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    can you pick your own plumber to fit your free boiler???

    hello can any of you gas lads tell me if I get a free boiler under the free boiler schemes,,,how does it work etc??? id like to get the work for my regular lad who I use,,,is this possible??? can I pick who I want to install it or does it have to be one of theirs that do it???,,,do they grant a...
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    air seperator leaking water???

    hello,,,the air separator on my chaffoteaux britony 80 is leaking water,,,is there anything that can be causing this or does it just need a new air separator???,,,what I mean is is could there be too much pressure in the system caused by a faulty expansion vessel or something???,,,water pressure...
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    chaffoteaux britony 80 problems,,,anybody,,,???

    shes fixed thank god,,,changes the whole circuit board front panel today and its working perfect again,,,one thing I noticed after the new panel was fitted I could hear the sparking quite loud and don't think I could hear it when it wasn't working???,,,I just assumed the sparker generator in the...
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    chaffoteaux britony 80 problems,,,anybody,,,???

    there is no thermostat mate,,,ye just turn the boiler on at the boiler when ye want it on,,,ive had the pressure above 1 m millibar today when tryin it,,,i didn't take the nut out the pump,,,i shall tomorrow,,,i could hear it whirring and felt it vibrating so assumed it was working,,,i noticed...
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    chaffoteaux britony 80 problems,,,anybody,,,???

    can anyone think of anything I'm missing that could be stopping it from firing on central heating???
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    chaffoteaux britony 80 problems,,,anybody,,,???

    also forgot to mention ive also took the gauze filter out the heating return pipe and cleaned it,,,,not that it was blocked anyway but just saying as that is a common fault that stops them firing as ive found out in the past...
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    chaffoteaux britony 80 problems,,,anybody,,,???

    hello,,,the cold weather has arrived so tried to fire my chaff up but she wont have it,,,hot water is working fine but central heating will not fire up,,,fan and pump running fine,,,things ive tried upto now,,,swapping the flow switches around and with two spare ones,,,swapped the diverter valve...
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    peugeot 306 1.9 diesel,,,2000,,,gone sluggish and engine slightly smoking???

    had a look at the car today and managed to start it after about 5 goes,,,runs perfect once started,,,kept topping the bottle up with water after each attempt,,,after running for 5 mins I notice a pool of water under the car,,,seems to be coming from the water pump area I think,,,???,,,looks like...
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    peugeot 306 1.9 diesel,,,2000,,,gone sluggish and engine slightly smoking???

    ive just checked the water and oil earlier and the water bottle was empty,,,doesn't seem to be a bit water in it so filled it up,,,cant see any discolouration in the oil on the dipstick,,,looks fine,,,temp guage was fine yesterday but engine seemed very hot when I opened the bonnet,,,tried to...
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    peugeot 306 1.9 diesel,,,2000,,,gone sluggish and engine slightly smoking???

    hello,,,I have an old Peugeot 306 estate 1.9 diesel,,,none turbo,,,ive had the car 15 years with out any engine trouble,,,it has 105 k miles on it,,,yesterday while out in it I noticed it was a little sluggish then today it it had trouble starting,,,it has always stared first turn of the key,,,i...
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    creosote over fence crap???

    what I meant was would the creosote or creocote go onto the other stuff without any problems??? or might it react in some way??? anyone had any experience with what I'm asking I wonder,,,???...
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    creosote over fence crap???

    hello,,,just got a new property and have been jet washing the fences last few days,,,theyve been done in that crap you get from the garden centres,,,is it wax based or something??? comes in green,,,dark brown,,,etc etc,,,I'm not really a fan of it and would rather use creosote,,,and I was...
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    ok to walk above newly plastered ceilings???

    the house is quite modern mate,,,probably built mid 80's,,,the ceilings seem sound,,,no cracks or anything,,,just have a textured coating on which I don't like so getting them skimmed over,,,ererything above is sound joists and floorboard etc,,,should be ok then by the sounds of it......
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    ok to walk above newly plastered ceilings???

    hello,,,I'm about to get some downstairs ceilings plastered in a few days and wondered if its ok to walk above them after they have been done or do you have to let it dry for a few days first???
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    powermax range 155 wont fire

    Got there in the end lads...
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    powermax range 155 wont fire

    The beast is history...
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    alternative to fibre glass insulation for loft???

    aye,,,theres definitely a lot to think about mate,,,thanks for all the advice everybody......
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    alternative to fibre glass insulation for loft???

    also where would you get rid of fibre glass???
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    alternative to fibre glass insulation for loft???

    big companies like rockwool have the power to make studies go their way mate just like big pharma companies do,,, then some of their drugs ruin thousands of lives,,,anything that is inhaled into the lungs and gets stuck in there and cannot be broken down by the body can cause cancer in...
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