Home Plumbing MOT — Whole-Home Plumbing Inspection in Middlesbrough
A whole-home plumbing inspection that catches the small stuff before it gets expensive.
Who it's for: Older homes, new homeowners, busy families, and landlords who want a written health check on the lot.
What's included
- Visible plumbing inspection across kitchen, bathroom, and utility
- Pressure, leak, and flow check on hot and cold supplies
- Heating system pressure and visible pipework review
- Stop tap location, condition, and operation check
- Written summary with priority next steps
Pricing confirmed before booking
Single visit, fixed price. Any follow-on repairs quoted separately.
Quick answer: The Home Plumbing MOT is a structured whole-home inspection that finds leaks, pressure issues, and wear before they turn into emergencies. You get a written summary with priorities — repairs are quoted separately and entirely up to you.
What it is
Cars get an MOT. Homes don’t. Yet most water leaks, blocked drains, and burst pipes start as small, visible signs that anyone in the trade would have spotted years earlier.
The Home Plumbing MOT is a fixed-price, structured visit that walks through the visible plumbing and heating in your home and writes up what’s healthy, what to watch, and what needs sorting now. No upsell pressure — you get the report and decide what to do.
What we check
- Kitchen — taps, supply pipework, isolation valves, dishwasher and washing-machine connections
- Bathroom — toilet feed, basin and bath taps, shower mixer pressure, visible waste runs
- Utility and external — outside tap, stop tap location and operation, visible cold-water mains run, condensate route
- Heating — system pressure, visible pipework condition, radiator valve operation, boiler external check
- Risk spots — frost-vulnerable runs, isolation gaps, anything heading for a leak
You get a written summary, ordered by priority. If anything needs fixing, we quote it then and there — but there’s no obligation to book the work with us.
Who this is built for
- Just bought a house — and want to know what you’ve actually inherited before something goes wrong
- Older property — where the plumbing has been added to over decades by different hands
- Busy family home — where small leaks go unnoticed until a ceiling stain shows up
- Landlords — who want a turnover record showing the property is plumbed properly before tenants move in
Frequently asked questions
Is this just a sales pitch in disguise?
No. You pay a fixed price for the visit and the written report. Any work you book afterwards is a separate decision. We’d rather you trust the report than feel cornered into a repair.
How long does it take?
Around 60 to 90 minutes for an average three-bed home. Larger or older properties take longer, and we’ll flag that when you book.
What’s the difference between this and a survey from a homebuyer’s report?
A homebuyer’s report glances at the plumbing. The MOT is a working trade inspection — we test what we can test, look behind the panels we can access, and write up what someone living in the home actually needs to know.
Do you cover the heating side too?
Yes — the heating system pressure check and visible boiler review is included. For a deeper boiler service, see the Annual Home Heating Plan.
Will I get something in writing?
Yes. Every MOT comes with a written summary, ordered by priority — keep it for your records, send it to a landlord, or use it to plan repairs over the next year.
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