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  1. hammers4spanner

    Worcester 25 i

    Bag of nails washing my hands with worcester never again .
  2. hammers4spanner

    card meter

    Had a landlord phone me saying tenant is complaining of cost of gas saying 40 quid a week and its only on hour or two a night. Gonna check for gas leaks etc first but also wandering as they are on card meter can these things go faulty ?
  3. hammers4spanner

    God keep the DIYers safe from harm

    Some people are literally stupid
  4. hammers4spanner

    Vaillant vcw 242

    Got a differential valve to do on one of these worth the hassle or not?
  5. hammers4spanner

    Ideal Mini c24

    Having a bit of a head scratcher with this one hot water is fine no issues however have a very intermittent heating issue. Its awkward as when i arrived rads were hot boiler was working , cooled everything off and tried again boiler fired up 20 seconds shut down done this several times. Then...
  6. hammers4spanner

    Hot water fault

    Hi all , Got a job that has a reoccurring blockage on the hot side to sink tap only, system is cylinder with cwst in loft space. Initially owner thought they had a faulty tap and changed it no water came out but sucked through with wet vac. Ran it for 5 mins after and all worked fine, later...
  7. hammers4spanner

    Fluless fire

    Got called to one of these in a small flat yesterday flame keeps cutting out both times i was there worked fine . Flame picture all good , pressure and gas rate all good ,tenant said that sometimes works for several hours before it cuts out . No issue with controls and room has CO alarm which i...
  8. hammers4spanner

    Soldering for a DIY'er

    oxy acetylene for me never heard of a superfire 2 must be a wind up
  9. hammers4spanner

    Alpha cb 50

    Got three leaks on this boiler all around the flow valve and pipe coming out the boiler looks a right headache as well . Not sure its worth the hassle of repairing anyone with experience of alphas opinions would be welcome.
  10. hammers4spanner

    Toilet cisterns

    Am beginning to wonder if its ever worth repairing these things for replacement parts , with the amount of running around now to get correct syphon or float valve that will fit and then chuck on materials and time together i reckon you fit a new bog for nigh on same money. Any of you guys...
  11. hammers4spanner

    Flue

    Long story short got asked to do a landlord cert where boiler had a fault , got messed about something chronic on repair by suppliers then the tenant. Got the boiler working and was doing the cert and again messed about by tenant. 3 weeks later boiler went down again and owner got out the...
  12. hammers4spanner

    Vokera boilers

    What you guys thinking of the new boilers they have? longer warranties and you can now get unto 10 years on selected , The bigger models they have have larger waterways inside now they don't sound to bad for a cheaper option boiler these days.
  13. hammers4spanner

    fixed price repair

    Went out to a wozzie high flow 400 today , expansion vessel kaput and pump weak as you get . Got a price of parts and then added my labour would of come to about £300.00. In the time the customer just for a second quote decided to contact wozzie themselves and they offered a fixed price repair...
  14. hammers4spanner

    main eco elite boilers

    Simple question they half decent or complete bag of nails that go wrong all the time
  15. hammers4spanner

    work of art

    Came across this today landlady had binned previous plumber as was always a mare , thought this was a top quality install !! Boiler put bin by him 4 year ago and got another dozen llsc to do on her places .
  16. hammers4spanner

    Leak

    What an end to the day i had plodding my way through the morning and get a call about one o clock emergency water pouring through ceiling . Blew electrics in the kitchen and ceiling had come down by time i arrived hour or so later. Eventually traced pipe back to a soldered fitting that had...
  17. hammers4spanner

    System Boiler

    Anyone recommend a good system boiler with decent warranty ? Not fitted a system one for a while .
  18. hammers4spanner

    Potterton promax

    Had a call to one of these earlier 6 years old intermittent e133 fault (interrupted gas supply) from fault code. Boiler goes through sequence everything calling , pump spins ,fan spins but can't here it sparking , pulled out probes didn't look like anything was wrong gap looked ok not overly...
  19. hammers4spanner

    Plastic Pipe

    Anyone know why the water in this stuff gets so much iron oxide inside? Drained a heating system this week plastic pipe all over the house and its black as hell full of rust and bits of sediment . Use to see this a lot on new builds as well all barrier pipe used but still goes to pot inside...
  20. hammers4spanner

    My head is frazzled

    What a flaming day !!!! Turned up on a job starting 3 bathrooms and new trvs/lockshields on numerous rads lovely couple but talk about question time. Started off about her oil boiler wanting it updated /removed and asked about ashp/ground source /biomass and oil. They are very much into the...
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