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    Changing hot tap with no isolator

    just drain it , as the valve others are telling you to look for and turn off have a habit of snapping in the off position
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    Baxi duo tec 28. Lesk

    2 months ago last filled ,personally would leave it alone as they tend to seal themselves up
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    Leak between stopcock and water meter

    Tell them you have water in the meter box they should come out and check for free.
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    Bleed Valves on Vertical Radiator

    Some Designer vertical rads can take days/weeks for all the air pockets to come out and the rad to heat evenly all over. Try turning all rads off with just that one on for a few hours and see if it shift it
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    Replace filling loop

    if you are just changing the one on the right drop the pressure to zero and you will be able to change it without having to drain whole system you will get a bit of a dribble as you do it
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    CH drop feed copper pipes

    very easy to work with leaves a good finish ...
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    If "you're not allowed to pump the mains"..

    you are allowed to pump up to 12 litres a minute so jet washers should be set for no more than this power showers are not connected to the mains they are fed from tanks
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    Water hammer on shared main

    mate suffered this every time neighbour used tap fitted simple shock arrestor straight after stop cock and it solved it https://www.screwfix.com/p/flomasta-vessel-shock-arrestor-1-1-2-bsp/905fa
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    Oil or gas for 51 square meter bungalow with two bedrooms?

    historically oil has usually been more expensive than gas hence why most people when given the chance change to gas
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    Capped off pipes in kitchen ceiling

    possibility they are still connected and just capped off Remove the box and loosen them off a bit see if they weep if not loosen a bit more at a time
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    Gas meter cupboard change ?

    you wont cause a leak just break the bits off as none of the box forms any sort of seal with the gas service . The black ring is possibly just like a big circlip holding pipe to box Then you need a mark2 surface box when replacing it...
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    Heat only boiler on unvented system?

    yes it can be reused . as per Page 14 in the instructions from your link ...
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    Gravity based back boiler CH system - Advice needed.

    its perfectly ok to fit it on the flow
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    Soon has knocked trv loose

    no chance whatsoever of causing a leak
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    Issue with central heating cylinder install.

    cylinder stat is also placed far too high on the cylinder and temp is low at 50 Filter on expansion pipe ? Not the clearest of photos but it looks like your pump is on the flow into cylinder
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    Blocked heat exchange plate

    No solution to your problem but in the hundreds of plates i have had out changed/cleaned etc i have never seen anything that resembles how gritty that looks . In one side of the plate let along both sides . Very strange
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    radiators not working

    What sort of system do you have combi/heat only Where they all working before you changed them
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    Weird constant running water sound

    just watch the red one with nothing being used in the house check it 15 minutes later and see if it has moved
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    Noisy Baxi105e

    there is an auto vent on top of the pump usually screwed down Noise on the instants on pre heat was usually a whistling sound associated with the divertor valve
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    Weird constant running water sound

    Go and check it see if its registering you may have a leak under the floor
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