no they all have 2 pipes and one hose outlet, you have to have a flow and a return they wouldnt work with one pipe, it is the condensate hose outlet on yours that has shearedWhat else could he do as we were freezing without hot water and heating ? He wanted to get it up and running. I don't want to get him in trouble but will order the part poff Ebay and get it installed. The only thing is that the part on Ebay has 2 pipes, when in fact mine has one.
Corgi haven't been the authorised registration body for gas installers for almost 10 years - it's Gas Safe now. If he's issuing Corgi certificates he may well be dodgy.O course he is. He services the boiler every year with a Corgi certificate. It's just a bit of metal.
Why are plumbers here so cynical ?
Being cold is not an excuse for not repairing a boiler properly or enforcing the unsafe situations procedure.
Fortunately the plumber managed to fit in a piece of copper pipe to replace it and moulded some Evo Stik metal putty (something I suggested)
the outside copper pipe installed with the boiler for the condensed water hasn't rotted so why should this new piece
Fair enough but to be fair the plumber did state it is only short term until a new part/boiler is fitted.The "active" ingredients ( carbinic acid, percarbonic acid and sulphurous acid ) were consumed in corroding away the warm copper tube close to the boiler, hence there was little if any active ingredient left in the condensate fluid to corrode the outside copper pipe.
will the new part from Ebay be guaranteed safe
Heatlines are nearly always illegal installs.
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I meant Gas safe, not Corgi. As for the copper pipe rotting, the outside copper pipe installed with the boiler for the condensed water hasn't rotted so why should this new piece ?
"I used a window fitter off Rated People last year. He took a £1700 deposit and I never saw him again. Had good reviews, but presumably they were left by his family/mates etc. He dissolved his limited company so I couldn't get my money back. It's not a great place to find people I'm afraid - anyone can sign up with almost no vetting"
Never ever ever ever pay anyone for a job upfront. Alarm bells should surely have rang if you were asked for that much.
The boiler parts aren't counterfeit, usually stolen but very rarely fake.NO, too many things sold via Ebay are counterfeit so without knowing for sure where the item was manufactured it is impossible to guarantee the quality of the item.
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