About Leatmere

Leatmere is independent UK home plumbing help. It explains the water and heating systems in ordinary homes, what a householder can sensibly check, and when the job belongs to a plumber, an electrician or a Gas Safe registered engineer.

The name is two old words for water: a leat is a channel that carries it, and a mere is a lake where it rests. That is the whole story. Leatmere is a new site, not an old firm.

How the guides are written

By the Leatmere team. We have not tested the products we mention. Where a guide names a product, the figures come from the maker's or retailer's public page, and the page says when we checked it. Where we could not check a figure, we leave it out rather than guess.

Rules are pointed at the official source: the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 for England and Wales, the Water Regulations Approval Scheme (WRAS), Water Regs UK, the Health and Safety Executive and the Gas Safe Register. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own water fittings rules. Your water company can tell you which apply to you.

What Leatmere is not

We are not a plumbing company, we do not employ engineers, and we do not take bookings or pass your details to tradespeople. We never give DIY instructions for gas pipes, flues, boilers or other gas appliances. New electrical circuits belong with a qualified electrician.

Where it is going

The site starts with seven guides and will grow into more home plumbing topics over time. If there is something you would like covered, or you have spotted a mistake, write to webmaster.jarvis@gmail.com.

Some guides contain affiliate links. See the affiliate disclosure.