Recent content by dweeble

Can't understand why you plumbers are twisting, someones going to fit them, instead of moaning, join in and get some extra work !!! Unless your'e too busy, in which case it shouldn't make any difference to your workload.

The box is tiled :oops: Dan i've had a bit of a read up and understand (rightly or wrongly) that he will turn it off by the switch and label it, but then i can turn it back on but i'm responsible for this. This way my service lad will have covered his backside and it'll buy me a bit of time to...

My boilers flue runs through the bathroom and is boxed in. I'm getting it serviced on tuesday and was wondering if he'll be able to service it. He told me it needs inspection hatches but i won't be able to get it done by then. Will he turn it off ? And if so should i cancel the service till i...

They might not work weekends and they might have set the water temp but customer may have altered it :roll:

What makes you say that ?

I have a potterton promax 28 he, and when a cold tap is turned off the boiler fan and pump starts, the gas does'nt come on though, i have no dead legs or air locks and ive tried opening and closing the stop tap to different pressures with no real effect, my pressure is ok and i dont have water...

Posted this in tools but don't think there's any one in there, been scouring the web for the above with two 3ah batteries, does anyone know of any good deals at the moment ?

Been scouring the web for the above with two 3ah batteries, does anyone know of any good deals at the moment ?

Thats the one cheers, saved me a few quid on pipe and fittings :wink:

I have a hilmor bender and having not used it for a while i cant remember the measurements. For two 90 degree bends with say 200 centres (15mm tube) i used to bend the first one then measure 200, then take 70mm off and put that mark on the edge of the former and bend it. There is a name for this...

You can get a trap that is in two parts, you fit the bottom bit to the waste pipe after carefully measuring where the hole in the tray will land, then bed the tray and connect the top part of the trap. you might have to pack the trap up to the height required. Sometimes easier to fit a flexible...

Bump, starting it on saturday, anyone help please ?

I have a potterton promax 28 he and i want to add two zone valves next to the boiler to zone the upstairs and down, i know the boiler has an internal bypass but would i need to add another before the two ports or would the internal one be enough ?

I'm fitting a 40" lcd tv to my sons bedroom wall, its the swivel and tilt bracket, the wall itself is plasterboard and i'm fitting extra 3"x2" struts behind the plasterboard screwed into the existing studs, has anyone else done this and have any tips/views/warnings to this job. Thanks.

Right, i phoned him this morning (didn't want to but i was a bit chewed) and he said it was only N.C.S. and that he had advised the wife that he could do it then and there for the price of materials (about £20) or he could come back after xmas but it would then be £50, obviously more...