Recent content by andyman6

I started fitting a kitchen for a mate about 2 weeks ago and changing route of water pipes,and moving a rad. After connecting sink back up, i tried the taps as you do, and the boiler wasn't firing, no C/H either. He had a bloke come and look at it, he took it to bits and this is the outcome...

Company is a medium size 8-12 employees, in this case it could be customer not taking any notice, but no benchmark was left, let alone filled in, as was user instructions, non existent, mate said it was 2 19 yr old lads that fitted it, would this problem be down to the missing restrictor ...

you've got me wrong guys,I dont touch the boilers i'm a kitchen fitter, like i said was asked for an opinion, doesnt matter what i said in the first post ,I dont want to get involved in illegally fitted parts at all let alone on a BAD install that is only 3 months old and still under CORGI regd...

appreciate your views chrisR but was asking a question, yes. thanx gasgeezer,i thought so too.new boiler was fitted 4 months ago by CORGI, yes chrisR CORGI reg'd fitters who have been around for 20 yrs plus, in accordance with building regs ?????, flue was 300mm long, no restrictor fitted, has...

internal venturi pipe in the fan assembly melted, does anyone know if this means a new complete fan or can i just get the internal bits. Its saturday and everyones shut, typical. Boiler is a vaillant turbomax 828e

Some plumbers do sparks job , some plumbers dont , but on the other hand, reading thru forums, some sparks do plumbers(corgi 1's) jobs and some plumbers(corgi 1's) dont like it. Whats goin on!!! Not having a go, just a laff :D :D

cheers for getting back so quick, it smells of parafin when it fires up, have had registered chappy round to look at it, he replaced jet as he said it was faulty still smells though didnt know it was so complicated for change of flue

BAHCO IS A HERO :D :D :D

Possibly one for oilman !!! have a rielo 40 63b oil fired boiler. It had a balanced flue that turns 90 and exits thru the wall. my prob is that it smells my kitchen out so i moved it outside to a purpose built shed. it now smells my back yard out. Can i put a vertical flue on it as i am told...

for f&^%s sake people just answer the mans question youre all right :roll:

Thanks everybod, especially david & julie and adamw, now i know all about trucks :roll: lol. my man who had a look said i needed a new gearbox !!!!!! at £590 inclusive, i had a big moan about this and took it somewhere else, who told me that the selector had fell apart in the box , he replaced...

Thanks guys , have a man looking on monday , just wanted a rough idea what was wrong :?

Gear Stick is OK , is further down the line i think , thanks for thought

no gears at all just a wobbly stick, 1st time on this forum , usually hang out on plumbing and heating , someone help me pleeeezzzzz , whats wrong ????? :cry:

Pipework (under screed) can be expensive in terms of labour 12 x 12 room including materials can be about £600 - £800 , Electric 'Mats' would be the cheaper option at about £400 including labour ish for the same floor space, hope this helps :)