Recent content by Johnysmall

Most of my working life in the past 3 years has been fitting council/housing trust bathrooms, kitchens and heating systems. Thats my working week Monday to Friday, it's not nice but it's work and the moneys not too bad. I could probably do the lot with my eyes closed by now but my knowledge is...

Thanks for the first part of your sentence :D , but the second half is rather useless to me unless you care to elaborate? :?

Worcester Bosch Greenstar Junior 24i I was called out to one of these today because the owner had "No hot water" Old, small terraced house, 2 up 2 down. Done preliminary checks and I found that: Hot Water Sink is next to boiler, open hot tap, diverter valve moves to DHW position...

Do I need to post this in the Gas fitters only forum?

Hello all, A colleague of mine went to a boiler breakdown on Friday and diagnosed through the fault finding chart (lockout LED flashing 5 times a second) that the flow switch needed replacing. Having replaced the flow switch, the boiler fired up, job done. He got a call from the...

Because of this, taken from the Cambridge dictionary: engineer Show phonetics verb [T] to design and build something using scientific principles

Thanks, done that, in the mrs good books now :wink: I've never had this problem before, since getting my corgi I have been more or less constantly working on contract bathrooms. I have the qualifications but thats not even half of it, it's the experience you need to survive. There is no...

One of the first things they teach you on the plumbing course (NVQ level 2 Heating and vent) is that plumbing and heating is not considered to be a part of the building trade, it is widely accepted as an engineering trade. I'm not saying thats right, but it is what they teach you.

I packed up my tools yesterday happy in the knowledge that my plumbing work is over until the new year. Woke this morning to a cold house and a boiler not working!! It's a Myson Apollo Fanfare 15/30 S :roll:, (I know what you're thinking but I've not been here long and not had chance to...

I don't know, but that will be the first thing I check tomorrow, cheers.

I got a call today from someone who bought a house in September this year, saying he has not had any hot water since moving in. I called in tonight on way home to 'assess the situation'. The water from all hot water points is lukewarm, heating is and always has been fine. He has an...

Working in West London, ongoing council refurbishment of heating, bathroom and kitchen (ungrateful t***s don't know how lucky they are) Last month started on flats, which have toilet wastes exiting horizontally in floor (cast iron stack with 6"collar protruding 50-75mm from floor level...

Oh yes...if you ever want to sell your house.

The OP took me back to my college days. 1mm of solder allowed around the fitting to gain an 'A' Almost impossible with soldered ring fittings.

Thank you very much :D