Open plan dining area with new dark horizontal radiators fitted under the window

Boilers, heating and plumbing in Brackley, from an engineer who used to work for Vaillant and Baxi-Potterton.

Clarke’s Plumbing and Heating is a small family run business based in Brackley, South Northants, with over 28 years experience in the plumbing and heating industry.

  • 5.0 on Google from 5 reviews
  • Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
  • Brackley, Banbury, Bicester, Buckingham

Servicing, Repairs, Installation

Servicing

Boiler servicing and diagnostic work with manufacturer trained levels of experience, specialising in Baxi-Potterton and Vaillant appliances and other makers too.

Repairs

If an appliance is broken or misbehaving, we repair it using the manufacturers’ genuine spare parts, saving you the unnecessary cost and upheaval of replacing it.

Installation

Prefer to replace an older or faulty appliance? We’ll carry out a site visit and supply a detailed no obligation quote.

Manufacturer trained, family run

My name is Stuart Clarke, owner of Clarke’s Plumbing and Heating, a small family run business based in Brackley, South Northants. I have over 28 years experience in the plumbing and heating industry.

I served a 4 year apprenticeship with Welbeck Heating Ltd and gained my City & Guilds at basic and advanced craft level. I then worked for Vaillant and Baxi-Potterton, two of Europe’s largest manufacturers of gas boilers and hot water equipment, first as a field service engineer and then as a technical officer, giving technical advice and fault finding assistance to engineers and homeowners.

I believe passionately in good customer care, punctuality, fair pricing and a reliable service no matter how small the job.

Stuart Clarke

The Clarkes Plumbing and Heating van, signwritten with Servicing, Repairs, Installation and the phone number
The Clarkes van

How we got here

Apprenticeship

A 4 year apprenticeship with Welbeck Heating Ltd.

City & Guilds

Qualified at basic and advanced craft level, covering plumbing, heating, hot and cold water systems, gas, above and below ground drainage.

Field service engineer

For Vaillant and Baxi-Potterton, two of Europe’s largest manufacturers of gas boilers and hot water equipment.

Technical officer

Giving technical advice and fault finding assistance to engineers and homeowners.

Clarke’s Plumbing and Heating

A small family run business based in Brackley, South Northants.

Gas, heating, hot water and plumbing

Servicing, repair and installation across all aspects of domestic plumbing and heating. Not sure which you need? Give us a call and we’ll talk it through.

A new white combi boiler with a round display fitted beside a window, neat copper pipework below
Combi boiler installed, pipework run in copper

Gas work

Gas boilers serviced, repaired and installed, with manufacturer trained experience on Baxi-Potterton and Vaillant appliances and other makers too.

Servicing, repair, installation

  • Domestic gas boilers, servicing, breakdowns, installation
  • Landlord certificates
  • Domestic gas water heaters, cookers, hobs, fires
  • Pipework
A tall white vertical designer radiator fitted in a hallway
Vertical radiator in a hallway

Heating and hot water

Hot water cylinders, radiators, towel rails and heating controls, fitted, serviced and repaired.

Servicing, repair, installation

  • Unvented/vented cylinders
  • Radiators, towel rails, TRV valves
  • Power flushing, cleansing, inhibitors
  • Programmers, thermostats, smart controls
  • Immersion heaters
An old blue copper hot water cylinder in an airing cupboard before replacement
A replacement hot water cylinder in an airing cupboard with the expansion vessel on a shelf above
A chrome swan neck kitchen mixer tap over a stainless steel sink
New kitchen mixer tap

Plumbing

The everyday jobs done properly, no matter how small: taps, toilets, leaks, appliances and blocked drains.

Servicing, repair, installation

  • Taps, sinks, waste disposal, valves
  • Appliance installation of washing machines and dishwashers
  • Showers, basins, toilets
  • Cisterns, ball valves, overflows
  • Burst pipes, leaks, pipework, lagging
  • Blocked drains
A chrome traditional bath shower mixer tap with white ceramic handles
A black kitchen mixer tap fitted at a window

Old out, new in

Sometimes a repair with genuine parts is the right answer, sometimes a replacement is. Either way the job is left clean and tidy.

A kitchen cupboard boiler swap

The old boiler in a kitchen cupboard with its casing off, before replacement
Before: the old boiler, casing off
A new white Baxi combi boiler fitted in the same kitchen cupboard
After: a new Baxi combi in the same cupboard

A cold water cistern, cleaned out

A dirty cold water storage cistern with its ball valve, before cleaning
Before
The same cold water cistern cleaned, with a new red ball valve float
After

Repairs with genuine parts

Broken, misbehaving or just due a service: the faulty part is found and replaced with the manufacturer’s own, so the appliance you already have keeps working.

Boiler service parts laid out on a dust sheet: fan, gaskets, electrodes and burner
Hand holding a Honeywell gas valve beside an old floor standing boiler under repair
Gas valve change
Hand holding a Vaillant boiler part beside the open boiler
Vaillant part fitted
Hand holding a red expansion vessel beside an open boiler
Expansion vessel

What our customers say

5.0 on Google from 5 reviews

Facebook: 100% recommend (9 reviews)

“Stuart and Owen have done a first class job fixing issues left by an incompetent plumber and upgrading my heating system. They are reliable, professional and excellent plumbers.”
ann perkins, Google review, February 2026
“Can't recommend Stuart & Owen highly enough! Replaced the boiler for me, which wasn't as straight forward as it should of been!! they were on time each day, polite and respectful as well as very tidy and knowledgeable! Would definitely recommend 100%”
Joanne Wright, Google review, May 2025
“Stuart and Owen always provide a high quality and professional service. Replaced our hot water tank and completed the job under the time estimated. They were incredibly quiet and considerate. They left the place tidy every day. Job done to a very high standard. Thoroughly recommended.”
David Shipton, Google review, June 2023
“First class service from start to finish. Would strongly recommend”
Lloyd Stonhill, Google review, May 2025
“Clarkes - both Stuart and Owen are highly reliable, respectful and trust worthy - I thank them for their professionalism and knowledge - Clarkes do what they say they will do and, when they say it will be done - they flex when needed and Invoice as agreed. Our project was substanstial, highly complex over 3 phases - They delivered 100% - truely excellent - D&C.M”
David McCabe, Google review, June 2023
Kitchen island sink with the dining area beyond and new dark radiators under the window

Thinking about a new boiler, cylinder or radiators?

We’ll carry out a site visit and supply a detailed quote with no obligation. And if a repair with genuine parts will do, you save the cost and upheaval of a replacement.

Where we work

Based in Brackley, South Northants. Covering Brackley, Banbury, Bicester, Buckingham and surrounding areas.

  • Brackley
  • Banbury
  • Bicester
  • Buckingham

Opening hours

Monday
8am-5pm
Tuesday
8am-5pm
Wednesday
8am-5pm
Thursday
8am-5pm
Friday
8am-5pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed

Call or email now for a quote

07549 618609 clarkeshtg@gmail.com

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