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    Scrappage / government grants for boilers

    A friend has an old Thorn Olympic 20/35F where the gasket on the flue has failed. Shut off by her BG service engineer after combustion analysis. She wants a new boiler anyway due to its age and has had a couple of quotes. She was told that she could get a grant for some of the cost. Can anyone...
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    Alterations for a twin wall oil fired fue

    Hi all Being a "townie" I am GSR but never really have anything to do with oil. Looked at a job for a builder before Xmas which is a 2nd storey extension, so my involvement is extra rads, move and add a cylinder, and fit a bth/shower room. There's an oil fired boiler there with a twin wall...
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    Building Regs - Boiler installation 2004

    I fitted a boiler for a friend in 2004 (Ideal Classic) in the loft. (I am Gas Safe Reg !). He is currently selling the house, and has had a request to provide an installation certificate. I phoned the agents & explained that there was no requirement for notification then. He checked with their...
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    Gravity to fully pumped

    installing a W/Bosch 24ri supplied by client. Existing is Kingfisher2 MF, on GR floor & HW cylinder on 1st floor with C plan thermostat/Mot valve controlled Gravity circuit. Not easy to get additional pipework up to cylinder, so whats the best way to convert to fully pumped. It has a combined CF...
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    Potterton Performa 24 - Poor H/W delivery

    I am an installer, who has been asked to repair a friends boiler. Initially, primary flow pin on diverter wasn't lifting & APS wasn't making, so changed diaphragm & APS, followed by complete diverter valve, only to discover that despite the pump rotor spinning (and heat being dissipated)...
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    Gravity Hot Water

    Doing some work in a utility room - owner has oil fired boiler with gravity HW & pumped heating. He wants to raise height of door opening which would involve raising Primary Flow & Return to cylinder, this would create an inverted loop of say 100 mm near the boiler for the width of the door...
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    Clearing blocked waste

    Hi everyone new to forum Asked to clear totally blocked 1 1/2"" combined bath/basin waste (pvc then imperial copper into common duct in a tower block) . So I used trusty orange air pump first followed by a dose of "Melt" drain cleaner, only to see it oozing out of the copper where it passed...
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