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  1. justlead1

    Are you a Plumber? Fancy a change?

    I have a small business, but reaching my sell by date. As such wish to sell and support others who may be interest in opportunity. Must be driven to earn, support clients, committed and UK based. Having been a plumber for some 53 years i can say with confidence that the element of plumbing that...
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    Video/Dvd in the Plumbing & Heating industry

    Are collages/trainers and employers using film as a training aid. When instructing individuals on the craft and knowledge needed to progress within the trade?
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    Do Web Sites Work

    Do web sites bring in work for small plumbing/heating/gas fitting type business? Or are they just a necessary expense to join others? What are your thoughts?
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    Air to air heating units

    Hi. Has any one any thought on air to air units? I have been asked by a friend who is responsible for a drinking club, to suggest methods of heating a single story building (one large room) The area is 180 MSq and ceiling height 2.8m. Owing to the layout, lack of gas supply and space. Electric...
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    DIY power flushing or let the pro's do it

    Hi. Although this is something i know little about. Flushing systems seems to have become an industry, surely system materials and design account for this. Has any one considered changing the medium used to fill closed circuit heating systems? That is not water based.
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    Insulation and unvented

    While fitting a new unvented cylinder for a client. A building control officer made an appearance and was adamant that lagging of all pipes withing a metre of the cylinder needed to be insulated / lagged. In order to get me up to speed on the subjects. Has any one come across this practice? Is...
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    Hot out of cold tap on unvented

    Hi A pal has had a plumber round to sort a fault on a new property (one year old) plumbing system. Unvented heated via gas boiler and solar. When the cold tap are run hot water flows. (non stop) It may be a balanced system (info was over phone from a layman) Has anybody come across this fault...
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    Training in the plumbing trade

    Hi. It is apparent that some people who post on this site are plumbing trainers / teachers and others are most positive of advancing the trade. Having been through the system myself. I wonder if you share my views? The training has been similar in my lifetime. Basic, advanced, tec, and design...
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    Megaflow unvented

    Hi. I removed a unvented megaflow some months ago. Now when i intend to fit it in my own home, i have lost the "O" ring (approx 200 mm dia and mm on section. It fits to seal the manhole lid on the S/steel unit. Having emailed a couple of firms that supply spares, i face frustration as they...
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    Shower help /suggesion

    Hi. Just fitted a grohe bath/shower mixer at one of the nippers flat. I have had the mixer kicking about for 12 years or more. Went to fit a shower hose and rose, only to find the male chrome thread on the mixer is 3/4". I am having trouble finding a hose with a 3/4" connector. A chrome 3/4"...
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    Weathering solar pipework

    Hi. During the installation of solar panels on roofs it is necessary to weather the F&R pipe work. Please share the methods/product used, as i am trying to develop the best sheet lead product for this market. And would like the views of hands on people.
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    Over head projector slides

    Having a sort out and found a box of OHP slides of plumbing heating systems etc. About 50 in number free to good home plus postage.
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    Extra Water Cylinder to connect.

    Hi. I have read your post several times, and its still not clear to me what you want to achieve, but here goes. 1. You are ripping existing bathroom out which includes hot water cylinder? The existing hot water distribution pipe (the one to taps) is to be used but extended? 2.You intend to fit...
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    Hot water feed from cylinder

    Hi. Parasitic circulation ( the ability of hot water to set up circulation currents in a single pipe) resulting in heat loss of the stored hot water. The 450/470 mm horizontal length provides sufficient friction to stop this gravity circulation. But please consider, with a 36" x 18" cylinder...
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    can water come back up the cold feed c/h header

    Hi. The supply pipe is normally used to describe the main supply into the cistern. i am taking it from your statement the you mean heating cold feed? If this is the case, yes a proportion of water flows into the cistern when system is heated and back into the system on cooling. That is why the...
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    Eratic hot water at taps

    Hi Changing the vent pipe will have no effect. If the bath tap runs water for say 10 seconds and then a spluttering of air, then water again and so on the problem is the cold feed to the cylinder. It either under sized (increase to 28 mm)or part blocked with corrosion / dezincifcation and...
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    Brown hot water

    Hi. Just a thought re:- primatic cylinders were in general fitted to back boiler gravity type installations to protect the boilers from corrosion, being a cheap alternative to an indirect system. However they do not cope well with pumped systems. It could be the reason the air lock has been...
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    Advice needed! - new water supply pipe pressure

    hi. 1 bar = 10m You lose 3.5 bar left with 1.5bar (budget for a larger size pipe so you achieve a good volume of water) Good Luck
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    Indirect hot water system pipe layout

    Hi. Historically the cold feed to the system would have been connected to the return. However heating has been *******ized over the years so as to reduce cost etc. Once you introduce a circulater / pump the physics change, as a result you may find that a connection into the return will cause...
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    Low water pressure for garden irrigation system

    Hi As ajs explained the incoming main must be protected. One way to achieve this is to fit a cistern complete with lid ball valve and overflow ( at garden level) Take say a 28mm supply from the cistern into a pump and on to the watering apparatus. Be aware other reg. come into play Eg...
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