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- What torque is a gas meter test nipple tightened too?
- How To Balance Radiators Tool List: Radiator-bleeding key Lockshield valve adjuster or adjustable spanner Screwdriver Digital thermometer or multimeter with thermometer function 1. Make sure all the radiators have been bled. Turn off the central heating and allow the radiators to cool. 2. Familiarise yourself with the valves. The lockshield will usually have a push-on […]
- I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop
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- I attended a Job where the customers complained about noisy pipes more often late at night bur sometimes in the day. While I was there, there was no issue but the combi boiler was set to preheat and they said they usually put the washing machine on late at night. With their permission I turned […]
- I have what appears to be a bypass in the heating circuit. I have a combi boiler and thermostats on all radiators except one on my front hallway. Is this bypass needed? And if not does it cause any issues? I have one radiator on the top floor where I struggle to get heat despite […]
- Hi, I'd be grateful for some advice please. Every 12- 18 months I have a problem with cold water flowing back into the hot water feed through a shower mixer cartridge, causing all hot water feeds to run tepid or cold. Replacing the mixer cartridge fixes the problem, but only for a while. Would a […]
- I have a square cast iron manhole cover in my garden that does not block the smell of toilets. It measures 655 x655 millimetres with a gap of between 5 and 6 millimetres all around between base and cover. The waterboard claim there is nothing they can do!! Is there anything I can use to […]
- Hello, I’ve just bought my first home so am learning along the way! I’d like to get a slimeline integrated dishwasher placed in place of the cupboard pictured (I’ve found one that should fit!). I can’t find a freestanding dishwasher that’s less than 600mm deep and I need 550mm. It’s next to the sink, and […]
- Have a radiator to swap. I'm thinking of piping back to the current supplies. The rad is slightly smaller. The connecting on the the old pipes at the end one by one. Would using bungs in the open vent a cold feed create enough of a vacuum for me to do this? Which a drain […]
- Good morning, I recently had an extension, new bathroom and new en-suite fitted. Prior to the works the hot water worked. Now we have moved back we have no hot water. British gas came for 5 hours on saturday and replaced every single part of the boiler to do with the hot water as well […]
- We have a leak in a central heating pipe under the tiled floor in our downstairs bathroom. The water was seeping up through the floor. I called a plumber and he lifted the tiles and dug to reveal the pipe and find the leak. He has repaired the leak using compression joints (also repaired larger […]
- Hi all, hope this is okay to post. Just over a year ago, I took on my dad's old house, and I want to get the bathroom done up. His ex-wife convinved him to fit a shower cubicle and get rid of the bath, and whoever she got in to do it seemed to be […]
- Hi All, I hope you are well. I have Danfoss CP715Si controller and when I try to heat water the boiler does not kick in. When I select Hot Water to ON or press +1HR button to turn it on for one hour the red light comes up on the controller but the boiler does […]
- Who's watching the game and where are you? I tried 2 places and they were rammed so me and my daughter came home. Hope we get this one!! We're owed a couple IMO
- Can these still rot through even though galavnised?
- Any help greatly appreciated. It appears that every time i flush the toilet the cistern fills up then overflows back in to the toilet. This can last for 2 minutes or is continually running. I have replaced the cistern dual valve as it was very loose and parts had broken off it and it wasn't […]
- I took Apart pipes under 1 and 1/2 sink, and now I can't put it back together. Can anyone help please
- Hi Everyone, I currently use E-Works CRM software and feels it does have good customer support & good value for money but I do find it a bit slow to use, to do anything on it seems long winded and more complicated than it needs to be. It does have very good trackers with dash […]
- Hi Can anyone identify the make and model of these taps please? We have one dripping bathroom sink tap but the plumber we had couldn't find a way to undo the tap / take it apart to get to the cartridge. So he's saying the only way to fix it is to replace the sink […]