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Typical Teddington property types we work in

The plumbing and heating quirks of a property usually come down to its age and build. Here's what we encounter across Teddington:

• Victorian/Edwardian terraces and semis off **Teddington High Street**, **Broad Street** and streets leading toward **Strawberry Hill** — older properties here commonly retain original service pipework, including lead or ageing galvanised supplies, unless upgraded.
• Interwar 1930s semis around **Wick Road**, **Kingston Road** and the **Teddington Park** area — typical family housing with later boiler replacements, mixed copper/plastic plumbing and some loft conversions.
• Post-war purpose-built flats and maisonettes near **Teddington station** and around the **Town Centre** — these can have lower static pressure, shared incoming mains and older communal tanks in some blocks.
• Mansion-style converted flats and riverside apartments in and around **Teddington Lock** / **Riverside** — often affected by pressure variation, long horizontal runs and, in some blocks, communal heating or boosted water systems.
• New-build apartments and townhouses at **Teddington Riverside, TW11** and infill schemes near the **river corridor** — typically modern pressurised plumbing, but sometimes with district or communal plant and concealed-leak risks.

Common plumbing issues in Teddington

• **Limescale buildup** in boilers, showers and hot-water cylinders from hard Thames water, especially in older homes with traditional tank-based systems.
• **Low water pressure** in mansion-block conversions and upper-floor flats around the **town centre/station** area, particularly where shared supplies or older risers are still in use.
• **Lead or ageing service pipes** in Victorian/Edwardian terraces and semis off older streets, creating leakage and renewal issues when internal plumbing is updated but the supply pipe is not.
• **Condensate pipe freezing** on north-facing side returns and rear extensions in older terraces and semis during cold snaps, especially where modern boilers were retrofitted.
• **Shared stack or communal drainage faults** in converted houses and apartment blocks, causing recurring blockages, slow drains or intermittent backing-up on lower floors.