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    UPVC Double Glazing Window Beading - identification required

    Thanks I had alread tried them, but hope someone else comes up with something. Thanks anyway
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    UPVC Double Glazing Window Beading - identification required

    Hi I purchased some 2nd hand french doors on ebay very long story but turned up with two of the smaller beads missing. On the frame it has the following markings: MTW OV21-78 M/C 20 TA 30 00:39 TI Photo of the beading attached can anyone help indentify what type i need and where i could get...
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    I have today just had another engineer come out, they could not reach the first chap. And apparently gas engineers are difficult to find in kent. This chap came out i was at work but had left my wife instructions to ask if he could check the condensate pipe and or trap. He said he was in the...
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    The engineer told me he emptied the trap / condensate so I can only believe him on that one, after the suggestions on page one i commented on them and was told he had done it. As for taking it off and blowing up it, it runs down into the washing machine trap so cant do that I will try and...
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    sorry didnt see the next post, I dont know enough about it to know if the condensate pipe is blocked or not. When the engineer came out first he told me he cleared the condensate and trap if that sounds right
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    Ok thanks Ian I will be back onto the insurance company tomorrow, am i ok leaving it on tonight with a bowl under the dripping part or should i turn the boiler off ?
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    Ok so I have heat and hot water but my boiler is now dripping water? it seems to be coming from where the condensate pipe leaves the boiler. My question is can i undo this plastic nut and wrap PTFE tape around it to stop the leak or is this under pressure and will flood out? it was loose and i...
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    The boiler is not making the same noise (chugging) sounds back to normal at present.
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    I am covered up to £500 this is paid by insurance, all I have paid is the £140 for a wiring loom and a gas valve.
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    I now have heat and hot water, engineer turned up and fitted the over heat flue sensor that fixed it he didnt need the board. He then informed me "no offence to you I just want this job over with as i dont get paid for this as its a diagnostic fault and i should have spotted it day 1"...
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    Just had a call from the engineer; he has been to the parts shop and had to order the board, he has ordered a overheat flue stat also as it may be that. These will be in tomorrow, I will update tomorrow.
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    First thing i checked I had gas and the handle on the outside of the house was in the on position. We are LPG and have 55% in the tank
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    if after fitting the board today and clearing the traps does not work i will book WB for a one off repair.
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    Thanks for all the advice as you may have guessed I have no experience in this field ( just like my engineer ) but will try and answer the questions. Yes he used his multi-metre and said the resistance on the fan was reading 9 and didn't know if that was good and would check with WB. When he...
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    boiler sounded like chugging then stopped working

    lets hope he learns something over the weekend so he can fix it.
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