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    Do you know what this. boiler not firing up

    Have an oil burner not firing up properly. It has oil in the tank and the burner comes on but not firing. I can hear it trying to fire up, like a spitting fire sound but doesnt stay on. It keeps trying to fire every few secs. Anyone know what this could be
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    25kw stoves saying heating different rads

    Boru Carraig Mor 25kW Freestanding Boiler Stove - Country Warmth Suffolk Henley Stove Druid 25kw boiler stove stove MCD Stove Centre Barnsley 2 different stoves i have my eye on however one is saying it heats 2 more rads but both are 25kw stoves. Anyone know why this is. Ive been hearing...
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    what size stove do i need for my house

    Been meaning to upgrade my heating system for a few years but always had something came up and put it off untill now. Its a 2400sq ft dormer built to 2004 regs. Oil burner but now i want a duel system and going to install a back boiler stove. Wanting to know what solid fuel kw stove id need or...
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    dishwasher install .

    I have an opening for dishwasher which is 600mm wide however my wife wants now an integrated dishwasher. Will i still be able to install the dishwasher into this space or do i need to reduce it. We have a door in the garage that i exactly 600mm but im thinking this might not do because the door...
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    Wall not level/plumb

    I have a new t80 electric shower and its been installed on a wall that's slightly out of plumb. Now the button is sticking every few weeks and then I have to remove the face for it to release. Seeing as one can't go making a finished tiled wall plumb, any tips on how to get the shower plumbed...
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    This is leaking in burner. Is it difficult to fix

    Sister called me saying there's an oil leak in her burner. Called round and took pic of it. Its this part with the very small copper pipe going into it. The oil is dripping from it every sec or so. Can anyone tell me what it is and is it straight forward to fix?
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    draining the system a little to replace a rad

    Ive to replace a rad and a leaky rad valve on a rad in y upstairs bedroom. Its been leaking for a few months and seeing as im free today, i might aswell get cracking on with it. Anytime i change a rad valve upstairs, i would half drain the system then change the rad/valve. One question i have...
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    Using insert twice. In same fitting

    I recently removed a plastic fitting with the small plastic tool for this method however the insert was still lodged in the plastic elbow. I moved the pipe a little(without cutting anything), and used the same plastic elbow into the same insert/pipe. Will this be OK?
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    Replacing a pumped shower to electric

    Whats the procedure to disconnecting a pumped shower to a tank few electric shower.
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    what can be done here :( oil leak

    This nut is ring to the extent it cant be tighten anymore and is leaking oil. Can problems arise if a helicoil is used to fix it and install a new bleed nut? If a new pump is needed, is it expensive and difficult to install.
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    Without lifting floor and adding a 90 bend. What can be done here.

    Like the title says, what can be done here without digging up and moving the sewer bend back. There was and old toilet here for over 30 years and only getting replaced now. There was a flexi on it and also sitting up on a concrete base that's been removed. I know what im suggesting isnt...
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    Oil to storage heaters in large house.

    My aunt has bought a large 3 bedroom house and has removed the oil tank and is also wanting to remove the oil burner and change from oil to electric storage heaters. I've been trying to advise her against this because the running costs of storage heaters can be more than oil. Does building regs...
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    Triton shower not working properly

    Had a plumber install a new triton Alicante shower but it seems not to be working properly. The 1/2 inch pipe was taken of the mains (see pics) , down and under the floor then up the wall. Electric connected with right cable. We tried to commission the shower by turning it on cold then turning...
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    Wanting to add a new towel rad

    My pipes have been plumbed for 2 years for a towel rad in my house. Its an old house with gravity fed system with an expansion vessel beside my hotpress. I know how to drain and fill a gravity fed CH system with a heater tank in the attic but wanting to know the steps to take when filling up...
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    Cutting into a closed system

    My brother is fixing up a house and after lifting up the concrete floors, all copper pipes where damaged! It's a closed system and were wanting to know, is it a case of just connecting new pipes to same, fill up with water then turn on or is it alot more tricky than a open gravity fed system...
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    Upgrading my heating and new shower head!

    Have a 2400sqft house built in 2000 with not great design if I'm totally honest. Large open planned living,dining,kitchen (75sq meters). Large windows and French doors and not great insulation. I'll be separating living area from dining/kitchen with double doors. I'm getting walls pumped next...
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    finding a leak under my floor

    I have a leak in my bungalow floor. Only bought it last sept but was away in the states for awhile. Looked behind my dishwasher and noticed a ft up the wall is damp and it stretches right around the kitchen. I also noticed my grout lines in my dark tiles aren't dry either. This stretches right...
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    need to bring toilet away from wall but don't know......

    Ive been changing 2 toilets from the old 80s type to the more modern but I've hit a stumbling block in the tiny ensuite I've been installing the first one . Where the pipe outlet to outside is, and where the new toilet is is causing me problems. To visualise it, the pipe is right in right in...
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    how long to heat cylinder

    This has been nagging me for awhile but since I've joined this forum I thought I'd ask here. Im renting a house at moment away from home for this last year and any time I have a bath, it takes an hour and half to heat the ho****er cylinder. Its not a large cylinder by any means but anytime I...
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    fitting for circ pump

    I was fitting a new heating circ pump in my holiday home and both screws rung on me while doing this but managed to get the bottom one back to when it needs to get water flowing though the other side is only 1/4 turned and leaking. While going into the city to get new fittings, I forgot to turn...
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