Recent content by brumylad

thanx Nige F for the holesaw tip, I'll go and buy a starett the next time I see an RSJ. Maybe some cooling fluid and a wetn'dry vac too. Thankyou jobloggs for your reasuring post, I can confirm the rectangular cut-outs were less than 0.25 the depth of the RSJ (infact only 0.125) and were...

cutting holes in an RSJ for cable runs. Anyone cracked this nut ? I've done it using the drill lots of overlaping holes method; using a jisaw with metal blade on horizontal cut; and 4" angle grinder with carbarundum metal cutting disc (4 cutts). the latest job needed 4 holes cutting so...

cutting holes in an RSJ for pipe runs. Anyone cracked this nut ? I've done it using the drill lots of overlaping holes method; using a jisaw with metal blade on horizontal cut; and 4" angle grinder with carbarundum metal cutting disc (4 cutts). the latest job needed 4 holes cutting so...

get someone qualified to take the cover off and check the bolts anchoring the boiler. You don't want it falling off the wall when you're on holiday, it will cause a gas leak.

open vented = expansion tank in the loft or high cupboard unvented = pressure guage on the boiler or on the heating pipework reading (hopefully) between 1 - 2 bar. Sounds like your rads are all supplied by pipe drops from the first floor hence the drain valve on each rad. Opening anyone of...

whats the ground floor made of. suspended wooden boards type or solid concrete type. :?: Are the ground floor rads each supplied by a pair of pipes decending from upstairs as opposed to pipes coming up through the ground flloor. :?:

can't you try push some plastic 10mm pipe through the old copper and use the plastic to carry the water to this one rad.

Is water overflowing from the expansion tank ? put a glass under the vent pipe ( the open pipe over the expansion tank) is the water clear or murky :?: have a look at your pump, whats the maker and the model, was it changed at the same time as the boiler, does it have 3 speed settings...

More info needed :!: plus, some punctuation in your post would make it clearer do you have a copper, hot water storage cylinder (in the airing cupboard) :?: is the cylinder "indirect" is there a pressure gauge on the boiler or on the pipe work :?: It sounds like you might have a...

I gota feel a bit of sympathy for Sloggers view. The problem with migrant work in UK is that it isn't to meet a shortage of workers, just a shortage of people willing to work. It pushes down wages and encourages our chav class to sit arround on the dole more than ever. At the moment Gordon...

If not a gravity fed system then check the pressure in the system is not too high (1-2 bar should be ok). I all ok there I can only suggest faulty fitting.

Can anyone tell me of a garage were I can get my car serviced for £10/hour please ?

what did u charge for that work inc boiler £1500 :?:

won't the condensate rot the cast iron and kill all the local river fauna :?: whats the red duct thing above the new flue, air vent for the gas room heater in the flat above. :?: nice too see competent person / Self certification schemes working so well. :roll: Now of course you...

have a look in the airing cupboard for a motorised valve. It looks like a metal box about 3 inchesx 2 inches it will have a flex (cable) running into it. This is probably malfunctioning. A job 4 a competent plumber.