County Durham

Explore repairs and trade services, planned and reactive maintenance and property improvements for your home or business premises.

We provide every service in our catalogue, including the individual services within each trade, for all sectors and locations listed on this website. Tell us what your property needs so we can agree the work, access and timing.

We provide our full range of trades and individual services throughout the listed County Durham locations. Give the town and full property address, then tell us whether you need a one-off repair, several related jobs or a regular maintenance schedule.

• Electricians and electrical services
• Commercial electrical repairs
• Commercial plumbers
• Joiners and carpenters
• Heating and boiler services
• Roofers and roof repairs
• Drain unblocking and drainage repairs
• Reactive maintenance
• Planned preventative maintenance

• Heating and Gas
• HVAC and Refrigeration
• Roofing

See guidance for your premises type alongside the service you need.

A County Durham property enquiry should identify the town or village and full address, especially when proposed changes affect the building’s appearance. Durham City is one part of the county, and guidance relevant to a city property may not describe the setting of a building elsewhere.

The council’s County Durham conservation-area data identifies areas including Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street and Durham City separately. These records offer a way to begin checking local designations without treating the whole county as a single conservation setting.

For work to your building, use the full address to establish whether a relevant boundary includes the property. Then describe the actual proposal, including the feature being changed and any existing approval information. A town name alone cannot tell you whether a particular repair or alteration needs further advice.

Bring photographs and any previous drawings to the discussion, and identify decisions that remain open, such as the replacement material or external finish. This helps keep the proposed work specific to your property while any local planning questions are clarified.