British Gas recommends that you contact them to arrange a visit if your condensate pipe is frozen, however here they explain how you can thaw your condensate pipe in these easy steps. Modern boilers are extremely efficient and produce condensation which runs through your condensate waste pipe. In extreme weather conditions, your condensate pipe may […]
How to bleed your radiator
If your radiator is cold at the top but hot at the bottom it means there’s air in the system and you’ll need to bleed your radiators. Never bleed your radiators when they’re hot otherwise scalding water could be released. You will need: A radiator bleed key or screwdriver A cloth Step 1: Turn off […]
Resetting your trip switch
If you have an older style ‘fuse board’ with rewireable fuses, you should not try to repair or replace fuses yourself. Contact us for help. Many homes now have modern fuse boards called ‘consumer units’. These have circuit breakers or ‘trip switches’. If an electrical fault occurs, the circuit breakers will switch everything off to […]
Burglars don’t stop for Christmas…
It’s our responsibility as your landlord to insure the structure of your home but this doesn’t include what’s inside, like your furniture and personal possessions. As a tenant of Bron Afon you are eligible for a home contents insurance scheme, created just for Bron Afon Community Housing starting from just £0.50p a week for £5,000 […]
Social Value For Future Generations
We’re delighted to have won an award this week at the National Social Value Conference Wales. Bron Afon won the Voluntary and Third Sector Leadership Award at the first-ever Social Value for Future Generations Awards 2021. The Awards celebrate innovation, leadership, and best practice of social value in Wales, and also link with the Well-being […]
Bron Afon hands over keys…
Bron Afon today handed over the keys to a brand new state of the art wellbeing centre in Cwmbran. The multi-purpose centre in Thornhill will offer luxury short-stay enablement and respite accommodation, state-of-the-art communal facilities and a small number of flats for local tenants. We have built Ty Glas y Dorlan in partnership with Blaenavon-based […]