New Malden High Street sits between Worcester Park and Raynes Park, and the surrounding streets are largely 1920s and 1930s semis and terraces, with a growing number of flats and new-build conversions closer to the town centre.
The older semis tend to have original radiators and, in some cases, boilers that have been kept going far longer than they should have. The newer flats near the High Street more often need help with combi boiler faults, pressure issues, and occasional shared drainage problems where a building has been split into multiple units.
We come out to New Malden from Sutton along the A2043 and A238, so both a routine service near the station and an urgent call-out towards Coombe or the Kingston border are manageable within the same working day.
Boiler repairs and servicing
We deal with boiler breakdowns, no heating and no hot water across New Malden, along with routine annual servicing to keep systems reliable.
The semis around Blagdon Road and the streets off the Coombe Road end of town often still have their original heat-only boilers from a previous refurbishment, and parts for these can be genuinely hard to source, which is usually the point we discuss replacement rather than another repair.
New boiler installations
Where an older boiler is no longer worth repairing, we can advise on and fit a replacement suited to the property. Firm pricing for new boiler installations is only confirmed after a site visit, and quotes can be arranged through https://wdigroupltd.co.uk/new-boilers/.
Plumbing repairs
- Tap repairs and replacement
- Leaking toilets
- Radiator repairs
- General plumbing maintenance
Drainage
Blocked drains and blocked sinks are a regular job in the older terraces near the High Street.
A number of these terraces share a single drain run at the rear that serves three or four houses, so when one property blocks it's worth checking whether the cause actually lies further along the run before any single household pays to have it cleared repeatedly.
Gas safety certificates
Landlord gas safety certificates for the many rented flats near the High Street, plus general gas safety checks for homeowners.
Radiator balancing in the older semis
A lot of the 1920s and 1930s semis around New Malden have had radiators added or swapped over the decades without the system ever being rebalanced, which leaves some rooms too hot and others barely warm. We can rebalance the whole system rather than just bleeding the radiators that complain the most.
Flats and conversions near the station
New-build and converted flats near New Malden station typically have compact combi boilers fitted into kitchen cupboards or utility spaces, and access for servicing can be tight, so it's worth mentioning the layout when you book so the right tools and time are allowed for.
New Malden's housing stock and heating systems
New Malden's streets are largely a mix of 1920s and 1930s semis and terraces, with pockets of Victorian housing closer to Raynes Park and a growing number of purpose-built and converted flats around the High Street and station. This spread of building ages means we regularly move between older heat-only boiler systems, mid-life combi conversions, and newer compact combis fitted as standard in recent developments.
Where a property still has its original radiators from the 1920s or 1930s, we often find they were never sized for a modern combi boiler's output, so part of a straightforward-sounding repair can end up being a discussion about whether the radiators themselves need reviewing.
Common plumbing and drainage problems in New Malden
The terraces near the High Street, some of which share rear drain runs between several houses, are where we most often deal with recurring blockages that turn out to have a cause further along the shared run rather than within a single property. In the semis further from the centre, worn washers, ageing stopcocks and radiators that need bleeding or balancing are the more typical calls.
Hard water across this part of Surrey also contributes to scale build-up in kettles, showers and boiler heat exchangers over time, and we'll flag scale protection as worth considering wherever we're already working on a hot water system.
Call-outs and travel from our Sutton office
We travel to New Malden from our Sutton office at 1-3 Wealdstone Road along the A2043 and A238, which is a manageable run that lets us combine a New Malden appointment with jobs in Worcester Park, Raynes Park or Wimbledon on the same day. That also makes it easier to arrange a follow-up visit if a part needs ordering after a first diagnosis.
Boiler and gas safety work
Alongside repairs and installations, we carry out landlord gas safety certificates and general gas safety checks throughout New Malden, which is particularly relevant given the number of rented flats near the High Street. We're Gas Safe registered (968274), and we'll always talk through what a certificate covers before the visit.
Bathroom work
Bathroom plumbing in New Malden ranges from replacing a single tap or toilet in an older semi to fitting a new bathroom suite where pipework and waste connections need updating to suit the new layout. In flats and conversions, we take particular care to check how any new work ties into shared soil stacks before starting.
Pricing for work in New Malden
Our standard daytime rate is £99 per hour, and we're happy to explain likely costs over the phone for straightforward jobs such as a certificate or a tap replacement. For anything that needs a proper look before we can say how long it will take — an intermittent leak, for instance — we'll price it once we've assessed it in person.