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  1. jaydebruyne

    Gas Leak Detection

    So I did a gas safety today and got a 7mb drop on tightness. Capped the meter as both boiler and hob were not the reason. What's the best/quickest method for tracing a leak (other than a sniffer as I don't have one)???
  2. jaydebruyne

    Biasi Riva Compact M90E 24S

    I have to change the plate heat exchanger tomorrow and the MI's dont have any parts replacement help in the manual. Anyone got a parts replacement doc for this boiler??? Cheers
  3. jaydebruyne

    Heating system refill

    I'm at arms with my landlord.. We've had a bad leak for over 2 months now where I've had to refill our system 2-3 times a day. Now, I'm not talking just topping up pressure. The leak was basically an elbow joint that had snapped and would drain the entire system in 3-4 hours. We just had a...
  4. jaydebruyne

    Boiler Servicing

    How much do you charge? Also, what tools are required? I've not yet done a service but now have a friend of the Mrs asking me to service their potterton suprima 60L... Figured I might as well get the first one over with!!
  5. jaydebruyne

    Private Work & Payment

    Ok, So I've just started doing private work. I've done 1 job which is leading on to more work. The first one was replacing a showermate pump, regrouting the tiles and changing some basin tap cartridges. I bought all parts with my credit card, did the work and now still waiting for payment 2...
  6. jaydebruyne

    Waste issue

    Was called to a job and found the pipework rose on exit from both p traps. The discharge pipe runs behind the cabinets straight out the wall into a 4 inch stack. There is no option the rerun the pipework behind the cabinets. The insinkerator discharge point is lower than the discharge pipe so...
  7. jaydebruyne

    Check valves on existing showers

    I've got a nasty job tomorrow if fitting check valves on concealed shower valves, 3 of them in one house. I'm thinking the best way about it is to break out 2 rows of tiles underneath the shower valve in a hope I can undo the compression nut on the cold/hot feed and cut into the pipe and fit...
  8. jaydebruyne

    Private Work

    So I've just been to diagnose my first private job, I told the lady that I charge a fallout of £45 but will only charge it if I get the job. She agreed. How does everyone else do call out charges? If you charge a callout but they go with another company do you send them an invoice for just a...
  9. jaydebruyne

    System pressure / expansion vessel

    Quick question, Went to a leak, found it coming from a PRV from an ideal combi boiler. Checked the pressure and it was at 3bar. Someone had left the filling loop open. Released some pressure and tested the heating and within 5 mins the pressure goes to 3.5 bar. Am I looking at either a...
  10. jaydebruyne

    Mr Combi

    Anyone done his courses? If so what are they like? Worth doing?
  11. jaydebruyne

    Back to wall closed couple toilet

    Is there an easy way to fit pan fixings to the floor on a back to wall pan? Other than measuring the distance from the wall to the hole and the distance between the inside of the pan width????
  12. jaydebruyne

    Heating Issue

    Went to a job today. Tenant complaining that the rads were getting hot when the room stat was off. Y plan system fully pumped, old potterton heating only boiler. On investigating I found that the programmer had been wired so it gave a permanent live to the room stat regardless if the heating...
  13. jaydebruyne

    Unvented Immersion Heaters

    Ok, I've posted something about this before but I'm still not sure about it... So.... To test the stat, I put my meter in the two small brass holes next to the neutral wire??? Which set on continuity should be zero when the stat is set to minimum (or temp satisfied) and a reading if set to...
  14. jaydebruyne

    Whirlpool Waste Disposal Discharge Connection

    Waste disposals don't have standard discharge connections, do they? I've got to replumb this monstrosity tomorrow but trying to find a mcalpine elbow with a socket one end and a plain other end to connect to the waste disposal discharge connector... Can't find one...
  15. jaydebruyne

    Wireless Room Stats

    Went to a job today reporting of no heating. Heating only boiler with a cylinder for dhw - s plan. After creating demand on the water, confirmed the pump and boiler was fine. After testing I found the wireless receiver to be at fault - I bridged the common to the call and ran the heating, all...
  16. jaydebruyne

    Negative Head Pump on a Positive Head System

    Any reason this can't be done? Even if I take off the pressure vessel and cap it off??? The tank is probably less than 1 meter above the shower head so not much pressure to begin with anyway...
  17. jaydebruyne

    Pub Toilet Taps

    I really really like it when I walk into the lavs of a pub and see imaginative plumbing like this: The Mrs thinks I'm a geek. ... I had to agree.
  18. jaydebruyne

    System Upgrade

    My brother has just bought his first house and it currently has a conventional gravity system with a standard boiler (old 15 year old gloworm). Mains pressure/flow rate is 3.5bar/14lpm. 2 floors (ground and 1st), 5 rad system. 1 bathroom, 1 toilet, 1 kitchen. I've recommended a combi system...
  19. jaydebruyne

    Boiler Weight - DUMB question alert!!!!

    I'm no weakling by all means, but I'm no he-man either. I've started training to build up my strength again (used to train quite a lot a few years ago) to make my life easier when I start fitting boilers for my firm when I get gas safe. I was reading through some boiler manuals (this is for a...
  20. jaydebruyne

    BS6172 & 669 / Hob Gas Connection

    Does anyone have an updated copy of these thy don't mind sharing???? I can't seem to find them on the line... I was researching about gas connections to hobs which on this thread: http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/gas-safe-register-forum-public-forum/16676-gas-hob-flexy-4.html states it can be...
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