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    Anyone fitted the new Baxi boilers.

    Anyone fitted many of the new Baxi boilers ? I've fitted a lot of Duo-Tecs & Platinums but know nothing of the new ones. 200s & 400s I think they are called so I'm interested to know how they are performing & how easy they are to fit...oh, & are they lighter than a duo-tec to lift ;)
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    Heating pipe layout - Mid-Nineties house

    Wonder if there are any site plumbers out there who'd know the standard arrangement for heating pipework in a mid-nineties Westbury built house. The heating was powered by an Ideal Classic boiler feeding a thermal store in a 1st floor airing cupboard. The rads are then fed in micro-bore which...
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    Magnaclean / pressure loss

    Has anyone ever heard of pressure loss (requiring repeated top-ups) on combi systems after fitting on a Magnaclean ? I've not had chance to look at the installations yet but seemingly the same problem on a couple of systems.
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    Pipe Freezer.

    Just bought myself a Freezemaster 280D pipe freezing machine after 14 years of managing without one. I was wondering how many on here use them & if there are any hints / tips / limitations they could pass on ? Cheers.
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    Waste hole in porcelain tiles ?

    I've unwittingly landed a PITA job involving drilling many holes in porcelain tiles. Anyone know if I can drill a holes for a basin waste through them using a dry diamond core drill please ? I suspect not but someone may tell me different. Cheers.
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    Vaillant controls

    Anyone know if a Vaillant integral timer would be covered under the same extended warranty as the boiler please ? A customer has got a failed 130 mechanical timer on a Pro 28 that's 3 years through a 5 year warranty. Just asking before I spend an inordinate amount of time on the phone to them...
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    Condensate pipe fittings

    Seem to be getting a spate of leaks of condensate pipework after it's been fitted a few years where the solvent cement on the fittings appears to be getting eroded away by the condensate. Anyone else getting this problem ?
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    Baxi Duo tec

    I have read several times that the Baxi Duo Tec Mk 1 is a direct replacement for the old 80 E & 105 E which I can understand as it uses the same jig & pipe centres. What I am unsure about however is what happens with the flue. The old 80E/105E had a centre line flue whereas the Duo Tec's flue...
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    Baxi Bermuda GF fire

    Has anyone ever seen a fire by this name that is a stand alone gas fire ? I had to do a fire service on the above fire & it was turned off at the restrictor elbow. When I asked why the customer "couldn't remember" why it had been turned off there. No MI's were available. The fire itself worked...
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    Water in Worcester Greenstar flue.

    Hi, can I pick your brains ? A customer has been having an occasional problem with water getting into the outer section of a Greenstar vertical flue system & consequently then running into the boiler. When this first happened I put it down to perished seals on a 90 degree flue elbow in the...
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    Vaillant Eco-Max 828. Fault code F.19

    Just had a message left on the answerphone from a customer saying she has no hot water on her vaillant Eco-max 828 combi & F.19 fault code showing. Having had a quick look at the MI & googling F.19 I can't find anything on that fault code. Has anyone come across this fault code before & can...
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    baxi Bermuda 51/5 boiling over

    Going to look at a problem with the above boiler tomorrow & just wanted to ask if anyone had experienced similar problems with the same back boiler. It is on a modern Y plan & seems to work ok when on hot water but when the heating is on it seems to be boiling over after around 2 hrs of...
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    Gas Safe appliance registration.

    A friend of mine justphoned me up to let me know about a situation he recently encountered. He recently attended a breakdown on a one year old boiler which was shoddily installed & the home-owner informed himthat she had no receipt for the installation, could not get theinstaller back & that it...
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    Gas Safe renewal ????

    Anyone else had trouble tonight renewing their Gas Safe membership online ? I always find their site troublesome but normally manage it in the end.....not tonight though :(
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    Potterton Gold Combi HE

    Hi all, Just a quick one. Does anyone know if the Potterton Gold combi HE is the same boiler as a Baxi Duo-Tec Mk 1 please ? A local merchants has them on sale at a really good price & I was wondering if they are the same. Cheers.
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    Primatic cylinder query ?

    Hi all, I am going to replace a friends knackered old BBU with a more modern Baxi one (I know its not condensing but she is on a very tight budget & I took this decent one out on another job). One potential problem is that the old BBU had four tappings, one for CH F & R & another two for the...
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    How many gas safe registered businesses out there ?

    Saw a plumbers van yesterday, one that I haven't seen before but a local company going by the dialling code. His G.S. number was 521###. I just wondered how many of the half million numbers are still in circulation. Anyone know an approximate answer ? My number is 199### & was issued nearly...
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    Worcester Greenstar 30 Si plastic parts replacement ?

    Does anyone have any experience of replacing the plastic parts on the above boiler please ? I have never done any work of this nature on these particular boilers before but I have to replace the l/h block on one tomorrow as it has a hairline fractue & is emitting a fine mist of water. Just...
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    Gas Safe register - Online Notification

    Hi, I have been trying to notify some appliances with GSR online & have run into dificulty :( Admittedly I have saved them up for a while so thought i had better notify them now. What happens is :- The process all goes well & the notifications are all done sitting there waiting for payment...
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