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I knew someone would come out with that, if one boiler breaks down you can still use the other for heating & hot water, what a stupid way of doing things, would you buy and run two cars in case one breaks down, then you can use the other, there is absolutely no advantage to having two boilers...

You can zone these areas with one boiler, you do not need a boiler for each area, zoning will improve efficiency.

definately check your incoming water mains pressure and flow rate, are you having a full new heating system installed, you may find that if sized correctly you may not need such a high output boiler, if you are keeping the old system get it cleaned and get your plumber to use the whole house...

The letter of the corgi manual (and this is likely taken from British Standards) is that products of combustion should not cross adjoining boundaries. If this was the case many installations would be incorrect, products of combustion will often cross adjoining boundaries, the problem with...

The Viessmann Vitodens 100 measures 700x400x340, flue does come off the top though.

You do not have to construct your own, you can but soakaways specially made for boiler condense, they are about 100mm in diameter and about 300mm deep, they come with adaptors on top to take overflow pipe or 32mm plastic, they should be filled with limestone chippings and have some chippings...

You can buy a soakaway specifically designed for taking condense (McAlpine), it is a circular plastic contaner approx 100mm in diameter and about 300mm deep, it has a connection on top that will except 32mm plastic or overflow pipe and it should be filled with limestone chippings, this helps...

I personally will not give CORGI any more money than I have to, if you require this type of software I am sure it will be availiable from other sources and probably cheaper, don't help to increase CORGI'S coffers

traineegasman, I did not say that you needed to know the in's and out's of the sine 18, just you did not know it was a boiler from the name, most engineers will not know everything about every boiler but they usually know the names, as for condensing boilers I am already very familiar with these...

I was involved with meter exchanges a couple of years ago, if we came accross a meter that was not bracketed to the wall we had to fit one, Transco's rules not mine, if your meter was originally fitted with a bracket, then they should not have removed it, they are probably contractors working...

I personally always try and flue vertically, it saves any issues with the plume, even though you try and explain about the plume the customer never really knows what to expect untill it's too late, when you have run the flue horizontally, stick it through the roof, I think it will save you any...

Not all gas appliances at the moment, the building regulations will be amended in December, gas fires and cookers may be added then, but they are not included at the moment, as far as I am aware, it's just boilers

You have answered your own query, "at a realistic price", do you tell the garage how much to charge to fix your car, you probably struggle because you want the work done at an unrealistic price, I don't suppose the Corgi guys you have had in are that deperate for work, to carry out the work for...

Why does everyone keep going on about a shortage of gas installers, there is no shortage, never has been, just because you ring a plumber and he can't fit you in for a couple of weeks, does not mean there is a shortage of plumbers, how many times have you rang to book your car in for a service...

Traineegasman, you may of been through this short training course, but it is only now that you actually learn to be a gas installer, not knowing what a Sine 18 proves your lack of knowledge of the heating game. The main problem you will find been a newbie to the industry, is finding work, us...

You wouldn't need to wipe a joint, they usually have a brass ferrel wiped in, to make the connection to the stopcock, should just be a straight swap

Corgi registered engineers will not connect the gas and commission a boiler installed by someone else, from 1st April 2005 all boilers installed by Corgi engineers must be notified to Corgi, who will then issue a certificate to the homeowner, the work could be inspected by Corgi if they wish...

I assume you are joking kevplumb, by the smileys, but this is sometimes where things go pair shapped, people misinterpret the post and reply with an insult, you then react to the insult with an insult and off everyone goes on a tangent, I have merely voiced my oppinion on the IPHE matter I do...

It looks like an access point to me, what are its dimensions, I think the photo may make it look bigger than it is, is it around 150mm x 150mm

The IPHE site is not for slanging matches, this goes on to much in other forums, but it will not be tolerated on the IPHE web site and I agree, it is a site for professional plumbers and heating installers.