More At The Farmhouse

Main bedroom in 1st half of house

Since we last updated you, we have continued our work at the Farmhouse. We have now finished the first half of the house and are on to the second half. Around the edge of the Farmhouse is an old tunnel which we facilitated for getting the pipework from A to B without being on display. Whilst this created a great finish for the pipework you could see, it was certainly a tight squeeze!

A quick selfie in the Tunnel

The pipework travelling through the tunnel

A Small Building Job

​Over a period of 2 weeks, we worked hard to convert a small, impractical utility room into a much larger one. We did this by building a new wall further along in the garage than the current wall, knocking down the wall that was in place, and making an archway into what was the previous utility. ​ We also knocked down a small wall in the back of a cupboard that backed onto the garage to create a new entrance into the utility. With some careful plastering, tiling and decorating, the utility was complete! (please note the curves in the archway are due to the panoramic shot of the camera)

Work On Our Own Bathroom

Starting the work

Insulating the walls

Tiling in the shower enclosure

One finished wall

All the tiles are now done in the shower area, just the grouting left

Make sure you check back next week for more progress on our bathroom

Another busy week

You may remember from posts 2 and 3 we have been doing a long term heating install at Gorran Haven. This week we went back to the job to install the heating and hot water to the ground floor so the family could move back into the property while renovations continued upstairs. To get this job done as quickly and efficiently as possible, we split up and worked on different parts of the job rather than doing the same thing together. Our apprentice has now gained a lot of experience in different areas and is confident to fit radiators unaided, so she fitted and connected 6 radiators on the ground floor whilst our heating engineer fitted and connected the cylinder. By doing different jobs separately, we managed to get the heating connected and running for the client in just 2 days!

Back to the farmhouse

At the end of the week we returned to the farmhouse renovation to fit pipes to the locations of the lounge radiators.  The pipes will then be plastered over, causing them to be hidden in the wall, we shall show you a picture of this when it has been done in a later blog post. This part of the job certainly took its time as it involved a lot of drilling through thick walls and as the walls are old, they have a lot of lime in them which can cause damage to the copper pipes. To prevent damage to the pipes, they all had to be wrapped in tape as you can see in the picture so the pipes do not come into contact with the walls.

That's all we have this week, be sure to check back next week for our new blog post.

Happy Valentines From Eco Dragon

Old Systems and new boilers

Before

A lot of people believe that having a new boiler will fix their problems with their heating. Whilst this is true, it's not just the boiler that can be an issue, but also the rest of the system.  Many of our customers opt to have a new boiler without replacing their radiators as it is the most cost effective method of replacing a system, however black sludge that builds up from dirty water in your heating system can cause damage to your new boiler and needs to be cleaned out using a power flushing system. As you can see from our results we cleaned out a lot of dirty water and by the end of our treatment, the water was clear as tap water again.

After

A New Large-Scale Renovation Project Near Liskeard 

Bringing the pipes through the wall where the cylinders will go

Eco Dragon has now begun a large renovation of a very old farmhouse near Liskeard. This involves removing an old heating system and installing a new one, whist also changing the hot and cold water feeds. So far we have been first- fixing the system which means installing all of the pipework leading up to where the appliances will be.  Take a look at our progress so far by looking at the pictures. You can follow our progress over the following weeks.

Drilling through to allow the pipes to enter the wall

The old pipework being removed compared to the new pipework being installed

You can see how damaged the old pipe has become through corrosion

Fitting In Our Usual Work

The Sealed AAV

The installed towel rail, All that is left now is for the electrician to wire it in

That's all we have to show you this week but make sure you check back next week to see more of what we have been up to.

Keeping Busy

A Very Unhappy Boiler

changing the oil pump

extremely poor analyser readings

the old broken fire valve

replacing the fire valve

Sometimes, a plumber's work is not for everyone.

the old radiator

the "solution" to fitting a rad where the pipes don't line up

leaking from the start!

our replacement

That's all for now but make sure you check back on Tuesday for part 2 of this weeks blog post

Eco Dragon's first blog post of 2017!

We have all sorts of calls from leaky taps to new heating system installations, whatever your problem, Eco Dragon can help. Recently we received a call from a couple who had just moved into their house and needed help understanding their heating system and we were more than happy to help. Never be embarrassed to call if you just need showing what to do with your plumbing or heating appliance because you are not the only one!

What have Eco Dragon been up to over Christmas?

In our own home, we have completed our chimney renovation and are happy with the result! The scaffolding has come down and our house is beginning to look normal again.

