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  1. hammers4spanner

    Baxi platinum boiler stat knob

    Not doing so much work these days but came across a platinum where the boiler heating stat was on full. Yet I noticed on max the boiler stat was only reading 30 on full . Owner had thought it wasn't getting that hot at the rads. I always recalled the boiler stat could be turned on max and red...
  2. hammers4spanner

    Black Friday deal on boilers

    Lost a job to BOXT with black friday deal £2000 for a worcester greenstar 30 kw with longer flue and condensate pump and all controls !!! Feel sorry for the installer fitting that one lol
  3. hammers4spanner

    boiler breakdown expectations

    Anyone on here that does breakdowns find that as each new winter arrives peoples expectations and cost become more and more unrealistic? Meaning they expect the parts to be immediately available and the cost to be something daft like 100 quid for a fan replacement. Oh and they now want no...
  4. hammers4spanner

    Fitting a worcester 2000 boiler

    Fitted one of these today and was a bit flumoxed on the valve set up where they connect onto the boiler. In a nutshell i couldnt fit a spanner in to tighten them up enough and the prv connection seemed utter pita. They electric supply isnt long enough either for what i needed and you cant...
  5. hammers4spanner

    Baxi tech help

    Anyone finding this has gone to cock , waited 20 mins on the phone to get some grumoy idiot who was yawning and seemed to have no interest in helping. I phoned them up couple months ago on warranty call back and got same attitude very poor now
  6. hammers4spanner

    Meter box and pipework

    Had a look at a job today where new gas pipe is to be run through the property . Outside on the wall it has a semi recessed meter box and customer wants gas pipe to go through rear off thd box so no pipe showing outside. Didnt the rules change on this couple years ago?
  7. hammers4spanner

    Scratching my head here with this.

    HAve hot water cylinder that have changed the immersion. However have changed it over still not working. Have 240v going through the element and all seems correct but still no hot water
  8. hammers4spanner

    Notifying work blah blah

    Is there a timescale we have to notify work , had a customer ring up moaning about receiving no paperwork for her fire i installed about 5 months ago lol.
  9. hammers4spanner

    Gas fire at risk situation

    I installed gas fire few months ago and it ended up going faulty so the customer put a warranty claim in. Engineer came out and repaired fire then at risked it shut it down. Said it could topple out of fire place due to movement which is impossible as it was difficult to fit and the cables were...
  10. hammers4spanner

    Heat shield idea required

    Anyone got any ideas of what to use as decent heat shield to stop flue gases hitting guttering etc. They always look awfull so ideas welcome
  11. hammers4spanner

    Vaillant pro 28 or anymother vaillant

    These boilers anygood got a cust asking for a vaillant.
  12. hammers4spanner

    Worcester greenstar intermittent fault

    Attended this on friday heating and hotwater cut out after about two minutes , slow flash on blue light mainly on. Reset boiler and same same, replaced flue stat and temp stat but still same fault .
  13. hammers4spanner

    Powerflush old boilers

    Have been asked to look at powerflush ing a boiler and system. The boiler is 10 years old and thinking what's the point !! If it was a car you'd probably bin it and manufacturers tend to walk away from boilers of that age. Would you take this job on ?
  14. hammers4spanner

    Baxi duo tec GA issue

    Intermitent e133 fault on this happens normally so I been told first thing in the morning. Presure is fine as other readings. Sparking well also , customer said makes a fluttering noise on occasions when trying to lit. Never happened when I was their tjo but gas valve is my thoughts ?
  15. hammers4spanner

    Boiler plus what you doing ?

    So what of the 4 options are you using ?
  16. hammers4spanner

    Metal shower hose query

    Had a call from someone i know who is renting a property out whilst her son is away with work . Said that tenant has a leak on the shower can i look . Went out today and the hose from mixer body to shower head all the metal rings are pulled apart and the sheath underneath has a 3 inch split in...
  17. hammers4spanner

    Can you think of A pump

    A shower pump that will work on a fortic cylinder?? I dont think any that do as been asked to install a new bathroom but wants a better shower
  18. hammers4spanner

    Modern combi boilers!!!

    In a nutshell are modern boilers fit for purpose. Since the temp has dropped I must of had 50 calls boilers conked out. Most within 7 years old. Literally selling customers junk
  19. hammers4spanner

    Boiler draining on repairs

    How do you guys genrally go about draining your boilers when doing repairs on the pressure heating side? IS it me or is it always a ball ache.
  20. hammers4spanner

    Baxi usense thermostat

    Anyone fitted one of these ? Fitting one tomorrow and is it hardwired or am I reading instructions wrong ?
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