Plumbers in Lancing

Parish records show the number of houses in Lancing more than doubled between 1921 and 1931 alone, with growth continuing through the rest of the 1930s - a building rate that outpaced most of this stretch of coast. North Lancing's older village centre predates that boom, while the parish's eastern edge, toward Shoreham Beach, was built up on the same late-1920s timeline as its neighbour. The Environment Agency's own flood-risk mapping is specific down to street level here: eastern North and South Lancing, Beach Green, Riverside Road, Broadway and the Willowbrook caravan parks are each named individually within the River Adur risk area, rather than the parish being covered by one blanket designation.

• the confirmed Environment Agency River Adur flood-risk area covering eastern North and South Lancing, Beach Green and Riverside Road
• Lancing's position on the coastal plain between Sompting and Shoreham-by-Sea

On streets within the flood-risk area, flood-safe plumbing is worth planning for ahead of time rather than after a flood: non-return valves on drainage, raising boilers and electrics above likely water lines, and knowing where to isolate the water supply quickly all reduce the damage if the River Adur does flood. If a property here has already taken in water, that's a specialist flood-restoration job rather than a plumbing repair - see our who we're not right for page - though we can fix the plumbing fault itself and fit flood-safe measures afterwards. Being directly on the coast also means salt-laden air is a genuine factor for external pipework, flue terminals and boiler casings, worth a more frequent check here than on inland streets. Underneath both of those factors, the interwar building stock's original soil stacks and cylinder cupboards are the same practical consideration that applies across most of Worthing's 1920s-30s streets - an older cylinder or airing-cupboard layout is often worth reviewing when a central heating or water tank upgrade is being planned, not just replaced like-for-like out of habit. Hard water from the region's chalk aquifers affects boilers and immersion heaters here as it does everywhere Southern Water supplies, so routine descaling is worth building into maintenance regardless of the flood question.