All pages
Hard water
- Cambridge water sits in the national map's top band
- What hard water does inside a boiler
- Before fitting a softener in an older house
- Scale inhibitors and magnetic devices: what the evidence covers (in brief)
- Descaling kettles, taps and shower heads at home (in brief)
- Finding the hardness figure for your own address (in brief)
Boilers and heat pumps
- Replacing the boiler in an older Cambridge terrace
- Combi or cylinder: three checks for an older house
- Heat pump in a Victorian terrace: the checks that matter
- Boiler Upgrade Scheme grants for older Cambridge homes
- Old radiators, sludge and what a heating system needs
- Check a Gas Safe engineer before gas work starts
- Gas smell or carbon monoxide alarm: get out, then call (in brief)
- Boiler flue position and plumes in terraced streets (in brief)
- Frozen condensate pipe: what you can safely do (in brief)
- The boiler controls a new combi has to come with (in brief)
Old pipes
- Lead pipes in an older Cambridge house
- Asbestos around old boilers, flues and tanks
- Shared pipes and drains in Cambridge terraces
- Lead in tap water: what to do this week (in brief)
- Old cold water tanks in the loft (in brief)
- Low water pressure in an older house (in brief)
- Frozen pipes in an older house (in brief)
Listed and conservation
- Listed building consent for boilers and heating
- Heat pumps in a conservation area: the current rules
- Part L in listed and conservation area homes (in brief)
- Conservation areas in Cambridge and South Cambs (in brief)
- Radiators and new pipework in a listed building (in brief)
Flood
- How to check flood risk near the Cam and Fens
- Raising a boiler and services above flood water
- After a flood: gas, water and electrics
- Sewer flooding and non-return valves in older houses (in brief)
- Fen drainage boards and who runs them (in brief)
Who does what
- Cambridge Water, Anglian Water and who to call
- Stop taps and supply pipes: where responsibility changes hands
- Should an older home have a water meter? (in brief)
- Finding a WaterSafe plumber, and when notice is due (in brief)
Lets
- Gas safety certificates in Cambridge student lets
- HMO licences in Cambridge: the plumbing and heating duties
- Carbon monoxide and smoke alarm rules for landlords (in brief)
- Landlord duties when heating or hot water fails (in brief)
- Legionella risk assessment for landlords (in brief)
- EPC rules for an old rented house (in brief)