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  1. townfanjon

    Oh no , the smart meter installers strike

    I know a load of my pals have had a few , but today was my first . Lady down the road rang yesterday but I couldnt get to her . New gas and lecky meter fitted , they found the tiniest bit of soot on an ILFE and turned everything off .!! . She was surprisingly calm with no heat and hot water...
  2. townfanjon

    Rf stat for elderly customer

    Guys , got a boiler to swap for a very old lady and need the EASIEST rf stat ( not programable ) so it can live at the side of her bed . What would you fit ? Thanks in advance. Cheers
  3. townfanjon

    DIY Hi

    Or-eeete from yorkshire
  4. townfanjon

    DIY by neccesity.

    Ehup Bob
  5. townfanjon

    Baxi guys

    Guys , just been to a 105e, blokes swapping it in the new year and just needs it to go a bit longer . HW ok , HTG dial has to be at max or nothing happens , boiler gets to temp , rads bounce off the wall , cools , starts again. It apparently has done this since he moved in 2 years ago , hes just...
  6. townfanjon

    Calling you baxi men

    Gents , could any of them point me in the right direction on this please , pals just moved house and has inherited a 105 instant HE with a intermitant hot water problem , open hot tap , works sometimes, otherwise nothing . ( HTG ok ) I have never heard of an "instant" are they the usual...
  7. townfanjon

    Back boiler

    Guys , I have heard conflicting reports on the following , anybody know the correct way. customer wants a combi, old back boiler in at present but guy wants to keep the fire , normally I have taken the lot out , whats the crack ? thanks in advance
  8. townfanjon

    Hot waste pipes !!!

    Guys your thoughts please I look after a dentists surgery , they have a steraliser ( looks like a mega dishwasher ) that emptys into some 40 mm solvent weld waste , which is simply not up to the job because is can not take the heat ( we think about 90 degrees ) .After speaking to a couple of...
  9. townfanjon

    Immersion heater thermostats

    Guys , these stats are without a doubt the biggest PITA I deal with . I am just sick of buying stats that dont work out of the box , either they cut off too quick or fall short of just about boiling a cylinder . Does anybody know of a firm that makes imm heater stats ( 11" unvented / thermal...
  10. townfanjon

    Wrong vessel

    Guys, your thoughts please . went to service an unvented on Wednesday, oh dear , found a red heating vessel on system. explained to the customer the problem, she totaly understood and said please comeback and fit the correct one. when changing the vessel, I am tempted to drain and flush out...
  11. townfanjon

    God keep the DIYers safe from harm

    Is he an engineer ?
  12. townfanjon

    Beginner DIY plumbing - help!

    Pic hasnt come out very good, apart from the dreaded plastic fittings yes lol. Is it live now , please dont board before you know its leak free. We would pressure test it first but I doubt if you have a pressure tester so leave it live for as long as poss .
  13. townfanjon

    Unvented in a loft

    Guys , anybody know where I would get the following info ( no luck with building control asked them a while ago ) customer wants a unvented in a loft , I will not just put marine ply down and plonk it on that , from a job years ago I am pretty sure you cross the roof trusses with new joists...
  14. townfanjon

    Shower pump connection

    Ehup guys installing a stu turner pump tomorrow, but nobody around here stocks any surrey flanges which is what I would normally use. I could do it the mira way and make the vent pipe 45 degrees and take a tee off that. Has anybody done it that way and had any problems ? many thanks
  15. townfanjon

    Small shower valve

    Guys, this is following on from my showerdoc rant, this is the reason I tried to use them ....... customer has one of them horrible cheap and nasty chinese pod type showers. It has 3 valves, on \ off, thermostatic control and a diverter( to go from the body jets to shower hose) He wants to...
  16. townfanjon

    Dentist / hospital taps

    Evening guys, my local merchants are struggling with this .... i need a basin monobloc tap for a dentist's I look after , type with the long lever on the top, so they can move with an elbow or a wrist. Anybody help ? thanks in advance
  17. townfanjon

    Condensate pipes

    Ehup guys, on a job at the moment , i am struggling with the dreaded coni pipe. No waste pipes anywhere near. I had bought a condensate soakaway , but it has to go in a concrete drive ( oh joy ) and under the concrete there is a gas pipe, somewhere !! A nats less than 3 meters away there is a...
  18. townfanjon

    Shower tray

    Ehup chaps, just had a quick look, but had no luck, can any body help ? need a shower tray with a waste in the bottom right /top left position , it cant be in the centre. its the usual joist problem, i need the hole centre about 180, 190 , 200 ish away from the edge. The only one I can find at...
  19. townfanjon

    Gas hero

    Dont know if any of you have seen this but after the cold blooded murder of innocent people on their sunbeds by some .........( i nearly did , but dont want banning ) earlier today, a gas engineer took 3 bullets in order to save his girlfriend , I dont know any details I think and hope hes...
  20. townfanjon

    Storage combi

    This may win me the numpty of the week award, .... Does anybody make a storage combi with a secondary return ?
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