Recent content by robgee1964

Well said corgiman!. I think we would all agree that people should be qualified for the job they are doing. In this country there is a lot of misuse of the term engineer as a job title, and its something the engineering council are onto. But there is a lack of understanding on the part of the...

Ah now here we come to the great british misuse of the word engineer. This time you are confusing the term with gas fitter or plumber. Sorry, but I happen to be a electronics design engineer and as such am continually irked by seeing people in little white vans with "engineer" painted on the side.

I'm not sure whats the best really. Judging his response when I first mentioned all of this lot, (yes I have mentioned it all!) I think he'll feel like his arms being twisted anyway. My main concern is any paperwork which may affect the manufacturers warranty. As for the remedial work - well...

Corgi dels comments are relevant to this job, seeing as my bloke has taken the cold feed from up in the loft, using a redundant piece of 15mm which happens to run down from the loft to where the boiler lives. I did raise this with him and he reckoned it wouldn't affect the flow - Hmm OK I'm not...

Point#3 about the 10mm hot water pipe is the most valid point for me. It indicates that the guy is a cowboy and in your shoes I would be checking his credentials with Corgi. If he can't do the water side of the job competently I would be concerned about the gas side of the job whether his...

The Ravenheat installation manual says to install it with a slope, even gives the amount of fall to use. What he's done is mispositioned the boiler - I've had the terminal rubber seal off and you can see where he's had to chip at the brickwork to get the glue to mate. The waters making a big...

Tell you what, I'll turn that one around and ask some of the lads here what they might charge (roughly) to remove old cylinder and supply and fit a combi of that type of similar. The guy reckoned they don't do the benchmark log books any more - something about the work being registered...

Condensate drain is in plastic, out through the wall and into a gulley. Presumably this work notification has been sent, the warranty registration card has been filled out and needs posting. Yes I can compain and beat him about the head with paperwork etc etc. But at the end of the day its...

10mm plastic pipe for hot water sounds most unlikely. Is it carrying ALL the output from the boiler or is this just the run to a single tap? Either way, plastic pipe should not be closer than 1 metre from the boiler. Sorry forgot to answer that one, the 10mm is right up to the boiler and...

Thanks for your reply I asked him about the routing too, the problem is the cold feed goes all the way up, then back down when it could have gone straight from under the sink. He wasn't for budging! Like I said, hot water flow is slow upstairs. What gets me is he's had the boards up anyway...

Hi all I recently had a new boiler fitted, to comply with the law I got a CORGI reg'd chap who specialised in heating. The boiler he put in was a Ravenheat condensing combi, CSI85 I think the model is, coupled to the existing 10mm microbore system with 9 radiators. My comments really...

ref getting rid of CH oil tanks Farmers like them for storing diesel,and most have the facilities to move them, so would be happy to collect. Suggest ad in farmers guardian, farmers weekly or loot Cheers Rob

Yes untrained people who install gas should be prosecuted could not agree more and thanks to Kev for explaining that it is the gov who says it is the water side as well that is also against the law It seems to me the whole corgi thing fails to address the safety issue correctly. For instance...

Even allowing for buying new valves and some inhibitor it still sounds a good price. Why get so steamed up over it pedanticman? Oops sorry unintentional pun. have a good weekend all!

My CH comprises a Glo-worm space saver 45-60 with a gravity fed primatic cylinder and 9 radiators. Over the last few years it has become increasingly noisy, to the point where the neighbours have actually commented on it. The noise occurs in both the pumped and gravity circuits, although the...