reasoning we would go through with you at the survey, written out.
The housing here, and what it means for your boiler
Guildford is a mix rather than one type of house. Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Stoke and Charlotteville, inter-war semis through Merrow and Burpham, post-war estates at Park Barn and Bellfields, and newer flats near the station and the Research Park.
That mix is why we survey before we fit. A solid-walled period house limits where the flue can go, while a 1970s house often still has microbore pipework and radiators that were never resized. The right boiler for one is the wrong boiler for the other.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Stoke and Charlotteville, inter-war semis through Burpham and Merrow, post-war estates at Park Barn and Bellfields, and newer apartment blocks near the station and the Research Park.
Water in Guildford is hard
Heat hard water and the dissolved calcium comes out as limescale, coating every surface the hot water touches. Inside a combi that matters more than anywhere else, because the plate heat exchanger that makes your hot water has very narrow passages.
The symptoms arrive in a predictable order: hot water swinging between scalding and lukewarm, then a kettling noise when the boiler fires, then reduced flow at the tap, then a failed heat exchanger and a bill. A scale reducer on the incoming main costs a fraction of that.
Combi, system or regular?
Most Guildford homes with one or two bathrooms suit a correctly sized combi. Homes with three or more bathrooms in use at once usually need a system boiler and cylinder. Our plain-English guide explains the difference, and the survey confirms it for your house.
Trusted by hundreds of homes across Surrey and London
Every review here is a verified Checkatrade review, left after a real job. Many were written under our previous name, CGR Plumbing & Heating — same engineers, same standards, new name.
9.67/10
★★★★★
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Fixed the bathroom basin tap
★★★★★
We always call them as they are reliable and honest.
Replaced pump and 3 way valve
★★★★★
Great team. Quick job. Impossible to complain and happy to recommend.
Boiler service
★★★★★
Very reliable and punctual. He's very tidy and gets on with his work quietly.
Boiler and radiator fault repair
★★★★★
I had a boiler fault that was actually caused by an airlock in my central heating. Chaudray identified the potential issue quickly and clearly communicated the steps required to fix it. He carried out the work then and there, and the problem was solved. He was very courteous and tidy, too.
Cap gas pipe
★★★★★
Perfect, thanks.
Water main repair and gas pipe cap
★★★★★
Great communication before, and turned up early and friendly. Perfect job completed in time. Thanks.
Removing radiators
★★★★★
Quality of work, clarity and tidiness was excellent. Chaudray was clear about all the steps of work, fixed some historical issues as part of solving the job to the best standard, but checked, explained and gave options as he went.
Excellent service
★★★★★
Chaudhry messaged me promptly and was able to come the next day. He was really friendly and carried out the work quickly and to a high standard.
Boiler fixed
★★★★★
Very professional and competent.
Gas Safe registered
Reg. 300222
Checkatrade approved
9.67 / 10
FCA authorised
Ref. 1058977
Family run
Since 2019
Credentials
Checked, registered and accountable
Anyone can put a van sticker on and call themselves a heating engineer. These four are the ones that actually mean something, and we will show you any of them before you let us near your boiler.
- Gas Safe registration is a legal requirement for gas work, and it is what makes your installation notifiable and your manufacturer guarantee valid.
- Checkatrade verifies every review against a real job, so the 9.67 is not something we wrote about ourselves.
- FCA authorisation means the finance side is regulated rather than arranged on a handshake.
- Family run is not a certificate, but it is the reason the person quoting your job is the person accountable for it.
How quickly we can get to Guildford
We are a Guildford business, so this is our home patch and there is no travel time to speak of. Same day in most cases, and often within the hour, because our engineers are based here.
If you have no heating or hot water we treat it as urgent. A straight swap is a day's work; a conversion, a back boiler removal or a relocation is usually two.
Why a local firm beats a national in Guildford
The national names work on a call centre and a rota of subcontractors. You explain the problem to somebody reading a script, you are given a four-hour window, and the engineer who arrives has never seen your boiler and will not be the one who comes back.
We are a small family firm in Guildford. Your boiler is on our system with its history, and if we fitted it we know exactly what is in there. When you ring, you speak to somebody local who can tell you honestly whether we can reach Guildford today. The person who quotes the job is accountable for it.
It also means we know the housing. A scale reducer on the incoming main costs less than one heat exchanger and is worth it on almost every property in the GU1 to GU4 postcodes.
Nearby
We also cover Worplesdon, Godalming, Woking and Send and the rest of Surrey. If you are not certain your postcode is in range, put it into the checker further down this page and it will tell you straight away.
Guide prices including VAT, worked out from your answers and confirmed in writing after a survey.
The housing in Guildford, and what it means for your heating
Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Stoke and Charlotteville, inter-war semis through Burpham and Merrow, post-war estates at Park Barn and Bellfields, and newer apartment blocks near the station and the Research Park.
Guildford sits on the chalk of the North Downs, so the water is hard. In practice that means limescale building up in the narrow plate heat exchanger inside a combi, and it is the single most common reason we see a Guildford boiler fail earlier than it should. A scale reducer on the incoming main costs less than one heat exchanger and is worth it on almost every property in the GU1 to GU4 postcodes.
The terraces around Stoke and Charlotteville frequently still have their original pipe routes, and a good number have had a back boiler behind the fireplace at some point.
The town centre, Castle Street and parts of Charlotteville sit within conservation areas, which affects where a flue can terminate on a visible elevation.
