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    Where does the air get into system

    It is could be gasses given off due to sludge in system,when heated produces gasses which require venting off. If the water that comes out when venting is black this is a sure sign and only real cure is a flush out with inhibitors added afterwards, or it could be your system not plumbed up...
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    Hotpoint dishwasher Aquarius DF61 fault

    Can anybody help with this fault, machine goes through what it always does when you turn it on by draining off water but thats all it does the drain pump just keeps going and going,the timer/clock goes right round past wash and dry to off but dishes not even touched.Could it be soleniod not...
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    Fitting mcb,s to existing fuse board

    This has propably been answered somewhere but my fuse box has 1x wylex 40 amp mcb for shower and 2x30amp 2x15amp and 1x 5amp fuse holders that you pull out and has 2 vertical "pins at the rear to push into the box.I would like to replace these with mcb,s but the ones i have seen in local shops...
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    Information required

    It is possible to run a supply to the annex but it would normally be underground in yellow PE pipe same as Transco,s but bear in mind to calculate the size required and also a normal domestic gas meter only can pass enough gas for your average sized house so calculate your total maximum load and...
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    IDEAL MEXICO CF 65 AFTERBURNING problem

    Having worked for Bg and now Transco for 34 years this is very much classed as ID/ immediatly dangerous.Best scenario noisey/steam etc.Worst and most likely is boiling water in expansion tank melts tank and you end up with boliing water coming through ceilingThis can and has happened.
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    combi boiler

    Water in internal supplies/meter can come from water in main but have numerous calls in past (as i work for Transco) to combi boilers and water heaters letting water into the gas supply from faulty valves on the appliances.Usually a diaphramed valve which works by water pressure operating the...
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    moving gas pipe - TRANSCO costs?

    Don,t know if you have has service pipe altered yet but Transco policy is they do not alter steel service pipes they have to be relayed but your quote usually around £2-300 pounds would be part contribution,they do not automatically relay to a box unless you wanted that, gone are the days when...
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    back boiler and central heating problem

    The lockshied is the return pipe, flow pipe only used for on/off or thermostatic valves,Make sure you have water in the small expansion tank in loft as thes are classic symptoms of ball valve sticking.Could be the boiler stat faulty.
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