Duns · TD11 · Scottish Borders

Central Heating in Duns

Duns is the natural service town for Berwickshire — a working market town surrounded by big agricultural country. The mix of Victorian stone houses around the Square, post-war estates off Castle Street and a wide rural patch reaching toward Polwarth and Greenlaw makes for a healthy spread of gas, oil and LPG work.

Full central heating systems across Duns — first-time installations, system conversions (open-vent to sealed, gravity to fully-pumped), radiator and TRV upgrades, power-flushes, magnetic filter retrofits and zoning. We design the system around your property's actual heat-loss and hot-water demand, not a generic kW rule of thumb, so the result is a quiet, balanced system that warms every room evenly rather than one hot rad and three cold ones.

Full central heating upgrades in Duns are about more than the boiler. We balance the radiators, fit TRVs on every room, add a magnetic filter, replace tired pipework where corrosion has set in and zone the system if the layout justifies it. TD11 homes with long pipe runs particularly benefit from rezoning and a proper power-flush at change-over.

Travel from our Kelso base: 30 minutes via the A6105.

Local considerations in Duns

  • Cold-snap exposure across the Merse — radiator sizing and frost-protection routing matter.
  • Most rural addresses around Duns are off the gas grid — oil and LPG dominate the work pattern.
  • Berwickshire farmland means a steady stream of farmhouse and steading installs with their own quirks (long pipe runs, multiple zones).
  • Town-centre Victorian properties often need careful flue siting against listed neighbours.

What we'll do for you

  • Room-by-room radiator sizing — no more cold bedrooms or scorching hallways.
  • TRVs on every radiator (except the bypass) for room-level temperature control.
  • Magnetic system filter fitted to protect the boiler from sludge and debris.
  • Power-flush included on system upgrades to remove existing corrosion.
  • Zoning (upstairs/downstairs or front/back) where the layout justifies it.
  • Smart heating controls (Vaillant vSMART, Nest, Hive) fitted and configured.

Recent Duns central heating work

  • New zoned heating system across a converted steading near Greenlaw.
  • Oil boiler swap on a farmhouse out toward Polwarth, including tank pipework upgrade.
  • LPG combi conversion in a Castle Street semi.

Every Duns central heating upgrade includes a benchmarked commissioning record, magnetic filter and a written balancing sheet for each radiator.

How central heating works in Duns

  1. Step 1

    Heat-loss survey

    Room-by-room calculation, current radiator audit and pipework condition check.

  2. Step 2

    Design & quote

    Itemised proposal — emitter sizes, pipework runs, zoning, controls and timeline.

  3. Step 3

    Installation

    Pipework, emitters, controls and boiler tie-in. Power-flush at change-over.

  4. Step 4

    Balance & commission

    Each radiator balanced individually, controls demo'd, benchmarked record left on site.

Why homeowners in Duns pick us

  • Gas Safe registered for all gas-tied works
  • Vaillant Advanced Installer — extended warranties on system boilers
  • Benchmarked commissioning record handed over with every system
  • Written balancing sheet for each radiator on the system

Duns Central Heating FAQs

Can you handle multi-zone systems in larger Duns properties?+

Yes — we design and zone larger heating systems properly, including zoned weather compensation and underfloor heating where it makes sense.

Do you cover the rural Berwickshire farms around Duns?+

Yes — Polwarth, Greenlaw, Gavinton, Allanton and the wider TD11 patch are part of our normal Duns round, with most farm and steading work booked in within the week.

What's the difference between a boiler swap and a central heating upgrade?+

A boiler swap is the boiler only. A central heating upgrade also addresses radiators, pipework, controls and balancing — useful when the existing system is sluggish, noisy or unevenly heated rather than just old.

Do I need a power-flush?+

If the system is more than ~10 years old or you're upgrading the boiler on an unflushed system, yes — manufacturer warranties typically require it. We test the system water and recommend honestly rather than blanket-selling flushes.

Can you zone my heating?+

Yes — most homes benefit from at least two zones (e.g. upstairs / downstairs or living / sleeping). We cost zoning alongside the boiler and controls so you see the full picture before committing.

Duns or Berwickshire heating engineer?

Oil, LPG and bespoke farmhouse installs across TD11 — quote returned same day.

Duns gives us proper Berwickshire variety — town-centre stone properties, rural farmhouses and converted steadings. TD11 is 30 minutes from base and on our regular weekly rota.

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