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    Pull Out Tap Hose

    doesnt the hose pull back to the tap if you let go :S the ones i have fitted do if so that is a ok tap and has a airgap
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    gas safe number

    try gas safe website if you have the engineer number click find engineer if its the company number search company :)
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    DO PLUMBERS GUARANTEE THEIR WORK?

    one year for me or until you cant see my reg plate if the customer is a arse :)
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    plastic pipe sizes

    like the last person said the sizes are internal different makes use slightly different sizes. glued and pushfit are different eve nfi made by the same people pushfit seems to bend more glued seems to be rigid
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    Gas & electric meter locations ?

    i know the gas meter boxes have to be outside now , this is due to the fact that they want to fit medium pressure to all homes in the uk. medium pressure meters have to be fitted outside due to the pressure if one was to leak. i think electric is put outside for another reason also another...
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    toilet waste

    45cm is a bit much for a offset pan i knowwhat you mean about making a s shape bit between them but that would look crap and slow the waste water down alot. could you fit a soil elbow to the pipe coming out of the wall a short bit of pipe then a bend pan connector dunno if that makes sense but i...
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    A bit of a dilemma with existing boiler installation!!!

    thats what gas safe told me :) and potterton and baxi and a few others first thing they say is whats the standing pressure and meter and boiler cause if it is more than 1mb they say its a pipe sizing fault straight away.
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    Mira Electric Shower

    look online see if you can reset it somehow?
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    Toilet help

    with that type you have to remove the cistern to take the part out i would advise you to look for one that is removeable without removing the cistern when you fit the new one also if it has a fixing plate below the cistern change that at the same time.
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    How to hurry up water company to change the stop cock

    i know this sounds stupid but try and hit the outside stoptap with something to make it leak into the street as this is deemed to be a emergency :) i got told that from a engineer a while back but becareful not to get wet :)
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    Stuck compression joint

    heat heat heat and then BANG with hammer really hard and swear a few times i find it helps :)
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    Cold radiators upstairs

    sounds like to much demand on the hw when in hw/ch mode could be bad pipework or undersized pump/boiler.
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    New boiler cannot connect to (OLD) flue

    ID and riddor plus slap you for thinking you can fit a new boiler to a old flue :) what do you want your life or a cheap fix ? plus if it is condensating boiler the old flue would rot away due to the water vapour that comes out the flue:)
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    A bit of a dilemma with existing boiler installation!!!

    are we talking about standing pressure at the boiler here if we are the boiler should be no monre than 1mb less that what is found at the meter if it is the boiler shouldnt of been turned on in the first place.but most boilers can work at very low pressures now i fitted a baxi that could work at...
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    Wiring a Thermostat (Drayton)

    i have seen on some stats that the heat sat terminal 2 can be used for a little red light on the front of the roomstat/programmer so it comes on when boiler is on and off when it is off
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    Which type of boiler and system for our situation....

    you need to start looking into unvented heating massive tank 1 huge boiler or 2 smaller ones and if its a large house even a hotwater return pipe to stop deadlegs i could go into detail but i wont cause i think you should get a real plumber to look at your house and decide what to get. you have...
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    Redoing CH pipes in plastic

    i would just hep just cause the pipe is move bendy i used speedfit for years but since working with another gas fitter i have started to use hep .
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    Gas Trainee Difficulties

    tell them you will do it for free. its hard to find some1 to pay you to teach you plus its more insurance costs for you etc. if you did it for free they maybecome intrested
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    Polyplumb fitting

    even if the elbow is correctly fitted polyplumb tend to leak if the bend has any strain on it i have found these a few times you may of slightly cut the oring when inserting the pipe did you wet the oring first?
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    bathroom installation Queries

    barkie1 didnt think about if it was roll top so yeah i agree he could of done it if that was the case but sure you wouldnt fit the sink or toilet before its tiled i dont it makes a far better finish after so he would of had to come back to finish it off seems like he couldnt be bothered to...
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