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You sound exactly like me eight months ago. Make your application and pay your fee. You become a probationary member which means that when your paperwork arrives there is a form to fill in itemising every job that you do. At some point you will get a letter advising you that a Gas Safe...

Why not? Isn't paranormal sourcing of components what everybody does these days.. :lol: :wink: Alfredo

I've got my flippers and snorkel at the ready...what was the name of that ship again...... (Serious note: My Mums Dad was an engineer in the White Star Line on Britannic 2 from 1930 until he died in 1959) Alfredo

Go ahead and get yourself registered. Its most unlikely you will be poaching the boss's work. Either way it keeps you legal and gives you options for the future. Just don't be daft and use the van with the company logo on, you will be spotted, or pinch materials off the van, thats theft. Don't...

Anyone seen anything like this. I need a new shower diverter cartridge but I expect they are no longer available by about 200 years... :? :? If anyone knows different, let me know Alfredo

All the early caps were yellow and crap and split and leaked. Early blue the same. Later blue caps better. Do not overtighten. GW did away with the caps altogether eventually and had a sealed base. I always found removing and cleaning these condensate traps a nasty little job as the retaining...

Defo NOT cold feed then..so ignore my post :roll: Alfredo

Check you havn't got a blocked cold feed pipe from the F&E tank. The tank may be full, but if its not getting through the boiler may be running out of water to heat/circulate and going out on overheat. It might work after a bit as the water may have expanded as it warms giving the boiler just...

Only if manufacturer approves I'd have thought. I did a gas valve on an Ultimate 50FF right at the start of the cold spell last Dec. The new valve was a different model with a new wiring harness. Original valve NLA. However.......Gas valves for the GW 24ci and 30ci combis are supposed to be...

Have you tried the British Museum... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: If dad is Gas Safe registered he will be aware of the GC number and able to order spares..assuming you can still get them...and I "think" you should be OK with a gas valve. I'd have the condition of the boiler checked very...

In which case you do have a problem. Even so, there must be a generally accepted practice for paying subbies, and in the absence of a written agreement I think you are entitled to expect to be paid in line with the normal practice. I've never worked as a subby..so i can't tell you what that...

I had to chuckle when I saw in Plumbase the other day that their in house low cost inhibitor goes by the trade name of Pro-Fit...which is WRAS approved incidentally, but I've no idea what that entails and how rigorous it is. I've always used Sentinel, just because i've always been told to by...

I'm not trying to be funny here but I'm sure the manufacturers will happily supply you with their best practice docs/manuals to ensure their product is used properly. Having attended properties in the middle of the night in winter when on call where push fits with no inserts have popped off...

Exactly. Every job is different. Some are dead easy and some are not. Some round here (not you) appear never to have made a mistake in their lives and like to take the mick when others less perfect than they are admit that now and again a) they make a mistake or b)take a bit longer on a job...

And if the only drain cock on the system is seized and the rubber washer gets stuck up inside it as its old and perished, or..as on this microbore the drains were integral in the lockshields with a screw head to undo them, and they drained very very slowly, so you had to undo the rad valve and...

Why not include drain down and refilling time ? It can vary tremendously. It was a 14 rad system (2 already had TRVS) on three floors, so lots of exercise on refill. I certainly wasn't going to risk 'bunging' the rads with brand new white carpets everywhere. The microbore was a nightmare as it...

I forgot the size of the washing machine cap off. It was stupid, but for you to say I had to ask how to cap off a washing machine is simply a lie. As to the time it took to do the TRVs. Thats my business and the proof of the pudding is the business I have gained from taking great care over...