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    Cost of new boiler?

    Could any of you kind people give me a rough idea of how much it will cost me to replace my old lady Potterton boiler (20 years plus) and get rid of the water tank(s). I live in a one bedroom flat and the boiler and tanks are in a cupboard in the kitchen. Although the boiler is old it...
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    Leaking outflow pipe and jammed stopcocks.

    I am in the east london area of essex. I left the engineer to his own devices when he came so I don't know how much effort he put into moving the stopcock. I left him alone to work cos he seemed a little bit grumpy. He said that he needed to turn off the water to adjust the ball valve...
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    Leaking outflow pipe and jammed stopcocks.

    But he could spend ages and ages fiddling with the stopcocks (ooh, matron) before he (or she) attempts to fix the ball valve. I think I have watched too many hidden-camera-dodgy-plumber-programmes and am wary of unscrupulous plumbers. In the same way, I suppose, that the public have...
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    Leaking outflow pipe and jammed stopcocks.

    Thank you so much for your quick reply John. Hmmm which outflow pipe? Er..it is a small pipe on the outside wall of my flat and the engineer thought that it was coming from my water tank(s). Incidentally, I rang a plumbing service and they said that it would be 09 quid for the call out...
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    Leaking outflow pipe and jammed stopcocks.

    My first post so please be gentle with me. I have plumbing and drains insurance cover with BG and called them because I have an outflow pipe that is leaking. I live in a flat on the first floor of a block that is three floors high. The engineer that came thought it might be the ball valve...
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