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If the fitting “let go” of the polypropylene and caused damage you woul probably be on your own as far as warranty is concerned, most push fit fittings are only covered if used as a system or onto copper. Good practice when connecting one plastic manufacturer to another is to use a compression...

Polybutylene pipe has a minimum bending radius of 8 times the pipe diameter (15mm pipe has a bending radius of 120mm). There are no specific bending tools for plastic pipe, cold form bends can be used to hold the pipe in a bent position, over bending can damage and weaken the pipe.

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Having the Engineer code is half the battle, cancel any maintenance agreement, download the installation / programming instructions, replace the backup battery and if needed come back here if you need any help.

As Secureiam says, it depends on your sounder, it will have a rechargeable battery that powers the sounder if the supply from the panel is removed (turned off, removed or cable cut). You could get the ladders out and disconnect the battery or sounder or let the battery run down. If it’s a...

While you are going to the trouble of replacing it, go for a Pegler service valve, the cheap ones all leak eventually. They are cheap for a reason.

Unless it’s been fitted with some sort of aftermarket anti theft fixings, I know some social housing and local councils fit “anti-lift“ brackets on radiators to prevent theft while empty premises are being 2nd fixed, maybe they do similar with boilers. Otherwise it’s a simple job, usually remove...

Hikvision ColorVu are good value for your money, not too sure what resolution your DVR can handle, signals switchable TVI/AHD/CVI/CVBS and colour at night.

Personally I wouldn’t touch one, you don’t know how badly damaged it was before the repair and the quality of the workmanship. There are an awful lot of high end cars ending up on Main Dealers forecourts having been badly damaged, repaired and sold as “approved” vehicles with a clean bill of...

I have used the Texecon Odyssey range of Sounders, very simple to connect to Veritas panels. A on Panel to A on Sounder B on Panel to B on Sounder ….etc

You could always change the sounder to a Texecom one, the wiring couldn’t be simpler. A to A B to B Etc

You are correct, the default engineer code is 1234 then press ‘prog’, if this doesn’t work then the engineer code has been changed. Your options are 1. Try to obtain the code from previous owner / installer. 2. Default to factory settings and select new user and engineer codes then reprogram...

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Firstly I’d be looking at how to make the house more efficient, insulation, double glazing etc, this in turn would lower the output of the required boiler.

That’s shocking, makes you wonder what the rest of the install is like if he’s happy to leave that on show.

Yes it can, but if the property is empty, why rush it.

Quick update, thanks Lucid since I turned off “Auto Update Channel List” I haven’t lost any HD channels overnight, that’s 6 nights and counting. Prior to that it had happened 4 times in 10 days so fingers crossed this has fixed it. Thanks again.

Thanks, I have now turned off the “Auto Update Channel List”, I was thinking that I needed to turn off Firmware Updates. I’ll report back with any news. Thanks again.

Couldn’t find an option to turn the Automatic Update off.

Needs to be done properly otherwise it will not perform as wanted, the idea of the aluminium spreader plates is to distribute the heat from the plastic pipe over a larger area, this plate needs to be in contact with the floorboards / chipboard. Aluminium plates will perform better than foil...