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  1. hammers4spanner

    bulldog valves

    Customer suppled a few sets of these and fitted them couple weeks ago . problem i have had is that they are constantly weeping and can't seem to stop them from weeping .I have tapped them , put paste on them used loctite even tried a touch of LSX yet they still weep. Thinking last straw leak...
  2. hammers4spanner

    Chaffoteaux water heater

    Long story short friend who does installs has changed a diaphragm on one of these as it initially had luke warm water . Had a call today saying that now it won't even start up at all and the water is stone cold.Gone over and told cust that for starters kitchen fitter has put shelf right under...
  3. hammers4spanner

    Zombie Boiler

    Had a little chuckle to myself whilst reading the worcester installers choice rag about zombie boilers that never seem to die , In other words they were made better years ago than the carp the sell now.
  4. hammers4spanner

    price Increase

    Any of you lot doing price increases on any of your rates this year??
  5. hammers4spanner

    Loft work

    Had a job yesterday where had to go into the loft coughed my guts up just sticking my head up. Went back again this morning same thing literally 5 seconds in the loft and coughing like hell. Thats another type of work thats struck off the list .
  6. hammers4spanner

    Ideal yet again.

    About 10 days ago i went to an ideal logic+ that had a fault ( i never fitted nor serviced). Anyway Ideal said its under warranty so will repair . Over a week later engineer turns up has a quick look and says has it been serviced , cust says yes every year checks paper and engineer starts to...
  7. hammers4spanner

    Work

    How are you lot finding work at this present time ? I seem rather quiet for the time of year it is thought i would be busier than this , priced lots but seem to be getting under cut .
  8. hammers4spanner

    Ideal Boilers

    Anyone notice how noisy these are getting ? Fitted one today it was that noisy thought it had a fault could here it whirring all over the house , had one other week the same .
  9. hammers4spanner

    Gas meter installers

    Do contractors usually change meters over to smart meters? Done a LLSC this week where they have had a new smart meter , meter wasn't fixed to the wall , They left the existing lead pipe in place where i thought it always had to be changed, also where they have left the lead pipe they had some...
  10. hammers4spanner

    Buying a house

    What a ball ache this is proving to be because I'm self employed , been doing my own thing for a long time now and show every year that i earn a wage however not good enough still classed as high risk to mortgage lender . Also have some property which was bought for pension purposes now this is...
  11. hammers4spanner

    Ideal again!!!

    3rd time now this mysteriously has happened on Ideal's supposed 7 year warranty. Boiler defect under warranty period sort it out for cust only for ideal to say they have not registered warranty. Custs swear they have but ideal say that they have no record however stump up £95 and they will...
  12. hammers4spanner

    System boiler

    Cheapest possible with a warranty recommends
  13. hammers4spanner

    Ideal warranty

    What do you guys make of this from ideal engineer on warranty call back. Fitted a Logic plus about 10 weeks ago and up until last week running fine no issues , then had a call from customer no hot water so went out had 20 minute nosey and can't see the LED flashing on flow sensor . Called ideal...
  14. hammers4spanner

    Ideal espirit

    Went to one of these bag of nails other day, back again today. Hot water is working fine however when demand for heat was on it wouldn't flash up , had some travel of heat down the flow checked div motor and pin not jammed on any clicking. Had no manual sand couldn't contact ideal so anyone...
  15. hammers4spanner

    Boiler changes

    Last few years this get a boiler fitted for a grand mob seems to be springing up from everywhere. Had a few breakdowns this winter on older appliances where they have decided just as well get a new one only costs a grand to get a new boiler.They have decided the price before i have even given...
  16. hammers4spanner

    Flue route

    Have been asked by a builder if its possible to run a flue through a window, the top three panes will be removed and replaced with 4 mm aluminium. Reason not through wall is because its listed building. Pic attached
  17. hammers4spanner

    Alpha Intec

    Any ideas on this issue, This is the boiler at home and its doing my head in. Every night about 4.30 am it makes a loud hmm then 4 loud thud noises then abruptly stops and this repeats every night. Last night i caught the boiler doing exactly this whilst getting a drink , nothing showing on...
  18. hammers4spanner

    Worcester compact

    What do you lot make of this boiler ? Fitted first one today not sure if the service panel was just flimsy pap or it was me not being use to it .The flue turret connections were very flimsy as well screwing the turret down sheared off the connection underneath very easy . They normally like this??
  19. hammers4spanner

    Gaining work

    I advertise on a couple local websites and one of them i use to get a lot of work from , however they have changed the format and now my workload has dropped. So i wish to stay online advertising however how do you push yourself and webpage up google ranking? I know SEO helps but how do i as a...
  20. hammers4spanner

    Flue height

    Just pricing a job for a boiler change on first floor flat where the flue sticks out the back its about 35 foot up. Realistically its to high for a ladder and expensive would increase by use of scaffolding especially as its only a case of putting the black seal over and a bit of cement . Sooo...
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