West Ealing has been part of our home patch since the 1980s. Clive Ward did his four-year apprenticeship at Paddington Technical College, qualified with a City and Guilds in Heating and Ventilating, and has spent the last 40+ years installing, servicing and repairing the plumbing in West Ealing homes — from the Edwardian terraces along The Avenue and Argyle Road to the converted flats above shops on Northfield Avenue, the post-war family homes on Drayton Green, and the modern flats that have sprung up around the new Elizabeth Line station.
David Arthur joined the partnership with full Gas Safe registration (Licence 5981930) and 10+ years of his own gas, heating and plumbing experience. Between us we cover everything from a dripping tap in a Northfield Avenue first-floor flat to a full central heating installation in a Drayton Green family home, from an annual boiler service on a Worcester Bosch in Cleveland Park to a midnight burst-pipe callout on Madeley Road.
The plumbing in West Ealing properties has its own characteristics. The Edwardian terraces above the Northfield Avenue shops typically have shared mains feeds with the commercial unit below — boiler swaps need careful coordination with the leaseholder downstairs and the freeholder above. The Victorian conversions around West Ealing station often have iron pipework that has been patched and re-patched over the decades — at some point a full re-pipe in copper or plastic stops being optional. The post-war semi-detached homes on Drayton Green and Cleveland Road typically still have the original copper pipework, robust but prone to pinhole leaks at the bends after 70+ years of London hard water.
The modern Crossrail-era flats around the new West Ealing station have their own challenges: high mains pressure (often 4 bar+ at the inlet) means standard combi installations need pressure-reducing valves to protect the heat exchanger. The opening of the Elizabeth Line in May 2022 has changed the demographic of the area — more young professionals, more rental turnover, more demand for quick bathroom refurbs between tenancies and CP12 certificates for landlords.
Hard water is the constant. Thames Water supplies all of West Ealing at around 270-300 mg/L total hardness — well into the "very hard" range. Limescale builds up on combi boiler heat exchangers, in immersion heater elements, on shower heads. We fit Adey MagnaClean filters as standard on every boiler installation we do in W13, and recommend annual descaling on combis older than five years.
Over 90% of our work comes from recommendations and repeat customers across West Ealing — many of whom we have known for two decades or more. We carry £5 million Public Liability Insurance, use dust sheets and shoe covers on every job, dispose of waste in line with Health and Safety regulations, and notify every gas installation to Ealing Borough Council Building Control through the Gas Safe Register within 30 days.
Need a plumber in West Ealing today? Call Clive on 07794 400 786 or David on 07384 722434 for a free, no-obligation quote. We answer the phone ourselves — no call centre, no chatbot — and most West Ealing (W13) callouts are answered the same day, often within the hour for emergencies.
Prefer email? Drop a line to clive@ealingplumber.net or david@ealingplumber.net, or use our online contact form — we reply with a written, fixed-price quote within 24 hours. Free site visit if needed (typically 20-30 minutes for an accurate quote).
Our local West Ealing coverage spans the full W13 postcode area, plus the residential streets bleeding into adjacent W7 (Hanwell) and W5 (Ealing Broadway). The areas we cover most often:
Northfield Avenue (W13 9) — The high-street spine of West Ealing, with Edwardian terraces above shops on both sides. Common jobs: combi boiler swaps in flats above retail, leak repairs on shared mains, kitchen plumbing for landlords.
Drayton Green (W13 0) — The residential streets between Castlebar Hill and West Ealing station. Post-war semi-detached family homes, large gardens. Common jobs: full bathroom installations, central heating upgrades, hot water cylinder replacements.
Cleveland Park (W13) — The streets around Cleveland Road and Drayton Manor School. Mix of Edwardian and 1930s semis, family neighbourhood. We do a lot of boiler installations and underfloor heating projects here.
The Avenue / Argyle Road (W13 8) — Wide tree-lined streets of Edwardian terraces. Common jobs: heritage-sensitive bathroom refurbs, original feature preservation, careful working around lath-and-plaster walls.
Around West Ealing station (W13 0) — The Crossrail-era developments and converted flats. Modern fittings, high mains pressure, often need pressure-reducing valves on combi installs.
Madeley Road / Mansell Road (W13 9) — Edwardian terraces and 1930s mansion blocks. Common: shared-riser coordination on mansion blocks, family-home bathroom upgrades.
Every gas job we do in West Ealing is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer. David Arthur holds Gas Safe Licence number 5981930, qualified across the full domestic gas spectrum: boilers, gas fires, gas cookers, range cookers, hot water cylinders (vented and unvented), pipework, meters and combustion analysis. You can verify David's registration on the official Gas Safe Register at any time using the link below.
For West Ealing landlords — and there are many around Northfield Avenue and the Crossrail-era flats — we provide same-day or next-day CP12 gas safety certificates across all W13 postcodes. The CP12 process: 20-30 minutes per appliance, written certificate compliant with Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, copy to landlord and tenant within 28 days. We work with several letting agents in West Ealing and can liaise with tenants directly to arrange access.
For homeowners, every gas installation in West Ealing is notified to Ealing Borough Council Building Control through the Gas Safe Register within 30 days. You receive your Building Regulations compliance certificate by post — keep it with your house papers; it is requested at conveyancing every time. We cover new boiler installations with full power flushing and Adey MagnaClean fitting as standard, same-day boiler repairs, annual servicing, gas leak detection and gas appliance installations across W13.
Convinced we're the right plumber for West Ealing? The next step is a quick phone call. Clive on 07794 400 786 handles plumbing and heating enquiries; David on 07384 722434 handles all gas work (Licence 5981930) and boiler installations. We answer ourselves, 24/7 for emergencies.
Every West Ealing job comes with: a free written fixed-price quote within 24 hours, £5 million Public Liability Insurance, dust sheets and shoe covers throughout, Adey MagnaClean filter on every boiler install as standard, full power flush before any new boiler connection, manufacturer warranty registered in your name, and Building Regulations notification through the Gas Safe Register. Get your free West Ealing quote today.
Other West London areas Clive and David cover: Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Greenford, Pitshanger, South Ealing, Boston Manor, Brentford, Ealing Common and Northfields — same coverage area, same engineers, same trusted local service.
Yes — David Arthur is Gas Safe registered (Licence 5981930) and qualified for the full domestic gas spectrum: boilers, gas fires, cookers, range cookers, hot water cylinders, pipework and combustion analysis. Every gas job in West Ealing is signed off by a Gas Safe registered engineer and notified to Ealing Borough Council Building Control through the Gas Safe Register within 30 days.
Gas-side services David covers in West Ealing: boiler installation, boiler servicing, boiler repair, central heating installation, central heating repair, gas safety checks, gas leak detection, gas cooker installation, gas fire servicing and power flushing — all Gas Safe registered.
It depends on the job — but we always quote upfront, free, after a brief site visit (usually 20-30 minutes for a quote). Common rates: £85 boiler service, £80 CP12 landlord certificate, £85 emergency callout (W13 local), £450+ power flushing, £2,500-£4,500 for new boiler installations including a Worcester or Vaillant accredited install with full power flush, MagnaClean filter and 5-12 year manufacturer warranty registration. Every quote is written, fixed-price, emailed within 24 hours.
Plumbing-side services Clive covers in West Ealing: emergency plumbing, drain unblocking, pipework and repipes, tap and outlet installation, water tank installation, leak detection, toilet installation, white goods plumbing, kitchen plumbing, radiator installation, hot water cylinder installation and bathroom installation.