03 Mar
Air Conditioning
Biggar - ML12
Enquiry from: David D
Start Date: Immediate
Repair of domestic Mitsubishi air conditioning unit in sun room. Wall mounted unit leaks water when switched on.
Biggar
Biggar is a community as well as former burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, on the A702. The closest towns are Lanark and also Peebles, and also as such Biggar serves a broad backwoods. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 quote it had actually expanded to 2320. The community was once offered by the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Train, which ranged from the Caledonian Railway (currently the West Coastline Main Line) at Symington to join the Peebles Railway at Peebles. The terminal and signal box are still standing however real estate has been built on the line running west from the station as well as the railway running eastern from the station is a public footpath to Broughton, part of the Biggar Country Path network. The brand-new Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum run by the Biggar Museum Trust opened up in 2015 and also the Biggar Gasworks Museum is the only maintained gas works in Scotland. In addition, Biggar has Scotland's only permanent puppet theatre, Biggar Puppet Theatre, which is run by the Purves Puppets family members. Biggar was the native home of Thomas Gladstones, the grandpa of William Ewart Gladstone. Hugh MacDiarmid spent his later years at Brownsbank, near the community. Ian Hamilton Finlay's home and also yard at Little Sparta neighbors in the Pentland Hills. The imaginary Midculter, which includes in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles stories, is established here. The community hosts a yearly arts celebration, the Biggar Little Event. The town has generally held a massive bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 regional estate agent John Riley, motivated a team of Biggar locals to introduce the Carbon Neutral Biggar project, with the mentioned purpose of coming to be the first carbon neutral community in Scotland. The launch of the task, covered in both regional and nationwide media, occurred at the town's yearly eco discussion forum in May 2007. The team has created relate to the community of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a comparable group working toward carbon neutral condition for the community. This community has two schools, one primary, as well as one second. The senior high school, Biggar Secondary school, also confesses pupils from surrounding small towns and towns. Biggar Primary is a little school, situated on South Alleyway, with a current roll of 238 students. Main pupils have lunch just offsite in the Biggar Primary Sports Barn. The Senior high school, located on John's Financing and also beside the main, shares its sports facilities with the primary school when the celebration requires it. The yearly key Sports Day is held on the High School playing area.
