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Hello
First of all IANAP (I am not a plumber:thinking:), but hopefully with some help I can sort this out.
My cold kitchen tap started to feel "spongy" when you try to turn it off, then it started to drip, and the drip has now become a steady stream. When you try to turn the tap off it just...
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Eon recently serviced system boiler located in converted garage now a room.
Flue got damaged during renovation but replaced by gas safe engineer, however the whole around it wasnt sealed so you can feel a draft from the wall cavity.
I need to seal the whole around the flue pipe...
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Did a Gas Safety Check yesterday, and found the operating pressure at the meter to be sixteen mbar, i did this by connecting gauge to meter and opening three hotplate burners, so i informed the gas transporter that i could not achieve 19 to 23mbar at the regulator, they sent a engineer out but i...
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Vaillant ecoTEC pro 28 combination boiler - anyone know how I refill the boiler? Problem occured today after electrician did some work and had to turn the power off.
The bar pressure guage shows F22
Manual says the boiler needs filling with water
Having read pages and pages of info. I...
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all right guys spoke to the rep today and he has sent me over the details for the vogue, defo looks like a valiant
Home - Discover Vogue
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The boss and I are installing a boiler tomorrow, and to be honest, the only place to install the condensate is into the rain water pipe. Is this allowed?
I can not see any where that says no.
Also, is there a boss for this type of thing, or do you just cut and seal with silicone?
This is my...
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I have a Worcester Bosch 30cdi Boiler with a MT10 Mechanical Timer fitted, the problem I have is that the Timer seems not to be working, the clock ticks round as normal, but the heating does not come on at the specified times, I have even advanced the clock to start and stop times but nothing...
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Does anyone know who, besides Wickes, supply grills and side plates for exsisting radiators.
Thank you
Ray
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Hi folks,
Any ideas on how I can stop constant heavy condensation on a toilet cistern - so much that the floor under the cistern is constantly wet. The toilet unit is a bog standard (pardon the pun) close coupled toilet, water supply off the rising main. Fairly good ventilation as the door is...
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Hi there, I've just joined tonight and not sure of my way round this yet!
I'm about to have a new shower room fitted on 5th July and have to decide NOW what kind of shower I want!
I was going to replace our 20-odd year old Mira electric shower for a newer model - until I saw the Mira...
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Hello All,
I’ve been a plumber now for about 4 months. So, I thought I’d write a few things down about the industry that I’ve discovered so far. I am not advocating “fast track courses” over apprenticeships. This is purely how I have found things after doing a fast track course. I hope this...
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Hey,
just wondering has anybody fitted a dream heat pump to a central heating system. Are they any good?? Are they expensive to run??
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Which Central Heating Filter to go for?
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I'm getting my boiler changed and want to fit a central heating filter at the same time, but am wondering which is the best to go for, as I've seen a few different types but aren't sure on their differences. I've also read that the filters can...
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Woke up this morning and decided to cycle to work,
but when i went out it was slinging it down.
So i thought i'd go back to bed for 20 minutes.
When i got back in bed i decided to give the missus one from behind.
I said "its slinging it down out there" and she replied
" i know and that...
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Can anyone give me a specific way to calculate the water volume within a heating system? I'm trying to work out if an existing installation would benefit from an expansion vessel.
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I have come across a Brittle Black plastic mains water pipe coming up from the floor in the cupboard next to the sink, connected to the mains stopcock, this pipe Is original from the 60/70s.
My problem is this pipe is pipe is cracked, and I would dearly like to find a fitting that takes me...
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Had a question in my city and guilds gas paper. What happens if the coil in the calorifier splits?? Not knowing the answer I guessed that pressure would be lost. Other potential answers were leaking water from it, water from the blow off and something else. Ive never heard of a calorifier. Its...
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Hello all,
Having never touched a cast iron soil pipe can someone point me in the right direction of how to add another waste into the stack. What to cut it with what fittings etc. Have seen laods of add-ons for plastic, nice and easy to drill boss strap over the top new waste into new...
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i know it says 22mm must be taken from the meter all the way to the boiler but obviously older boilers ive seen 15mm has been taken upto the boiler.
is it entirely incorrect say if you were doing a boiler swap combi for a combi to just extend the 15mm to the boiler or would i need to trace...
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