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  1. Ted808

    What we all working on this week ?

    I've got to take out a roll top, free standing, acrylic bath. Customer has requested I take the old bath away... what can I do with it? There's nothing wrong with it just too narrow to be practical, previous owners of the house had more style than practicality. Is it ever worth hanging on to...
  2. Ted808

    Where can I find compatible fittings?

    This a mix of material pipework and sizes. It's steel (what size?) and 35mm copper 28mm copper. I need to replace the leaky bit and tidy it up if I can. Where can I get the reducer from what I think is 2" steel to 28mm copper? Any pointers?
  3. Ted808

    Worcester greenstar, Hot water intermittent.

    Heating works and hot water- sometimes, but I noticed when I turn the hot tap on the pressure gauge drops to zero. I've not seen this before. Topping up the pressure doesn't seem to make a difference. As soon as the heating only is on pressure goes back up to 1.5bar. The thing is the flat is...
  4. Ted808

    Radiator repair paint chip.

    Any advice appreciated, for a matching dab of paint for a new rad that I installed and annoyingly chipped the paint in an obvious place. It's off white and customer provided it from Pfix- worth about £200. It's a Acova Classic 3 Column Radiator 300 x 812mm White It says it's whit but it's not...
  5. Ted808

    any one work for PLumbers Point LTD?

    Hi has any one worked for these guys? I'm looking for extra work and they offer £30 an hour jobs, parts you supply and charge for separately, self employed basis obviously. What do you think? Hopefully work will be local only at that price!
  6. Ted808

    Fault finding . heat pumps . Taining . experience

    Can anyone recommend? .... training in heatpumps, books or web links on fault finding said heat pumps and a good place to get some experience- I'm looking to expand my knowledge. I've done a taster course a few years back at colledge but that info has rusted in the back of my brain.
  7. Ted808

    Planet Plumbers

    Ted808 submitted a business listing in the plumbers directory: Planet Plumbers - Folkestone based business, re-establishing after relocating. Reliable and local. Checkout this business listing... - Please leave a review for this company if you have used them before. You can add your own...
  8. Ted808

    Replace SE duct boiler-

    I've been asked to price up for replacing an old Halstead F50 system boiler and unvented cylinder. I'm sure it will be a pandora's box. Have yet to take a look but any advice welcome, pionters to look for and suitable replacements. I've seen Vokera do a suitable but not keen. Will do more...
  9. Ted808

    North London customers- what can I do with them?

    Hi Guys, I'm moving out of London but I have a lovely customer base that I feel I am going to let down. I would like to pass them onto a local starter that needs a leg up. Any suggestions?
  10. Ted808

    rat ate through a soil vent pipe

    Any advice to repair not replace... please! It's obviously in the tightest space and in the smelliest tiny room. As in RIP ratty. It's also on the joint of a 100"-90" reducer! Was thinking fibreglass wrap?
    • Ted808
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    • pipe soil vent
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    • Forum: Boilers
  11. Ted808

    Ferrolli MODENA, 30C, HW flow rate poor.

    Oldish combi, servicing minimum, HW flow rate has decreased, check filter on incomin cold, not much in there, a tiny spec of dirt. I'm thinking heat exchanger scaled up. So, custard wants new boiler for peace of mind. What can I do to ensure that new boiler doesn't have the same issue? Flow rate...
  12. Ted808

    odd one, worcester greenstar, 40CDi, classic, regular

    Custard went off on holiday, came back boiler didn't fire up. EA code, reset -nothing. Called me, got there, checked for gas, checked condensate pump ok, took cover off to check ignition and the flame rectification lead was disconnected? How would this happen? Any clues? igotnoidea...
  13. Ted808

    boiler pressure lost,

    What do you do? One after the other, it seems I've had a run of boilers loosing pressure, some with obvious causes, others with 'no' cause, and most with customers that want a cheap quick fix. Hourly rate / or fixed price? drain down boiler, check expansion, check prv obvious leaks...and...
    • Ted808
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    • boiler pressure
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Boilers
  14. Ted808

    Keston C35, pressure drop, no leaks

    Hi another head scratcher..... Fella has a relatively new boiler- 3yrs old and the system pressure was being lost and he topped it up. Frequency increased to 2xday and then he called me... Been there, basement installation hence the keston twin flue, condensate is pumped, prv into a saniflo...
  15. Ted808

    Potterton H24, goes to lockout after stat turned down

    No paperwork - littl' ol' lady with no idea- She turns the roomstat down at night and then in the morning when she turns it up, boiler doesn't fire, she has to go an reset it, then it works fine again. Fan is a little noisy/ 'gold' pump at boiler end is quite noisy/ gas supply is 22mB...
  16. Ted808

    Vaillant UNISTOR unvented, tundish dribble

    Dribble in the tundish, sometimes hw sometimes c? What's going on? Changed prv- and tprv, found exv poooped, changed that too. Continued to dribble- called V tec - said it had to be pressure reducing v, ( but the water is hot ) - changed that and guess what ? It's still...
  17. Ted808

    vaillant blew up! eco Tec plus 831

    custard rang last week, boiler is going out intermittently, he can't remember the fault code... so I take a look, stuck it on chimney sweep to see if anything is untoward. Nothing fires runs... then it went to F75... so I said I'll come back with the flow switch and recommend a drain down and...
  18. Ted808

    combi fires up - without demand

    Went to a main combi, not serviced or looked at for years- can't be that old 5-7yr but shoddy install. Expv flat as per. Got the beast going but it fired once or twice without demand. Dirt in the system right? Sticking flow switch or ....? any thoughts? :eek:
  19. Ted808

    PROTHERM, combi boiler, F1, fault

    I've not seen this make of boiler before- has anyone any experience on them? Protherm 80E
    • Ted808
    • Thread
    • boiler combi combi boiler fault
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Boilers
  20. Ted808

    HOT, very hot, too hot, hot water, stored, cylinders,

    Hey guys I've had a two jobs where cust is complaining of hot water being too hot. One is an old UNVH cylinder and the other is a very, very old hot water-yellow jacket and cold storage tank set-up. Now I'm wondering this is - why has the water over time apparently got hotter? Bear in mind, in...
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