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  1. gassafe

    Lpg supply to cooker!

    Gotta replace a regulator feeding domestic cooker in a house. The current set up is just a lpg regulator onto orange hose (jubilee clipped) onto an adapter / 15mm copper with lever valve / test point. Is this within regs? Looks a bit Mickey Mouse, Iv only ever used regulator & twin...
  2. gassafe

    DIY toilet repair - in need of brownie points from the Mrs..

    I use ct1 tho, not the cheap stuff for this sorta thing
  3. gassafe

    DIY toilet repair - in need of brownie points from the Mrs..

    If I'm changing components in a cistern & the donut is obscure I re-use it, clean it up, dry it with blue roll, apply silicone both sides & never get a problem!
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    Satchwell 2 port replacement help - wiring

    Gotta replace this ancient 2 port... Is it compatable with a modern 28mm Honeywell 2 port, can't find anything online! Wiring is obviously different according to the label! It's a satchwell 2 port on the cylinder return, the boiler is floor standing gravity set up where the boiler only fires...
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    Saniflo replacement hoses (rat chewed)

    Been looking online but seem tricky to find the correct hoses... Rats have chewed the inlet & outlet rubber hoses on sanivite 3! Anyone know the part numbers or place to get spares? thanks
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    Diy sos

    No way, absolute mayhem... I can just imagine parking miles away from the house, every trade in each other's way & tools going missing likes nobody's business!!
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    Glowworm 30 cxi replacement

    Got to quote a replacement for glowworm 30cxi with pipes going up the back of the boiler. Is there a replacement glowworm that is a straight swop sort of thing, I was thinking a Worcester compact otherwise with vertical piping kit but it's in a kitchen cupboard & want the easiest option lol thanks
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    Unvented registration through gas safe!

    After reading a thread on here I realised my unvented hw was not on my gas safe card... A quick email of my cert to gas safe & it's been updated. It it says vented cylinders on the selection list of categories tho? Is that normal? A customer is selling a house I installed a unvented in a...
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    Worcester price rise!!! Grr

    Had an email today from Worcester stating that as of April prices will go up etc!!! This is is like an annual event now & considering the recent massive drop in oil price, scrap metal etc surely the boilers should be cheaper or at very least not going up this year??? Worcester are already...
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    Stolen boilers

    Just saw this in the local news... Not sure how they valued 3 boilers at 10k lol! £10,000 theft of boilers from new housing development (From Swindon Advertiser)
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    DIY water softener...

    I was at a property last week doing a job... The customer asked me whilst I was up in the roof space to drop a Harvey's salt block into his cold water storage tank!! I was pretty surprised, but he reckons it does the same job of a softener without the expensive machine lol!!! He reckoned it...
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    planning DIY plumbing next weekend,

    I always try & drain fully, plus open motor valves, may be my imagination but I find it helps refill easier with less chance of air locks! If I'm worried of air locks I'll risk the Bung method but only for 3 ports or trv's etc
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    Re-using hive thermostat!?

    A customer wants to keep there existing bg hive thermostat, it's currently a twin channel for heating & hot water as they have a conventional system. New combi being fitted, Worcester compact... I was originally just going to connect the heating side & leave the hot water, but the Worcester...
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    Tds meter readings

    Saw on eBay Tds meters are going cheap on eBay, purchased one to look clever on jobs & out of interest as I like to see how clean my systems are eg after power flushing! just had a quick play around, my mains water was about 165ppm bottled water from the Scottish highlands 135 ppm & water from...
  16. gassafe

    DIY Garden Hose - Which approach is best?

    Go to your local plumbers merchant & ask for a tap base to outside tap adapter, should not be more than £5
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    Cleaning unvented pressure reducing valve / inlet filter

    Has anyone dismantled these before... The water pressure / flow rate has dropped right off on the hot & cold outlets, I suspect the inlet filter is full of debris. I only recall changing one of these once & it took ages to pull out as it was a pig of a job! I'm referring to the big plastic...
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    Vaillant part number help!!

    Went to a ecotec plus 824 (gc number 47 044 31) It has a leak on the water pressure sensor BODY... I can only find a replacement sensor ( which fits into the body) not the body itself... I managed to find an exploded view of all the ecotec range but this part was not on any of the images...
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    Unusual fault on 6 bar PRV

    Hey guys, i changed a faulty 6 bar PRV on a customers Range tribune cylinder about a year ago ( it was gushing water through the tundish & the fault was that there was a big etching on the seat of the PRV just like when a tap has been dropping for years! Called back today & the same fault...
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    No inhibitor on new sealed system!

    Just hear from a plumber friend that on a sealed sstem he no longer fills with inhibitor as it increases the conductivity of water & hence corrosion! He fits a spirovent de-airestor instead which seems like a fancy micro bubble air vent! Anyone else heard of this, surely some fernox added to a...
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