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    proper rad / system balancing

    Can anybody point me to the right thread or tell me how to do this? been taught to close the lockshields down " a bit " on the rad closest to the boiler and carying on to close them off " a bit " but to close " a bit less " as im going along so that the furthest rad is fully open, but somebody...
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    Bad air lock in cold feed

    had a call today, hot water dribbleing out of taps, went to address to fint once tap was left running for around 6 seconds water would slow down to nothing, so thaught it would be a blockage, so undin every joint in cold feed to find it all clear, then in the hot pipe to the first tee, all lear...
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    toilet flush elbow???????

    had a call today to replace a siphon, it was something between a close coupled toilet and a low level , the cistern was connected to the pan using kind of white plastic elbow thing, cand find it on the net!! just wonderd what they are called if anybody knows what i mean!!!! thanks!
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    • Thread
    • flush toilet
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Boilers
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    stubbourn tap head removal

    with New Pegler Yorkshire Bathroom Taps : Pegler Yorkshire 159 cross top cold basin tap 1/2inch BS1010 this type tap , has anybody ever had any trouble having the actuall head off to tighten the gland??? ive had and have had enough with trying to slap it off upwards with the adjustables! so...
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    Gas safe registration

    Im about to register with gas safe , just need to sent application off, but it states that i will have inspection from gas safe to check my work. Now i am employed by another company so all work i do would be on weekends ect, and i dont know how much gas work i will get ...... if any yet, how...
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    system upgrade

    I curently have a worcester danesmore 15 19 boiler in my house, on a open vented system , Its quite expensive to run , the system is around 20 yrs old , boiler a bit newer, some rads have no trv's , no room stats, the house is slpit into 2 (1 holiday let) , seriously how much money would i save...
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    Worcester Greenstar 24Ri Condensing Natural Gas Boiler

    can this be converted to a LPG by a gsr plumber???
    • CXR100
    • Thread
    • boiler greenstar worcester
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Boilers
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    best system for solid fuel???

    whats the best way to do a central heating & how tater with solid fuel? seen some systems with 2 pipe stats on the flow and return from the solid fuel burner to switch central heating pump on/off. any ideas??
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    funny tasting / coloured water problem!

    went to a house today to a compliant "water is cloudish and tastes funny , but only when we use the hot tap, the cold is fine , when we run the bath the water stinks and is always off coloured, father in law reckons its the smell of flux but we havent had any plumbing work undertaken in the...
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    pump issues

    went to a house today , was on a solid fuel log burner, with a indirect cylinder , piped from log burner to cylinder in 28mm , but splitting from that in 22mm to do the central heating, you had to turn the room stat on to switch the pump on the central heating on. the customer was complaining...
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    uderfloor heating pipe unwider

    got 120sq meters of underfloor to lay on y own in two weeks, aybody got an unwider?? ar they any good? how much do they cost and could it be easilly made??? quite hady with a welder!!!
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    Plumbers Mait , any good?

    bought a tub the othr day , changed a siphon an a toilet the other day , think there is a fault in the toilet as the doughnut wont seal, leaks everytime it gets flushed, and yes i did replace it with a new one, the hole in the pan looks out of shape a bit, it had silacone on when i removed it...
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    cutting cast 4 inch pipe HELL!!

    had a job today , leaking pan connector , it was a multiquick pushed in to a cast iron pan connector, so decided to cut the cast pipe and do a decent connection , it was in an awkward place to get to , comming horizontal to the pan from a stack in a boxing. it took me about 2 1/2 hours to cutt...
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    whitch pipe tube

    anybody got any recomendations , van vault , rhino , pipe guard ect?? have looed on ebay but cant decide, can see that van vault have now got 2 types, one much cheaper, or anybody know where i can get one , or anybody got one for sale??
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    wanted new van

    anybody selling a van , something like a astra ,combo , caddy , vivaro ect??? got around 3k to spend, dont want to pay vat if poss , thanks!
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    running overflow

    had a call back to a house today that i chacged the cws in the attic about a month a go, running overflow (badly) went there to find the float on the part 2 collapsed and full of water, took it off and dried it and cand see to get a drop of water out, anyway , replaced the float, and called an...
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    freezed pipes burst

    anybody had any burst yet? very quiet here!
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    First time DIY plumbing

    pics could be of some help!
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    leaking drainoffs

    what do you people do with weaping drainoffs? im talking about the end feed ones! replace the whole valve or just the inside?
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    CH water spillt on carpet :(

    tody whilst bleeding a rad a small amount (3-4) drips of water spillt on the carpet !! has anybody got any tips on how to remove it? lucky this was an old carpet!
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