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Just that in my experience... the more that you do fer folk... the more recommendations and additional customers they recommend you to... the more they want freebies... deductions... gratuities.... Mind you I'm a Lancastrian exiled to the land of yerksha puds (the missus is a yorky) where barms...

Hmmm! Air in system? vent rads with key. Old kapput sludged up rusty rads!? Gentle persuasion with a rubber mallet and a sheet of cardboard! Kapput diff bypass valve?! or set incorrectly!? INTERESTING!

Oh> n just before you smart alecs reply... I wanna know why the wife puts the wash mac on.... not why the non thermo shower mixer stops. PEV and simultaneous drop on cw and dhw pressure to the mixer 8) HEY HEY HEY... ROCK N ROLL!

I would always recommend Vaillant boilers. The price seems good for this option. If you want to be cheeky and squeeze a little more out... ask if the installer if they can put a magnatec filter in too for the same price :P Don't forget to share the love by buying em a case of beer.... and...

P.S. I didn't carry out the initial installation that needed remedial attention..... I I it was someone called Stanislav from Gdansk!

The bar mixer is a "swirl thermo". It replaced a poorly fitted and similalry kapput one (bar mixer) 18 months to 2 years ago and has a 3 year guarantee. The bath was also inadequately sealed and water was p"*^$ng all over the tiled floor so I sorted that out too. I advised the customer that a...

oops! sorry :oops: wrong post. Ignore this silly mistake perleeeze..

its a Swirl" "thermo" 3 year guarantee. As allo the pipework is concealed and tiled over the feeds go into a bar valve fixing kit with 3/4" threaded unions.... Pity can't find a replacement non thermo mxer, but allo the centres are still 150 but the unions are all 15mm/1/2". If its the...

Why is it that in Rotherham thermostatic bar mixer valves only seem to last approx 2-3 years before going kapput? Rotherham is a medium to hard water area. Scale??? If so, is it possible to change to a standard mixer valve that is non-thermostatic. The centres are 150mm but the unions are 3/4"...

folks! Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll look into the fire rating issue with the head honcho. In the meantime, I'll take a few down and try n give em a jolly good cleaning. Like I said, theres a god awfull load of stuff directly behind the tiles. Thanks again. Watch this post and I'll let...

Plumber by trade so forgive my ignorance :oops: All advice very much appreciated. The missus is a kitchen manager and has been sent away to troubleshoot on a problem regarding a commercial kitchen that has an upcoming H&S inspection. The kitchen is 20+ years old. The general food prep, storage...

Ideal Isar installed by warmfront. 7 years old ongoing problems re dhw. Boiler is located in 1st floor bedroom. Only 1 additional rad higher than boilers location in attic conversion. The boiler has a new scale inhibitor fitted on the cw supply which was replaced 2 months ago. The system has a...

PS forgot to mention.... Only last week attended another property/customer.... same make/model of boiler, similar age, same problem but this time was the diverter cartidge at fault... straightforward easy peasy lemon squeezy... I have informed the customer of where I have posted this in the...

Ideal Isar installed by warmfront. 7 years old ongoing problems re dhw. Boiler is located in 1st floor bedroom. Only 1 additional rad higher than boilers location in attic conversion. The boiler has a new scale inhibitor fitted on the cw supply which was replaced 2 months ago. The system has a...

depress the float valves in sequence on the wc cistern...the cold water storage tank that feeds the hot water cylinderand and the feed/expansion tank if you have one. Have a mate tell you when the water comes out in order to identify which storage vessels overflow is at fault. Follow advice or...

Yeah heatline combi. Suffice to say that they are now firmly on my **** list and I wont even bother answering the phone if they call me.

Boiler installed 6 years ago (Not by me) No service history indeed commissioning notes service history awol not available. Problem... no dhw, no ch. Diagnosed traced fault on electrics notwithstanding fact that swfcu was dangerous! :shock: The result of a kitchen fitters attempts to wire in an...

I always have a look at a job at a mutually convenient time for me n the customer. Square pegs round holes. Don't do gas, but I collaborate with a man who does! Same principle applies when replacing inset sinks.... one needs to make sure that the existing ole int worktop isn't too big and the...

Cheers folks! The missus bought it for me as a pressie... so if I gerra new 1 and she notices she'll spit her dummy out "not looking after the pressies I bought for ya!" etc but spose thats wot happens when its rattling around the van with allo my other oddz n sodz! Of to ebay to source a...

Please help... I'm going mental without my daily dose of rock n roll from my digi rad. I've got a lowry gs dab rad and the flimsy power adapter is kapput. I've spliced it goodness knows how many times that any more just aint feasible and the batteries last about half a day! its a 9volt 600ma