Back to work!

The repaired boiler happily running again. You can see the damaged circulator in front of it.

You can see the corrosion effect the water had on the circulator To start us off this week we received a call asking for our help with a boiler that wouldn't work. When we got there and took a look inside the boiler it was clear to see there was a substantial leak coming from inside the boiler. We successfully managed to repair the leak points in the boiler, however when we went to test the boiler afterwards it still would not fire up. Unfortunately we discovered that the leaking water had managed to penetrate the electrical circuit of the circulator. Luckily for the customer we had a replacement circulator in the van

This week- doing what we can to have you sorted for christmas

The inside of a Worcester Heatslave Oil Fired boiler

Removing the cover to clean out the Combustion chamber

Carrying out an analysis to ensure all is running correctly

More on the analyser 

Here you can see our Flue Gas Analyser which is used in every service and after every repair to ensure that your boiler is running as it should be. In picture 1 you can see CO2 emissions are 12.01%. we would hope the emissions for this particular boiler we would hope to see the emissions at 12% so we are happy with this result. PPM stands for Parts Per Million and measures the level of carbon monoxide being released into the air, as you can see we

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Continuation of the bathroom

Fitting gas bottles with a 4 Bottle Regulator Valve

​This week we fitted gas bottles to a mobile home stationed on a farm to provide gas to the boiler for heating and hot water as well as to supply gas for the hob and oven. In a short space of time we made a small family warm and happy as we try to achieve with all of our customers as your happiness is key to running our business.

Finally - our chimney

​Unfortunately we were unable to finish the chimney this week as planned, however we have completed the lead work and all that's left to do is the pot! Check out our Full progress on the older posts and don't forget to comment on what you think of this weeks post!

With winter quickly drawing in, we are certainly getting busier!

Tuesday - a day full of servicing!

Installation of a new bathroom

The newly installed toilet and basin

The framework installed ready for the shower tray. Installing framework will aid in the strength and support of the tray to keep it even and make it last longer

And finally - how's the chimney?

As you are most likely aware from old blog posts, Eco Dragon have been conducting renovations of our own home. With the increasing demand for work as winter draws in it's hard to find the time to continue our own renovations, but we are nearly there! Despite the bad weather we hope to have our chimney completed and the roof sealed by the end of this weekend .

Don't forget to comment on our blog to let us know what you think and check back next week for more Eco Dragon updates!

What have we been up to this week?

 Our regular services and repairs (click on each picture to expand)

With winter seeming to come quicker and quicker each year, everyone is beginning to put their heating on for the first time since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, this is the time you are most likely to discover your boiler has developed a fault whilst it's been sleeping through the summer! We have had no end of calls from our loyal customers asking for our help, and we try to give each and every one of you our fullest attention.

New heating and hot water system at Gorran Haven

Our apprentice working hard to pump the system up to 10 bar of pressure

The pressure gauge, exactly where we want it!

Over 2 hours of hard work and dedication to ensure everything is right

Just a little bit of space to squeeze in the installation of a toilet, shower and basin.

A house in Ashton near Penzance has recently undergone extensive renovation, converting a bungalow into a 2 story house. The company carrying out this renovation is one we work closely with on a regular basis- Prestige Property Services. This week we completed our work on this project by completing the finishing touches on the bathroom by installing the toilet, shower and basin, then neatly sealing the gaps with silicone.  ​ Unfortunately we forgot to get a picture of the finished product, however here are some pictures of our work in progress to enjoy.

Fitting the toilet to sit neatly inside the unit

Drilling a hole in the unit to fit the toilet bowl

Attaching the wall fixings to the tiles for the shower

The finished shower

Progress on our chimney

Last weekend we made even more progress on the rebuilding of our chimney at our own home. It may not be finished yet, but it is certainly coming along nicely. The brick work is now half completed and the slates have been replaced along the front elevation where the old chimney used to extend to.

What have we been up to so far this week?

Ground Source Heat Pump

This week Eco Dragon has been out at one of our Eco new-builds in Porthtowan commissioning our Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) unit. GSHP's work by extracting heat from the ground by circulating a mix of water and Glycol through pipes that have been buried under the ground (you can see this process in the video that will be attached on friday). The Heat is then concentrated using a vapour compression cycle and then transferred into buildings to provide heating and hot water without the need to burn fossil fuels. You can find more information by clicking on -> THIS <- link to the Kensa website whose GSHP's we install.

Our usual annual services on boilers, as well as repairs
​on faulty appliances 

What does Eco Dragon do in their spare time?