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    pressure testing waste pipes on 1st fix

    now obviously most plumbers test 1st fix copper pipework & push fit after 1st fix etc. but does anybody pressure test the waste pipes? never done it my self but fancy giving it a go on a big chapel renovation im working on. anybody do it regularly , what kit do you use etc. ? thanks
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    outside mixer tap

    as title says, anybody know a mixer ta that will mix hot and cold supply, (unvented system) and is to be located outside?? thanks
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    request new gas meter

    can I jest request a new gas meter from Transco, got a property to do a full heating in , place has been trashed by squatters, its just a small house, has a big old pre payment gas meter that has no bracket, and screen looks like its had a kick or something. if I request a new one will I have to...
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    water heater and gas fire

    water heater for caravan (lpg) , got to price a job to install a new water heater in a static caravan to replace the old burst sanvier duval one, anybody got any recommendations on one that can fit ?? the cupboard that locates the old one is only 10 1/2" deep , 15 1/2" wide and 26 1/2" high...
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    Any good deals on fittings??

    hi lad, first post here in the arms, anybody know of any current offers on fittings "bucket" type packs at moment, not solder ring, end feed only! thanks
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    rads not working

    hi all , got a job in work tommorrow , rads not heating up in a property, none of them . i visited this property a week maby ago , and a etra rad has been added on to the system a few weeks ago i thaught that it could be an airlock, but the boiler engineer had visited before me and advised me to...
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    good price for a kit?

    0000000058675 PlumbersKit PLUMBSTARTKIT Plumbers Starter Kit
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    old 1/2"-3/4" taps problem

    hi all, having problems recently with some kitchen taps, i know most of you will answer "just change the taps" to this question but i ould like to know how to do it anyay. i have come across some 1/2" kitchen taps (old) look like pegler taps. nut the body is actually 3/4" . there comes a...
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    too much work on!!!

    anybody else having this problem at the moment?? i work for somebody during the day as a plumber (and now a gsr gas engineer haha) but get a lot of work on my own at night! i have built this up working from the boot of a peugeot 306! doing a few jobs, that was ideal!!!! but now getting loads of...
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    midn puzzling bath!!

    hi all , just been to look at a job, customer want a bathroom fitted, bath is on site, but it is a free standing one and all moulded in one piece, there is a gap underneath it and adjustable legs like a normal bath, any ideas how to connec the trap? there is a hole in the "pannel" behing where...
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    snatching valves

    dont have much experience in snatching valves when the need comes to replace on open vented systems, when i try i get water over the wall or in my face everytime! not had sludge yet thank god! how do you go about it? any tricks? . been thinking about putting a dust sheet on the floor as normal...
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    immersion heater testing with multimeter

    hi all , sent to a job today to change 2 immersion elements in a 210 tank , went there to find the electrician had been before me to tesd them and had told the customer had to have the 2 replaced because they were "blown" and that he would now have to charge for 2 visits, one to test and...
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    no hot water!

    Got called to a flat today , just been done up , tennants moved in last week , saying no hot water coming thru tap in kitchen only. bathroom fine, there is a worceser combi in the flat in the bathroom . Hight pressure coming out of hot & cold in bathroom and cold tap in kitchen , but water is...
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    oil boiler noise

    my own oil boiler at home is making quite a hi pitch noise (like a bearing or something id imagine) everytime its on, and stays on whilts the burner is on , boiler is a worcester danesmoor, running on an open vent system , the ch pump thats by the boiler has been replaced last week as it was...
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    • Forum: Boilers
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    faulty room stat???

    customer on the phone now , saying everytime she turns one stat up in the house on a ufh system the lighting trips , would i be right thinking that this stat is faulty and needs replacing or would it be the actuator on the manifold? thanks
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    gate valve gland

    is it possible to re pack a gatevalve gland with a female nut just like a normal stop tap male nut gland??? thanks
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    oil boiler off

    somebody just phoned me asking if i can look at their oil boler, they dont know the make!!! or model!!!! it stays on for a bit then goes off apparantley! what could it be? going to lockout because of oil filter blocked or something???
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    • boiler oil boiler
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    • Forum: Boilers
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    geting air out of towel rail

    hi lads, went to a job today to fix a towel rail , wasnt getting warm , anyway sorted that and noticed it was only getting hot to middle (top full of air) now i cant open the bleed key as its totally rounded/flatend , and i cant replace it as ive never seen one like this before in my 5 years...
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    undersink heater with a hot water vented cylinder

    any way i can combine these, customer want to put a undersink water heater so he can switch immersion off and only get instant how water in the kitchen sink (he has electric shower) anybody got any idea if this can be done without using 3 taps, i told him he might have to switch off some lever...
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    pipe bender to fit in cordless drill

    A builder told me today he seen a plumber using a pipe bender once with a corless drill atatched to it!!! anybody seen or heard of one before??? also whats your reviews on the milwaukee pipe cutter??? anybody got one?
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