The Southside of Glasgow is the city's most populous residential area. Running south from the Clyde through Tradeston, Gorbals, Govanhill, Pollokshields, Shawlands, Battlefield and out towards Cathcart and the suburbs beyond, it is a long, varied and densely packed stretch of residential Glasgow. The housing is predominantly Victorian and Edwardian, built in the decades of Glasgow's industrial expansion, with more recent social housing and modern apartment developments interspersed. This mix of old and new creates a wide variety of plumbing and heating needs.
Older Southside properties present the challenges of age. Retrofitted central heating in buildings not designed for it. Original clay drainage shared between flats. Boilers that have been changed multiple times by different owners, leaving a mix of brands and configurations in buildings that were built without heating in mind. Victorian copper pipework that is reaching the end of its reliable life. These are the jobs that make up the bulk of our Southside plumbing work and that our engineers understand intimately.
The newer Southside developments and refurbished properties present different challenges. Modern combi boilers with digital fault codes. Pressurised heating systems that need careful management. Contemporary bathroom installations in properties that mix old fabric with new fittings. We are comfortable across the full range. When we get a Southside callout we do not make assumptions about what we will find. We ask the right questions before we go out and we bring what we need.