{"id":2276,"date":"2012-02-03T15:32:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T15:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ratedpeople.com\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2021-06-22T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T11:45:27","slug":"changing-immersion-heater-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ratedpeople.com\/blog\/changing-immersion-heater-elements","title":{"rendered":"Problem plumbing: changing immersion heater elements with GB Plumbing &#038; Heating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Plumbing\u00a0is a lot about problem solving and often the\u00a0simplest\u00a0jobs can encounter problems. Basic plumbing, which knowledgeable\u00a0homeowners\u00a0can often do\u00a0themselves,\u00a0can turn into a plumbing nightmare when they don&#8217;t have the right tools or expertise to complete the job. And here&#8217;s where RatedPeople.com comes in handy. We get thousands of jobs posted by homeowners who have begun a plumbing job and run into trouble, with jobs that started off as routine\u00a0maintenance\u00a0or repair work and then became an emergency call-out job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Videos | How to Repair Immersion Heaters - Rated People\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o7ySezXEPMA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>This is not an ideal situation, so if you&#8217;re not totally confident in your plumbing abilities or you don&#8217;t own the tools for the job, it&#8217;s best to call in a professional. In fact, calling in a professional in the first case can often save money, rather than having to call a plumber out half way through the job, to not only fix the problem, but to correct any mistakes you may have made along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratedpeople.com\/blog\/assets\/2012\/02\/GB-Plumbing-and-Heating1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ratedpeople.com\/blog\/assets\/2012\/02\/GB-Plumbing-and-Heating1-e1328281875168.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2281\" title=\"GB Plumbing and Heating\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rp-prod-wordpress-b-content.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/2012\/02\/05132705\/GB-Plumbing-and-Heating1-e1328281875168.jpg 550w, https:\/\/rp-prod-wordpress-b-content.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/2012\/02\/05132705\/GB-Plumbing-and-Heating1-e1328281875168-443x332.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gareth Butcher and his apprentice Chris Alavi, of GB Plumbing and Heating, member of RatedPeople.com, invited us along to a simple plumbing\/heating repair job in North London replacing immersion heater elements in a hot water cylinder. What they thought was a simple job soon heated up, and without their giant spanners and a&nbsp;vacuum cleaner designed to suck up water the homeowner would have been stuck without hot water long into the weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to see how to change immersion heater elements &#8211;&nbsp;including&nbsp;a few plumbing problems along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Next time you need <span style=\"color: #7a9a01;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratedpeople.com\/local\/plumbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #7a9a01;\">plumbing<\/span><\/a><\/span> or <span style=\"color: #7a9a01;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratedpeople.com\/local\/heating-engineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #7a9a01;\">heating<\/span><\/a><\/span> work done, think: &#8216;am I really confident in my ability to complete this job?&#8217; and if you&#8217;re not, the best thing to do is call in a professional. If you need general maintenance\/repair work or a whole new heating system, post your job on <span style=\"color: #7a9a01;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratedpeople.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #7a9a01;\">RatedPeople.com<\/span><\/a><\/span> and typically within 72 hours we will have put you in contact with up to 3 quality, local plumbing\/heating engineers. And emergency jobs posted are often serviced within a few hours. It&#8217;s a simple solution to what is often a not so simple job.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plumbing\u00a0is a lot about problem solving and often the\u00a0simplest\u00a0jobs can encounter problems. Basic plumbing, which knowledgeable\u00a0homeowners\u00a0can often do\u00a0themselves,\u00a0can turn into a plumbing nightmare when they don&#8217;t have the right tools or expertise to complete the job. And here&#8217;s where RatedPeople.com comes in handy. 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