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    Life Before Part P?

    So I need to go back and chase them for it then? this ight explain why he was annoyed at not being able to tap into an existing circuit
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    Life Before Part P?

    Guys, Over the last couple of months I've read a lot about what needs to happen post Part P, and while I'm still not 100% clear on a lot of it. It did raise a question in my mind about life before Part P. We moved in 2003 and one of the first jobs we had done was a new Conservatory...
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    British Gas Homecare

    well quite frankly BG are crap however if and independant had replaced 50% of my boiler and had over 12 visits to solve a simple problem, it would have cost me way more. Granted you'd hope an independant wouldn't be that useless in the first place. However in the south east, I can't get...
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    Is there such a thing as too many air vents?

    scary thats exactly what I have. so seriosuly anyway I can check for a stuck automatic vent? is it worth replacing them with manual vents?
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    Is there such a thing as too many air vents?

    Just talking to a mate who reckons that every high point on the heating system should have either an automatic or manual bleed point. just wondered if there is such a thing as too many?
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    Does this sound like sludge?

    here is the situation. I live in a bungalow fully pressurized system. there are 14 Rads, 3 of which are towel rail rads each room is on a separate zone, with it's own thermostat/timer each zone is a separate drop of pipe from the main loop that runs through the loft. After...
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    help my gloworm boiler is pants!

    just to give you an update. after changing half of my boiler BG eventualy tracked down the problem to a leaky heat exchanger. Once replaced both my cutout problem and dropping water pressure are as you would expect gone. They also ended up replacing the burner as they couldn't get it to...
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    Help why do things always break at xmas (Potential blockage)

    wll I'm guessing your right aboput the airlock having spent all last night withthe boiler banging and poping like you wouldn't beleive the rads are now working again. strange
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    Help why do things always break at xmas (Potential blockage)

    so what else would cause a pipe to go from roasting hot to stone cold over teh course fo 1 inch of pipe?
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    Please take a look and tell me if I'm correct?

    thanks guys much appreciated
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    Help why do things always break at xmas (Potential blockage)

    Guys, a second opinion would be appreciated. The System 3 years old Fully pressurised megaflow hot water cylinder Gloworm 30sxi condensing boiler each room indivually zoned with own thermostat exception is main/onsuite bathroom which are on teh same stat and diverter valve...
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    Please take a look and tell me if I'm correct?

    anybody? anyone tell me what actual diameter a 25mm and 16mm tail should be?
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    help my gloworm boiler is pants!

    not really you think he pulled a fast one?
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    help my gloworm boiler is pants!

    just checked the paperwork, it was done under rtheir homecare cover so evidently engineer chappie didn't see teh need to actually list the parts :-( however he did mention a the time that the parts were in the region of £23 if that helps?
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    Please take a look and tell me if I'm correct?

    Guys, attached are a couple of pics of my meter, incomer and tails. having been reading up on the site lately I went for a look at my installation out of curiosity. I appear to haev a 100Amp incomer. The feeds to the meter are by the look of it bigger than the those from the meter to...
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    help my gloworm boiler is pants!

    Chaps any help appreciated as the MRS is giving it to me in the neck about our useless boiler again. Boiler is a Gloworm 30SXI 2-3 years old, heating system is fully zoned with heat stats for each room with pipes dropped form a central heating loop that runs through teh loft (I'm...
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    Anyone fitted a sunpipe in a bathroom?

    James pretty much my take on it as well. ref the sunpipe, I have a number of the 12" ones around the house and they work really well too brighten up dim areas. I went with an 18" in the bathroom as there is no other light source at all. I was expecting great things but was still...
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    Anyone fitted a sunpipe in a bathroom?

    Guys, I have an 18cm sunpipe fitted into my bathroom ceiling http://www.sunpipe.co.uk/ it is NOT located over the shower. My question is the unit can be fitted with a 12V light fitting inside for nightime use. however I doubt any of it is IP rated. since the fitting is located...
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    Help Bathroom Advice

    Guys, As a forum admin elsewhere, I'm concious of how irritating it can be answering the same questiosn time and again. So apologies in advance as I know this is going to be very similar to questions already answered. However the downside of a site such as this is that there is SO much...
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