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    Worcester 8000 life

    WB needs to be wired to there instructions. Magnetic filter is building regs requirement
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    Your Help Required - Heating coming on with DHW

    Should motor when turning clock on and off on heating. Only time motors not working is when you have hot water only on and its warming up. Power off everything. Does the lever spring closed?
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    Q for the plumbers - not paying you due to wishy washy invoice?

    Worcester boiler service depends on parts but its normally £70 to £90 plus parts. Most models need electrodes, burner seals every 4 to 7 years ideally. If its a compact it needs opening and flushing every 2 to 3 years so new seals then. As for invoice I list all parts fitted. If you want a...
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    Dissolving magnetic CH sludge

    X800 works well but only for 24hrs. Use x400 for 2 weeks. Add x800 and flush the next day using mains or pf pump one rad at a time. A mild acid like kamco fx2 will be even better just neutralise it afterwards. The acids being mentioned In some post are to strong and will cause damage but mild...
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    Underfloor heating not warm on all circuits

    Are you saying the rooms are not warm or the floor temperature or both? The concrete acts as a heated mass so but the timber floor won't give the same feeling.
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    Converting to a combi - how likely are leaks?

    Normally it's fine. If a rad fails it was going to fail very soon anyway. Better to fail whole there's a plumber about. More Important is the system being flushed very very well. Avoid quotes from people who don't discuss the system being flushed and it taking a good amount of time.
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    Channelling wall for 32mm waste pipe

    Personally I'd have put the pipe in the wall if you really wanted that way. Those chrome exposed traps are pants tho.
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    What's involved in an unvented system service?

    Off the top of my head ....... check pressure reducing valve pressure, check air gap or expansion charge, test safety valves work and reseat, check discharge pipework is safe and visible, check operation of controls, check temp of hot water, check flow rates etc... Can take a while to test...
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    Screwfix & titan power tools (orbital sander in this case)

    phone customer care line and complain. they will sort it. all of screwfix's own brands like b and q's have no parts and service. they are mass produced in china for cheap, once sold out they either reorder or change to another product. they dont buy spares, they dont have repairs service, its...
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    Passiontec Co Uk

    brought a drill from them, sent quick from germany. shame it was the wrong drill, worth alot less money. they wanted me to ship it back at my own expense and i refused. They refused to forward me the money and also wanted me to send it unrecorded/ insured for cheapness promising to pay me my...
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    Tiler who won't silicone?

    Why not get a quote from a mastic man, deduct the cost of the Labour for tiling and plumbing. If you do it yourself then you get the extra money.
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    First fix and UFH

    Better to get design drawings for both and avoid each others pipe routes
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    Is this length of vent ducting feasible?

    Yes, mine works really well. Will last 20years
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