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    Piping up radiators

    there's seems 2 be lots of different ways to pipe up radiators depending on where the pipes are & what the wall are made of. customers prefer not to see the pipe work but it Cant always be helpe fea ] m nmkl
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    Pipe Sizing

    Evening all.. got a question about pipe sizing, in the literature ive got, there doesn't seem to be anything about reducing down the pipe size along the same run of pipe, when calculating the pressure drop?.. because i've seen on plenty of job 28mm reduced down to 22m to go through joists? ive...
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    conventional system pump

    doing some tests on a faulty pump from a conventional system,, with a multimeter.....In the book ive got it says the range of ohms with a working pump in 120-200, and the reading im get with this pump are 340.0, 280.0 and 0.03 could any 1 tell me what these readings mean, thanks pipeline.
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    UK Gas Training

    Evening all & Merry Christmas. im currently working for a gas engineer, also in collage doing Nvq 2 in plumbing, I hope to do my gas after I become a qualified plumber, and was looking at Uk Gas's online training, so I can study at home, i have Gas literature in the way of R.D Treolar and read...
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    can some 1 diagnose my boiler problems

    not sure weather u can help me as im not gas safe,, but ive had 2 plumbers out to try and fix my boiler,, one being from bg and the other being and independent plumber... we have a ferroli boiler and the hot water works,, but central heating dosnt.. but the central heating works in test mode for...
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    Plumbers mate (south wales)

    evening men..i ve recently completed level 1 plumbing and just starting level 2 and looking to become a plumbers mate,, if any1 know of any firms taking on in the cardiff south wales area or just know of any firms worth calling,, that would be great.. my background is in plastering and have done...
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    bathroom pipe work measurements

    evening men.. im looking for a post from last year sometime.. which had your own measurements of where to fit pipe work for sanitary wear. does any1 have a link..thanks men
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    check valve

    bought some check valves from screwfix for my shower and the arrow was pointing wrong way on one of em,, could of saved my self alot of time if i just blew in to it,, u live and learn, any 1 had this problem before or have any other tips like this 1. thanks men
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    isolating water

    hi all.. and merry christmas,, been working at friends house today and they've been having a nightmare, isolating the water in the property,, the stopcock is behined the kitcken cupboards somewhere, the kitchen fitter didnt make anyway of getting to it.. anyway they turned the water off using...
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    pipe bending

    at college 2night,, the fella who looks after the stores(big tony),, showed me a different way of bending copper pipe..... for 15mm copper u measure 70mm back from the measurement given and line that up with the back of the former... he said there's a mesurment back for 135 Degrees but he...
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    just for copper

    just courious if many of the pro use this stuff where its not possible to use heat..? thanks
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    Plumbers mate

    hi all,, im looking to become a plumbers mate,, friend of mine works in recruitment and can get me a few days here and there,, which suits me down to the ground.. and was wondering what sort of duites ill be expected to carry out?? also what cscs test do i need to sit as they have several...
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    More Questions

    alright men its been a while, been really busy so havn't had chance to post, im off work at the minute because my sholder in knackerd. i managed to complete the outside tap the other day which i started ages ago, ill put some photos up today when i get a chance, u'll laugh your heads off but im...
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    compression fitting

    been watching dvd i bought and the polish fella reckons that compression fittings for gravity feed systems and there are different compression fitting for sealed systems? also just curious how it works when testing vented systems, do u just take off the nearest compression fitting to were u...
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    scrap copper

    got about 5.5kgs of copper and fittings.. is it gona be worth out, if i take to scrappy's. thanks men
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    removing radiator

    took rad off today to skim wall,, but when i re-hung the rad, i found that the part of the valve which screws in to the rad moved when i tightened the valve nut up,, so if i hold the valve in place with stilsons and tightening the nut, how do i stop the tread connecting to the rad turning thanks...
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    cold water storage cistern,, theory

    right then just a bit of theroy for u,,in all of the diagrams in my plumbing book of storage cistern's, it shows the draw off from the cistern,, to the cold water taps (for example).. droping vertically straight down,,to the outlets, which im guessing has good pressure,, but thinking about it...
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    tap reseating tool

    Morning all,, I found some old taps in my nans shed, and desided to em apart, to change the washers, then I was thinking to my self, how would u use a reseating tool, what r they for? Also say for Instance I did have a leaky tap, would I replace all the o rings or just the main washer. Thanks men
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    15mm pipe spring

    any of u use 15mm external pipe springs,, any good. thanks men
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    double check valve

    Were do I put it, by now u all now trying to tap in shed.. do I put the valve next to the tee coming of rising main in airing cuboard or shall I put it in the attic ,thanks men
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