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  1. Y

    extra material/exam questions

    i am taking a plumbing course with t4ts and recently failed my complex hot (unvented), cold water & gas installation exams, is there anywhere else (besides smartscreen) for me to get extra material for revision and/or places to find exam questions for me to practice on?
  2. J

    Solid Fuel Hot Warter Questions,,,,,,Help Please.

    Hi Guys, I am looking to supply my DHW via a Multi Fuel stove connected to some kind of thermal strore/tank. The tank will sit 2.5m directly above the stove in the attic. I have been on the phone to a number of companys who sell tanks but have had some conflicting answers so I am in the need...
  3. B

    LPG to Propane Supply Conversion Questions

    I used to have an LPG C/H boiler supplied from a bulk LPG tank about 25 metres from the house. Having dispensed with that boiler (I now have an air-source heat exchanger), I wish to utilise the underground pipe which is 25mm yellow plastic, to feed propane gas from a smallish 19kg bottle, to...
  4. M

    Pump questions

    Could someone tell me (as a point learning and curiosity) - does an indirect system (copper cylinder arrangement) have a pump inside the boiler and on the flow pipework feeding the rads or just a pump on the flow pipe for the rads? Many thanks folks Martyn
  5. M

    Making provision - basic questions!!

    Hi, I am a visitor from the sister electricians forum. My son is just buying his first house and can't afford central heating for a couple of years so will temporarily be going down the storage heater route as we can do this for under £100 installed for 19kW of heating! Ultimately he wants full...
  6. P

    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...
  7. S

    how can i access the plumbing questions forum???

    would like to know if there is any reason why i am unable to access this and if it is possible for me to do so ?
  8. R

    Book Keeping & a few other questions

    Hi, I'm setting myself up in April hopefully and had a few questions; 1. Anyone got any advice on good book keeping? 2. I have found sample quotations and invoices online, would these be ok to use? 3. Do you use a seperate business bank account or a seperate current account for your...
  9. S

    Newbie with a few questions...

    Hi Guys, My name's Steve and I'm just a few weeks away from starting training as a Plumber, NVQ Diploma in Plumbing & Heating 6189. I'm planning to use a company called NCS - New Career Skills. Has anyone used them before? I'm 21 and working full time in sales so I want to be able to study in...
  10. W

    Does anyone know of any ACS sample questions or anything to help.

    Hi everyone, first post. Currently sitting a ACS course in the evenings before sitting the exams. Anyone know of any good sites or material to help be top of my game? Thanks in advance Paul
  11. L

    A few tech questions

    Hi all just a few quick questions as Iv not done much servicing for a long while but new contract is only servicing s just need a few things clearing up 1 - compartment with rs boiler that requires vents for cooling ie old flamingo but has none or undersized. NCS/AR or ID 2 - no access to...
  12. Ted808

    A couple of questions. RE:.web advertising+ UFH training

    Hi a couple of questions... I was wondering has anyone joined a 'find a tradesman' :crazy: web site and was it worth it? I've seen a few now, some you pay for leads, others, you pay one of, and some arepay monthly....BUT do they work? The other thing is has any one done any manufacturers UFH...
  13. L

    Probably a stupid questions

    So feel free to laugh in my face. But when my cental heating is on in the cold weather, should I be able to see steam coming out of the vent? IMy boiler is running nicely, but I would have though that when the hot air hit the cold outside air it would steam up a bit? Thank you ( and I...
  14. D

    Plumbing questions section

    How do I get into the plumbing questions section of the forum? The locked part. is this what plumbers arms member means?
  15. M

    Bathroom / Shower questions / timescales

    Hi All, Just looking for a couple of pointers with regards to a coupe of technical issues / timings. In a couple of months time I'll be starting up on my own and in the last month of my redundancy I'll be using up some of my owed holidays doing a couple of jobs for my sister in law (and going...
  16. D

    Newbie questions about fitting TRVs and flow direction

    My gas burner central heating system is about 40 years old. Piping is gun barrel. I am thinking of fitting TRVs to several of the rads. Before I hire an expert to do the job I have a few questions please: (words like 'draining' and 'airlocks' suggest it is not a DIY job!!!) Forums tell me...
  17. D

    Pipework questions.

    Hi all. I'm after some advice about fitting a twin impeller shower pump. The pump is installed in an upstairs airing cupboard level with the top of the hot tank & will be connected to the tank via a surrey flange. I've put in an anti gravity loop to drop the supply from the flange down about...
  18. G

    Megaflow questions

    Hi guys and gals, I am hoping you can help me. I recently moved in to a house with a Megaflow (with red expansion tank) and I notice that the pressure valve underneath drops over time (a couple of days). I can top this up by opening the inline valve (also underneath it) for 30 seconds or so, but...
  19. B

    Under floor heating questions... lots of them

    Guys please bear with me on this one, we have just moved into a new barn conversion with quite an extensive underfloor heating system single manifold 12 zones. Its all ran off an oil fired merlin boiler with a feed up too normal radiators upstairs, its not a combi system so has hot water...
  20. W

    Two questions about microbore fed rad on vented system not getting hot

    FIRST QUESTION: IS THIS SET-UP OK AND IS THIS DIAGNOSIS PROCEEDURE OK? Should mircobore be used in a vented heating system? Well this woman says on the phone she's got tanks in the loft and microbore on her heating. So presume that's what she's got. One rad doesn't get hot, the pipework to it...
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