None of that is a reason to worry. It is a reason to have somebody look at the property before quoting, which is exactly what we do, and it is why a price from a national company reading off a script so often changes once their engineer actually arrives.
Neighbourhoods we cover around Guildford
We work right across Guildford and the villages around it. Here is what we tend to find in each part of the area.
- Town centre, Stoke and Charlotteville (GU1) — Period terraces with tight flue routes and older pipework.
- Merrow and Burpham (GU1, GU4) — Inter-war and post-war family homes, many extended since.
- Stoughton, Westborough and Park Barn (GU2) — Post-war housing, lots of combi swaps and conversions from old tank systems.
- Onslow Village and Guildford Park (GU2) — 1920s and 1930s homes near the university, often with original airing cupboards.
- Shalford, Chilworth, Bramley and Wonersh (GU4, GU5) — Village homes, with some larger houses on the lanes running on oil.
- Worplesdon and Jacob's Well (GU3, GU4) — Detached and semi-detached family homes on the north side of town.
Everything we do in Guildford
One local team for boilers, heating and plumbing in Guildford. Each service has its own page with prices and what is included.
New boilers
Priced online in about 90 seconds and fitted by a Gas Safe engineer, often the next day.
Find out more →Boiler repair
A fixed diagnosis fee with no call-out charge, and the fee comes off the repair if you go ahead.
Find out more →Servicing and landlord certificates
A proper hour-long service with the readings written down, and gas safety certificates for landlords.
Find out more →Central heating
Radiators, controls, powerflushing and full system redesigns for homes that never feel warm.
Find out more →Emergency plumbing in Guildford
Burst pipes, leaks and no water, with a rate agreed before we set off.
Find out more →Plumbing, taps and bathrooms
Leaking taps, toilets, showers and pipework, done tidily and priced first.
Find out more →Air conditioning
Cooling in summer and efficient heating in winter, fitted by F-Gas engineers.
Find out more →See your boiler price for Guildford in about ninety secondsReal prices from real answers. No home visit, nothing to sign.
Where we work
We are based in Guildford and cover everything inside the orange line — thirty-one areas across Surrey and into south-west London. Tap any town to see what we do there.
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Same dayfor emergencies where we can
Most of our work is within half an hour of the door. That is deliberate — it is why we can usually reach a breakdown the same day.
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Mid and east Surrey
South-west London
Areas we cover in and around Guildford
We work right across Guildford and the surrounding villages, including Stoke, Burpham, Merrow, Onslow Village, Park Barn, Charlotteville and Bellfields and the streets between them. If your postcode starts GU1, GU2, GU3, GU4, GU5 we almost certainly reach you, and for larger jobs we travel further than that.
Not sure? Ring us on 0333 054 0046 and we will tell you in ten seconds rather than taking your details first.
Why a local engineer beats a national in Guildford
The big national names work on a call centre and a rota of subcontractors. You explain the problem to somebody reading a script, you get a four-hour window, and the engineer who arrives has never seen your boiler before and will not be the one who comes back if something needs looking at.
We are a small local company. Your boiler is on our system with its history, and if we fitted it we know exactly what is in there. When you ring, you speak to somebody in Guildford who can tell you honestly whether we can reach Guildford today. The person who quotes your job is the person accountable for it.
It also means we know the area. A scale reducer on the incoming main costs less than one heat exchanger and is worth it on almost every property in the GU1 to GU4 postcodes.
Boiler and heating questions from Guildford customers
How much does a new boiler cost in Guildford?
A straight combi swap in Guildford starts at £2,211 fitted including VAT, and most three and four-bedroom homes sit a little above that, depending on the boiler and the guarantee you choose. Converting from a cylinder system to a combi adds around £900, and removing an old back boiler adds around £1,250. Our quote tool gives you a figure for your own property in about ninety seconds.
How quickly can you install a boiler in Guildford?
If you have no heating or hot water we treat it as urgent and aim to fit the replacement within 24 to 48 hours of you accepting the quote. A standard swap takes a day. A conversion, a back boiler removal or a relocation usually takes two. Same day in most cases, and often within the hour, because our engineers are based here.
Do you charge a call-out fee in Guildford?
No. Boiler repairs carry a £75 diagnosis fee anywhere in Guildford, and that comes off the bill if we fix the fault on the same visit. There is no separate charge for coming out.
Are your engineers Gas Safe registered?
Yes. Every gas job in Guildford is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer and notified to building control, which is what keeps your manufacturer guarantee valid. We are happy to show you the card before we start, and you should ask any company that will not.
Do you do landlord gas safety certificates in Guildford?
Yes, for single properties and for portfolios. A landlord gas safety certificate is £99, or £139 alongside a full service. We contact tenants directly to arrange access and email the certificate to you the same day.
Is the water hard in Guildford?
Guildford sits on the chalk of the North Downs, so the water is hard. In practice that means limescale building up in the narrow plate heat exchanger inside a combi, and it is the single most common reason we see a Guildford boiler fail earlier than it should.
Which boilers do you install in Guildford?
Worcester Bosch, Vaillant, Baxi and Glow-worm. We are not tied to one manufacturer, so we recommend on what actually suits the property rather than on what earns us the most. Guarantees run from five to twelve years depending on the model, and we register them with the manufacturer on your behalf.
Do you cover the villages around Guildford?
Yes. We cover Guildford and the surrounding area, including Stoke, Burpham, Merrow. If you are not sure whether your postcode is in range, ring us on 0333 054 0046 and we will tell you straight away.
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