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The copper gas pipe to my boiler in the loft runs between joists and sits on the plasterboard. I understand that it should not be covered by insulation. Why? Is it satisfactory to create a dome over the pipe with upside down guttering and then put fibreglass insulation over the top please?
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My boiler has had a loud foghorn noise on firing for a few weeks which seems to be combustion gas mixture related from my googling. Video of identical.issue here :
View: https://youtu.be/YVfocgktEqg
There is also a smell of fumes when the noise happens.
However there is can...
Can someone tell me what is the correct or legal requirement for us gas engineers if we are fitting a new boiler or doing anything to the gas line and find that the meter has an Anaconda on both inlet and outlet ? Is it a legal requirement for us to change it or what category would it be given...
anyone been on a gas safe registration inspection event?
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So basically what happened is an engineer came out to my mums a week ago to do her annual gas safety check, shes a disabled bed bound OAP so on these occassions i have to go to the property to let the engineer in to do the job, she lives in a council property in London. So guy turns up...
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Is anyone able to give me some advice on a potential problem with a Worcester combi we looked at today please.
Customer reported hot water on bath only getting luke warm. On first inspection we found the diverter valve passing heat down the central heating flow, so we've cleaned all the...
Question for the plumbers turned gas engineers.
Do you still carry out plumbing repairs, bathroom installations, etc. I still do but getting fed up of being stuck on a bathroom job and losing the gas work as I'm fully booked. Been gas safe for around 5 years now.
Took someone on to do the...
Can someone point me in the direction of where to purchase high and low level vents for a compartment housing a commercial gas meter. It's a U16/ 21mb outlet in a commercial premises.
I've researched the regs and vent needs to be fire resistant, weather proof, vent size no smaller than 10mm etc...
I was using a mini excavator in the front garden and cut the mains gas supply (website with gas location had it in the wrong place, but a disclaimer saying their info might be inaccurate - the engineer said it was probably moved when they changed the pipe to the new plastic sort).
1 Cadent...
Hi, There are a total of four beds in my gas fire, to which all the individual coals then get located. The front bed is clean broken into almost two equal halves, which unless unbuilding the beds, you wouldn't actually know it is broken. I don't know who made the fire (there's no makers badges...
I serviced a Potterton Suprima 50HE today, full clean of burner etc, put back together, burner pressure correct at 9mb, gas rate correct at 15kw, analyser readings way out though, no suggestion in mfi of correct ratio etc, anyone had this before. I was once told by Vaillant that some of their...
I had a problem with my Gas boiler and called an engineer out from a local Crondall, Surrey UK company.
The engineer felt my installation was commercial even though past engineers over 13 years have never said anything like this.
My installation is different as I have 2 x worcester bosch 30cdi...
My own boiler at home has developed an intermittent fault causing an ignition lock out every week or two when there is a demand for hot water. When reset the boiler runs without issue for a week or two. This fault only occurs on HW demand, there has never been a lock out on CH demand. Ideal tech...
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Can anybody tell me what the engineer is required to check in the process of doing an annual gas/boiler safety check?
Is there a specific mandatory checklist or process to follow?
The boiler is a Worcester Greenstar HE installed on the kitchen wall.
Thanks,
Mark
Ive heard its possible to get the pipework up the back of this appliance by removing a baffle fitted to the boiler. Is this correct?
Im having trouble getting it to fit inside a very tight cupboard with the standard stand off jig fitted. Ive been looking at the sizes on the website only and...
Been asked to wire up gas valve in pub kitchen and all the gas fitter has left is a stop button, when I wired many of these for a catering firm years ago there was a control box witha current sensor that worked with the fan. What are the current requirements?
Is there a minimum height betwwen a...
The boiler downstairs was serviced (not to be confused with the one with the gas leak - this is a separate boiler). The chap said the flame was not burning that well and so he readjusted it.
All seemed well.
Today I looked up at the house. Given that the downstairs boiler is never used...
Evening Guys, Trying to suss out whats needed for a job in a small warehouse unit (Customer wants a combi & 3 rads installed)
The current Gas meter is a BK G10E - Am i right in thinking this is a Commercial meter? if so would it specifically need a commercial boiler?
Thanks for any input.
Went to look at a leaking worcester combi 30cdi, and found it has a pinhole/hairline crack in the flow unit hydro block. (LHS bolts onto plate to plate heat ex)
Any tips or anything I should look out for when replacing the flow unit (87161063560) I don't do too much work on Worcester boilers...
Hi All. I have an issue with a boiler in a small flat I purchased that has very old vented system boiler currently fitted.
Both boiler and water tanks are in a need of replacement.
I got 3 quotes from gas safe engineers and all recommended combi boiler to be fitted.
One of the engineers...
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