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  1. hammers4spanner

    faulty valve?

    Had a shout out today to a no heating fault on a y plan system, custard has flushed the system himself recently and has updated room stat, 3 port and trvs as well. Have looked at it myself and hot water is no issue but 3 port wont allow any heating top go through ,there is no issue at wiring...
  2. hammers4spanner

    towel rails

    Does anyone on here no the reason why you dont put towel rails on ho****er side of the system anymore ?? i know was once upon a time it was common practice but am going to price a job up and towel rails are on the hw circuit on spec and i'm sure that there is a reason for not doing this practice...
  3. hammers4spanner

    gas water heater

    Got a call out to this right at end of the day , gas powered water heater hot water supply pressure to taps has dropped off , its a tank fed water heater with open vent and pumped circulation . I can hear the air going through pump and spluttering through pipes to taps .When i run taps on one...
  4. hammers4spanner

    the price is right

    i know we get alot of price questions on this forum with regards hourly rate and how much to do this and that.Also plenty of advice of how to do estimating e,g hourly rate times by how many hours you think plus 20% on materials etc etc. However how many of you get your pricing labour rates right...
  5. hammers4spanner

    DIYER Lost all radiators but 2

    Shallow pockets^^
  6. hammers4spanner

    valves

    come across this today , a 3 port valve then followed by a 2 port what would be the logic of the two port ?? Also from my understanding after recent convo with honeywell you cant fit 3 ports on unvented these days , this system obviously had no signature on the cylinder and is a couple year old...
  7. hammers4spanner

    horne taps

    Anyone one here have a link or know the prices of horne optittherm taps for hospitals (the lever style type), mercahnats never came up trumps today with a price for them i cant google a spec on them but not specific price .
  8. hammers4spanner

    plumbers vs iron

    What is it with plumbers not wanting to do iron i get loads of phone calls from plumbers looking for a bit of work and as soon as i mention iron i get the 'oh i dont do iron' . Do the colleges not show the basics of pipefitting anymore ??
  9. hammers4spanner

    screwed flue

    currently doing an install at a property where i noticed couple isuues with a worcester cdi , first is proximity of flue to adjacent window which i have mentioned to owner, second is when looking down analyzer test point you can see the inner part of the flue has been penetrated by the screw...
  10. hammers4spanner

    gas safe reg

    Why do gas safe put vented cylinders as areas of work you can do on their website? surely that is just plumbing?
  11. hammers4spanner

    commercial cold water supply

    Currently doing a small refurb on a commercial office where the cold water supply is tank fed .Most systems i have worked on have been boosted with the use of pumps via a tank room.Have not looked at the tank set up in the building but would i be right in thinking that on most commercial set ups...
  12. hammers4spanner

    pipe sizes

    From my understanding with a domestic ticket you can work on pipework upto 35 mm in diameter however chatting to a commercial guy today he informed me that you can only work on very short run on this which he said was something like a couple meters at max due to volume of gas in pipework .Cant...
  13. hammers4spanner

    shower pods

    Anyone ever fitted one of these ? Got a couple lined and need to price them so if they are a nuisance will price accordingly as neb=evr fitted the shower pods before .Have been on site and where they have had pre fab bathroom pods before but never the shower ones , so any advice appreciated .
  14. hammers4spanner

    kitchen sinks

    Strange convo today with building supervisor,upon removing the kitchen sink in a job i am doing the inspector turned up and said there is asbestos on the kitchen sink .When i asked where he stated its on the black bits under the sink bowl and draining board!! Now my guess is that the sink is 15...
  15. hammers4spanner

    alpha boilers

    Anyone know much about these boilers? Are they a reliable steady boiler , seem to have 7 year warranty if you buy the fixing jig . I notice they are not the cheapest boilers but the merchants i was in today say that cust service is good with them , as i have never fitted one and not come across...
  16. hammers4spanner

    worcester 24i

    Just been to an old worcester 24i about 10 years old combi with mainly intermitent hot water fault but occasional intermitent heating fault . When i turned up was told no hot water what so ever , i turned on hot tap and boiler flashed up for couple mins then could hear a few clicking noises...
  17. hammers4spanner

    pipes in screed

    Quick question , Am aware that copper needs p[rotecting etc when in a screed but does iron hae any different regs regarding this? I ask this as been asked to alter some gas pipes (iron) in a screeded floor.
  18. hammers4spanner

    gas safe

    Is it me or has gas safe started to increase the fines for illegal works? I could be wrong but i recall not overly long ago that illegal workers were getting fined a few hundred quid for leaving dodgy appliances etc. Glancing through this months gas safe mag and i notice a £7000 fine for gas...
  19. hammers4spanner

    baxi 105e

    went to a baxi today customer complaints of a noise within the boiler whenever its being used , went there had a listen and its an intermitent wooshing noise every minute or so and goes again then a whossh noise through the boiler and gone again . this happens on heating mainly but on accasion...
  20. hammers4spanner

    this is what happens when a diyer trys to fix a boiler

    He looked pretty angry at the end haha
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